1825 - 1850 Pieced and Appliqued Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1825-1850
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The 41-inch center panel of this quilt is appliqued with floral block-printed furnishing fabrics. Along each side of the center panel is a pyramid of alternating 7-inch print and white triangles, with the corners filled with print and white triangles set in diagonal rows. This complex design creates a kaleidoscope effect. It is framed by a 4 ½-inch floral print border. The quilt has a cotton lining, thin cotton fiber filling, and is quilted at 8 stitches/inch. The fabrics represent a wide variety of block and roller-printed designs from the period.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Georgetown
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Harry G. Meem and Mrs. Ann Carroll Meem Rogers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13107
label: accession number
content: 250072
label: catalog number
content: T13107
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 100 in x 97 in; 254 cm x 246 cm