1840 - 1860 Appliqued Quilt Center Panel
date: label: date made
content: 1840 - 1860
label: Date made
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name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: A block-printed bird dominates this appliqued center panel probably used for a quilt top. Four sprays of block-printed roses and leaves appear to have been later replacements, evidenced by needle-hole patterns in all four corners. The motifs were cut out and appliqued on white cotton; an efficient way to utilize expensive printed fabric. A 1/2-inch red border frames the motifs.
label: Description
content: The appliqued panel was part of a larger donation of 18th and 19th century textiles that included quilts, coverlets, rugs, printed fabrics, white-on-white embroidered counterpanes, and blankets among other items.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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. Ester Schwartz (Mrs. Samuel)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T18232
label: accession number
content: 1977.0101
label: catalog number
content: T18232
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton, silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 19 in; 48 cm x 48 cm