1800 - 1825 Blue Resist Block-printed Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1800-1825
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This early 19th-century quilt was found in Connecticut. The faded areas of the block-printed, blue resist top suggest the probable use of recycled fabrics. The fabric may have been from worn or out-of-fashion curtains, or other bed furnishings of an earlier period.
label: Description
content: In order to obtain the pattern on the cotton fabric used for the top, a dye-resistant substance was applied to specific areas. The fabric was then dipped in an indigo dye. The resist was then removed, leaving the background without dye. The quilt is lined with a plain white fabric, and quilted in a diamond grid pattern.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Quilts
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Robert B. Stephens
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0288.02
label: accession number
content: 1991.0288
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0288.02
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: 74 in x 66 in; 188 cm x 166 cm