1880 - 1900 "Crazy-patchwork" Parlor Throw
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1900
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Thirty 10-inch blocks were carefully crafted of velvet and plush fabrics to create this crazy-patchwork parlor throw. All types of velvets are represented; plain, cut, embossed, striped, silk with velvet stripes, and velvet ribbon. The effect is of a three-dimensional surface. Each block is constructed on a cotton foundation and enhanced with various embroidery stitches. The throw has a cotton fiber filling. The lining or backing fabric is a challis or delaine, roller-printed with a floral motif. The throw is bound on all sides with a straight strip of black silk satin fabric. The fabrics used in this piece represent the range of velvets and plushes (silk pile fabrics) available to the upper middle classes in America.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place used
content: United States: Massachusetts, Norwood
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. H. B. (Clara Babcock) Blackmar
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12601
label: accession number
content: 220211
label: catalog number
content: T12601
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, velvet, silk, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton. silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 70 in x 52 in; 178 cm x 131 cm