1790 - 1810 Whole Cloth Indigo quilt, Vermont
date: label: date made
content: 1790 - 1810
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This dark blue wool quilt has a center panel quilted with a pineapple motif with sprays of leaves surrounded by a leafy vine, pinwheels and band of simple stylized leaves. At the top, a 15-1/2" border is quilted with chevrons. The side and bottom borders, 17" wide, are quilted with a meandering vine. It has a tan wool lining and filling. No separate binding; top edge, front and lining turned in and sewn with running stitch; sides and bottom, front brought to back with running stitch. Additional quilting: parallel diagonal lines in the open spaces of center and borders, with chevrons in top border. Stitched 7 stitches/inch.
label: Description
content: The wool for both the front and lining is said to have been raised on the farm of the Hon. James Udall of Hartford, Vermont, and carded, spun, and woven in the house. James Udall bred Merino sheep, Durham cattle, and Morgan horses. The donor is the grandson of James Udall.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Vermont, Hartford
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Henry K. Bush-Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T04179
label: accession number
content: 64861
label: catalog number
content: T04179
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 95 in x 95 in; 241 cm x 241 cm