1825 - 1850 Lord Nelson Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1825-1850
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: One particular fabric among the many on this quilt is a cotton, block-printed in blue, rust, and dark brown. It is a Lord Nelson commemorative print with "SACRED TO NELSON" printed on a monument. It is printed from a 10 ½-inch wood block. Nelson commemoratives were printed very soon after his death in 1806, but this appears to be a later version, c. 1830, because of the dyes used. Other fabrics are roller-printed cotton florals and geometrics, some in several colorways. The lining consists of three lengths of plain-woven ivory cotton. The binding (finished) is a straight strip of printed cotton seamed to the front, whipped to the lining. This pieced quilt consists of alternating 5 ¾-inch pieced blocks made of 4 equal triangles and 5 ¾-inch plain blocks made of printed cottons. The variety of fabrics makes this a vibrant quilt example of the period.
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 The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T17325.000
label: catalog number
content: T17325.000
label: accession number
content: 321804
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: 101 in x 105 in; 257 cm x 267 cm