1780 - 1820 Wool Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1780-1820
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This green wool quilt, crafted in the late 18th-early 19th century has a lovely quilted motif of a large tree with flowers and branches stitched in feathered arcs reaching from the bottom edge of the quilt almost to the top. The tree is flanked by two long curving feathered vines and framed by bands of feathered quilting on the edges. Background quilting of parallel lines sets off the motif. Quilting is 6 stitches per inch.
label: Description
content: Plain-weave green wool is used for the top, yellow plain-weave wool for the lining. The filling is wool as is both the sewing and quilting threads. This Massachusetts quilt by an unknown maker is a beautiful example of whole cloth wool quilting.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts
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: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T247178.003
label: accession number
content: 247178
label: catalog number
content: T247178.003
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
label: Other Terms
content: quilt; Household Textile
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 98 in x 97 in; 249 cm x 246 cm