1850 - 1900 "Union" Appliqued Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1900
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The distinctive eagle in each corner and the bold colors relate this cotton quilt to a similar quilt group of late 19th and early 20th century Pennsylvania origin. In 1929 quilt historian Ruth Finley called this patriotic pattern “Union” in her classic book, <I> Old Patchwork Quilts and the Women Who Made Them.</I> The center is quilted, 6 stitches per inch, with a diamond grid pattern. A cable pattern is used for the border.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Robert B. Stephens
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0288.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0288
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0288.01
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: 90 in x 86 in; 229 cm x 217 cm