1840 - 1860 Imitation Patchwork Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Lengths of fabric, printed to imitate patchwork, were used to make this mid-19th century quilt. Cotton was roller-printed in blue, brown, red-brown, and olive drab to make up the pattern for the simulated patchwork also referred to as “cheater cloth.” The quilt is lined with white cotton fabric and is quilted.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
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: Gift of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T17330
label: catalog number
content: T17330
label: accession number
content: 321804
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
label: Other Terms
content: quilt; ousehold textile
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: Physical Description
content: olive drab (printed top fabric color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (lining color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (printed top fabric color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (printed top fabric color)
label: Physical Description
content: red-brown (printed top fabric color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 104 in x 102 in; 263 cm x 260 cm