1860 - 1900 Long Family Hexagon Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1860-1900
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This vividly colored quilt was made sometime after 1860 by the sisters of Joseph Long of Washington County, Md. Red, yellow, blue and white 3-3/4-inch hexagons are set in concentric rings.
label: Description
content: The pieced hexagons on some of the rings are quilted with hexagons, others with floral motifs. The concentric rings are framed by a 9-inch border consisting of three bands, one white and two red. The red bands are quilted in a chevron pattern and the white band in a feathered vine.
label: Description
content: The quilting is 9 stitches per inch. The quilt has a cotton filling and the lining is brought to the front and machine-stitched to form the binding. While family information indicates an 1847 date, the 3x2-ply S-twist cabled cotton thread that is used for the machine piecing and hand quilting suggests a later date.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland
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 Mrs. Beulah Weaver Witmeyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T15695
label: accession number
content: 296914
label: catalog number
content: T15695
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: 86 in x 75 in; 219 cm x 190 cm