1884 - 1900 Crazy Patchwork Quilt Blocks
date: label: date made
content: 1875-1900
label: date made
content: 1884-1900
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Seven blocks of crazy patchwork numbered T.13529B-H. For all blocks, the patches are turned under and basted to a cotton ground, some then embroidered, and some not completely stitched. The embroidery is worked through both the silk patches and the cotton ground. Motifs include flowers, fans, spider webs, a snowflake, a chick, and a yellow transfer-printed script letter M. Embroidery stitches: Buttonhole, Feather, Herringbone, Chain, Daisy, Couble Cross, Satin, Cross. The blocks accompany a pattern book of crazy patchwork (T.13529A) from Strawbridge & Clothier, Philadelphia, PA; from which the designs on the blocks were transferred or copied.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. J. W. McBurney
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13529
label: catalog number
content: T13529
label: accession number
content: 259084
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Blocks, Quilted
label: Object Name
content: quilt blocks
label: Object Name
content: patterns
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk, velvet, ribbon, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton, silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 18 in; 41 cm x 46 cm