1840 - 1860 "Wreath" Quilt Block
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: A wreath of red roses and tulips with green leaves appliqued on white cotton. Roses have yellow centers. The wreath and leaves were removed, leaving only fragments of green thread. The ground is cut away under all appliqued motifs and numbers have been written in ink on either side of each rose. "C.W. Price" is stamped twice in an oval with eagle, stars and laurel branches. Part of a series of blocks intended for a quilt.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Arkansas, Union
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: Gift of Miss G. Ruth McHenry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E387833.00I
label: accession number
content: 188128
label: catalog number
content: E387833I
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt Block
label: Other Terms
content: Quilt Squares; Quilt Block; Household Textile
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pieced (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 22 in; 56 cm x 56 cm