1790 - 1800 Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1790-1800
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This late 18th-century medallion style quilt has many examples of block-printed and plate-printed fabrics. The focal center of the quilt, a 12-inch block constructed of four triangles, is surrounded by four pieced borders made of 3-inch and 6-inch triangles. The fabrics in each row are arranged in a mirror image from the ends of the row to the center creating a kaleidoscope effect. The red, copperplate print used in the pieced section of the quilt is the fabric: “Apotheosis of Franklin and Washington” printed in England about 1785. The border fabric is cotton, plate-printed in red, and is similar to English plate prints of 1770-1795. It is quilted 6 stitches per inch in a diagonal grid pattern on the outer border with linear quilting accentuating the pieced triangles of the center.
label: Description
content: The many fabrics of this well planned quilt make it a valuable part of the Collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14719
label: catalog number
content: T14719
label: accession number
content: 281922
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton, linen/cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton, linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 99 in x 93 in; 251 cm x 236 cm