1840 - 1860 "Pinwheel" Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Large triangles of printed cotton, two dark and two light, were pieced to make the 11 ¼-inch blocks. The blocks are set to make a “Pinwheel” pattern across the surface of the quilt. Two corners are cut out. The fabrics are all plain-woven block-printed and roller-printed floral cottons. The lining consists of 5 lengths of plain-woven peach cotton. It is cotton filled, quilted 9 stitches per inch, bound with a 7/8-inch woven striped cotton tape folded over the edge and stitched with running stitch through all layers. The quilt is an example of mid-nineteenth century fabrics and design.
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
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.T17340.000
label: catalog number
content: T17340.000
label: accession number
content: 321804
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: 103 in x 114 in; 262 cm x 290 cm