1850 - 1900 "Ohio Star" Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1900
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The quilt is composed of blocks pieced in the “Ohio Star” (“Variable Star" or "Eight-pointed Star") pattern set diagonally with 12 ½-inch squares of red printed cotton. The fabrics are plain-woven cottons, mostly roller-printed florals, geometrics and stripes. The lining is cotton and the quilt is cotton filled. It is quilted 5-6 stitches per inch. A bias strip binding of plain red cotton seamed to the front, whipped to the lining completes the quilt. This quilt is an example of nineteenth century quilting employing a variation of the popular star 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: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Quilts
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.T17351.000
label: catalog number
content: T17351.000
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: 87 in x 94 in; 220 cm x 238 cm