1850 - 1860 Emily Cole's Pieced-work Cushion
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1860
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Emily Cole's daughter used a section of pieced patchwork made by Emily Cole as a child to cover this cushion. Patchwork consists of 3" squaresof roller-printed cottons, crudely stitched, and pieced in a "Dutch Tile" or "Diamond in the Square" pattern. It is filled with cotton wadding, fabric remnants, and nylon stockings. The original rectangle of patchwork was folded in half to cover the stuffing, and stitched on three sides with pink silk.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T15701
label: accession number
content: 297587
label: catalog number
content: T15701
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cushion, Quilted
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pieced (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 13 in; 28 cm x 33 cm
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 10 in x 11 1/2 in; x 25.4 cm x 29.21 cm