1840 - 1860 "Nine-patch" Strip Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The center is composed of 10 1/2-inch strips of seven-inch blocks pieced in the “Nine-patch” pattern, alternating with 7-1/2-inch plain strips of printed cotton. Side and bottom borders (22-inches) are made a roller-printed furnishing print. The quilt has a cotton ivory lining, a cotton filling, and is quilted 8-9 stitches per inch. It is bound with a straight strip of roller-printed floral cotton seamed to front, sewn to lining with running stitch. The cutout corners, designed to accommodate bed posts, are typical of many mid-nineteenth century quilts.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
label: See more items in
content: Textiles
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
label: See more items in
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.T17352.000
label: catalog number
content: T17352.000
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, linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 97 in x 101 in; 246 cm x 257 cm