1840 - 1860 Octagon Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This well planned quilt was executed using just two different roller-printed cottons. One a floral design in red, blue, and brown on white; the other a stylized floral print in blue, tan, and brown. The seven-inch octagons are set with 3 ¼-inch pieced squares creating an overall kaleidoscopic effect. Only along the two side edges and part of the top edge are there triangles made of other printed cottons. The lining is a plain-woven ivory cotton, and the filling is cotton. It is quilted at 8 stitches per inch. There is evidence of repairs made, probably due to wear, on the edges.
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.T17329.000
label: catalog number
content: T17329.000
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: 80 in x 101 in; 203 cm x 257 cm