1792 - 1810 "Treaty of Pillnitz" Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1792-1810
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Copper-plate and block-printed fabrics from the late-18th and early-19th centuries make this pieced quilt a valuable contribution to the Collection. Originally purchased at a thrift shop for $2.00, this rare find was generously donated to the Museum in 1956.
label: Description
content: In the 21-inch pieced center section are ten fragments of a plate-printed cotton fabric thought to commemorate the Treaty of Pillnitz, 1792. It was the first formal alliance in opposition to the French Revolution. Participants whose portraits appear on the fabric segments are the King of Prussia (Frederick William II), The Empress of Russia (Catherine II), the King of Britain (George III), and the Emperor of Germany (Leopold II).
label: Description
content: The center block is immediately surrounded by 15 ½-inch-square pieced blocks and rectangular blocks either of linen embellished with wool embroidery or plain and block-printed cotton and linen/cotton fabrics. This is framed by a complex piecing of printed, embroidered, and plain fabrics. The crewel-embroidered floral sprigs and exotic birds on linen may have been fragments from recycled bed furnishings or a petticoat. Linen thread was used for the chevron and diagonal grid quilting patterns, quilted at 7-8 stitches per inch. The various fabrics produced by different printing techniques make this quilt a remarkable example of the period.
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 Mrs. Nicholas Satterlee
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11457
label: accession number
content: 211584
label: catalog number
content: T11457
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton, linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, linen, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 91 in x 76 in; 231 cm x 192 cm