1800 - 1815 Indigo Wool Whole Cloth Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1800-1815
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This example of an early 19th-century whole cloth quilt has an unusual design. Four sprays of large flowers, leaves, and clusters of berries begin in each of the corners and meet in the center of the quilt. They are framed by a wide scrolling vine with a 2 ½ -inch feathered band along the outer edge.
label: Description
content: The fabric for this quilt was dyed blue with indigo, one of the oldest dyes used for textiles. Glazing, a process involving the use of a hot press on wool fabric, resulted in a smooth, lustrous fabric surface.
label: Description
content: The motifs in the design are all outline quilted, 8-9 stitches/inch. The background, parallel diagonal lines quilted ¼-inch apart, further enhances the overall design. The lining is a tan and blue plaid wool/cotton fabric. There is no binding the front and lining are turned in and sewn with a running stitch.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
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
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anthony Levy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.1020.08
label: catalog number
content: 1981.1020.08
label: accession number
content: 1981.1020
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, wool, cotton/wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, wool, linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 96 in x 91 in; 244 cm x 231 cm