1850 - 1875 "Nine-patch" Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1875
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The blocks for this quilt are pieced in the basic “Nine-patch” pattern and set diagonally with unpieced 5 ¼-inch squares of mainly the same roller-printed cotton. The lining and filling are cotton. The pieced blocks have outline quilting, while the quilting on the squares consists of parallel lines, 6-7 stitches per inch. The binding is a ¾-inch (finished) bias strip of printed cotton seamed to the lining, whip stitched to the front. The “Nine-patch” is one of the earliest pieced patterns which has retained its popularity. The blocks on this quilt display a variety of cotton fabrics typical 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: 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.T17343.000
label: catalog number
content: T17343.000
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: 84 in x 81 in; 213 cm x 206 cm