1780-1800 Unfinished Quilt Top
date: label: date made
content: 1780 - 1800
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Unfinished quilt top. Twenty-five blocks (each approximately 11" x 11"); 13 pieced in a star pattern alternating with 12 one-piece printed fabric blocks. A note with quilt top and donor information states the quilt was "one pieced for babies [sic] crib . . .by the wives of the officials in George Washington's Cabinet." Sewing thread is 2-ply linen; no lining or filling.
label: Description
content: Notes on quilt included with donation. "This quilt is reported to be one pieced by the wives of the officials in George Washington's Cabinet. L.G. Adams." Another: "The old old quilt among your mothers things is one pieced for a babies crib by the ladies of George Washington's Cabinet officials. Every piece is American weave and thread home-spun. Sister got it from Elder Query's wife at Benton [Illinois]. It has been handed down from family to family and Mrs. Query having no heirs gave it to your mother whom she loved dearly."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: Presidents
label: Subject
content: Children
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Katherine Yoder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0298.01
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0298.01
label: accession number
content: 2014.0298
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, linen (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 in x 50 in; 127 cm x 127 cm