1935 - 1936 Dunlap Ladies Aid Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1935 - 1936
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Pieced quilt is composed of 20 blocks, 10 ½” square, pieced (feed sack prints) in a “Friendship Block” a variation of “4 X Star” or “Sister’s Choice” pattern. These are set in a 2” sashing with corner stones. Each of the blocks is embroidered with a name, birthdate (most) also 1934, 1935 or 1936. A center white square is embroidered: “Pieced by Dunlap Ladies Aid 1936.” (Dunlap, Illinois) There are 2 outer borders, 3” each, consisting of squares set on point with ½” square triangles, filling, and binding.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Dunlap
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kathy Lusco
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0091.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0091
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0091.01
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 (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 78 in x 64 in; 198 cm x 163 cm