1840 - 1860 Block-printed Quilt Center Panel
date: label: Date made
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label: date made
content: 1840 - 1860
label: date made
content: 1840-1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The cotton prints used for this central panel probably have English origins. The center (22-inches x 22-inches) is a pair of birds in a wreath of flowers, block printed in red, tan, dull yellow, and black on a white ground, with blue added by surface roller. The square is bordered with strips of block-printed flowers (roses, peonies, anemones) in red, pink, dull yellow, green, light blue, and black on white and glazed. One edge of border is a selvage.
label: Description
content: Panels of this type were implemented by English wood-block printers not only for furnishing fabrics, but also as specific designs for chair seats, borders and/or panels to be used for quilts or counterpanes. Palm trees and game birds were popular motifs in America in this period.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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. Ester Schwartz (Mrs. Samuel)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T18233
label: catalog number
content: T18233
label: accession number
content: 1977.0101
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt
label: Object Name
content: quilt panel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 in x 27 in; 69 cm x 69 cm