1900 - 1925 "Robbing Peter to Pay Paul" Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1900 - 1925
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Names for quilt pattern blocks change over time, by region and as variations on traditional or classical block patterns develop. On this quilt blocks pieced in the “Robbing Peter to Pay Paul” chain pattern alternate with plain blocks quilted in a variety of floral patterns, 9 stitches per inch. Executed in white and a green floral print cotton, the “chain” effectively surrounds each quilted block. A 6½-inch border, using the same fabrics, frames the pieced center.
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: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Florence S. Berryman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.3008.04
label: nonaccession number
content: 1996.3008
label: catalog number
content: 1996.3008.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 101 in x 88 in; 257 cm x 224 cm