1975 - 1995 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" Child's Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1975-1995
notes: label: Description
content: The popularity of the 1937 Walt Disney movie, <I> Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,</I> based on a German fairy tale, inspired this quilt pattern. The movie has been re-released many times. In 1972 Lehman Brothers published a pattern, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves,” that is very similar to this quilt. It was advertised as “a perfect quilt for your favorite child. White bearded dwarves [sic] dressed in bright suits, and colorful trees and flowers surround Snow White and the cottage.”
label: Description
content: From the early 20th century, kit quilts have been available in the market to save time and/or provide the quilter with assistance in design or color choices. This quilt was made from a kit as evidenced by stamped lines that are still visible along some edges.
label: Description
content: The quilt is appliquéd with motifs that include a stylized cottage, trees, and dwarfs, and, of course, Snow White. All of the dwarfs have coral-colored caps and boots, blue tights, yellow shirts, green vests, and white beards. Details are embroidered with satin, outline, daisy, and French knot stitches. The figures are outlined in quilting stitches, 4 stitches per inch. The 7 ½-inch border is quilted with flowers and diagonal lines. The “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” pattern, based on a well-known children’s story and animated movie, made a special quilt to brighten a child’s room.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: Children's Literature
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
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content: Quilts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0013.01
label: accession number
content: 1996.0013
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0013.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt, crib
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: 50 in x 35 in; 126 cm x 89 cm