1840 - 1850 "Tree of Life" Appliqued Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1850
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: In this variation of the “Tree of Life” design, flowers and long-tailed birds are appliqued beneath a flowering tree on the central panel. It is framed by borders of two appliqued undulating vines with flowers and perching birds. A few of the fabrics used for the appliques are block-printed in red, blue, and brown. The outer 10 ½-inch border is a floral roller-printed fabric. The lining, white cotton, has four blue stamps. One of them is a portrait in a floral wreath with the inscription: “HENRY CLAY THE STAR OF THE WEST THE FRIEND AND PROTECTOR OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY.” It is quilted 11 stitches per inch. The quilt is a fine example of a popular design, “Tree of Life,” often thought to be derived from the patterns found on palampores that were produced in India in the 18th century.
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 Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Heckman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14714
label: catalog number
content: T14714
label: accession number
content: 283472
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, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 109 in x 104 in; 277 cm x 264 cm