1875 - 1900 Unfinished Silk Pieced Quilt Top
date: label: date made
content: 1875-1900
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This unfinished silk quilt top of slightly elongated 5/8" hexagons is basted over paper templates and joined by overcasting on the wrong side. Six of these hexagons are of the same fabric or color with plain peach silk hexagons in the center and 4 plain black hexagons where these units are joined.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Bessie W. Palm
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11226
label: accession number
content: 209042
label: catalog number
content: T11226
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt top, unfinished
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, silk, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 17 in; 30 cm x 43 cm