1860 - 1870 Child's "Log Cabin" Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1860-1870
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This child’s quilt in the “Log Cabin” style was in the George Wike family, possibly belonging to “Great-Aunt Lettie,” but the donor was not certain. The Wike family moved from the Cumberland County area of Pennsylvania, to Pike County, Illinois, in the mid-19th century where they established a woolen mill.
label: Description
content: Cotton and wool 3/8-inch strips were sewn on cotton foundation blocks. The quilt was lined, but has no filling. It is tied with wool in the center of each block and bound with a 7/8-inch wool twill tape.
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. Gerald Carson.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T15088
label: catalog number
content: T15088
label: accession number
content: 288744
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt, crib
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42 in x 31 in; 107 cm x 79 cm