1840-60 Irish Chain pieced quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1840 - 1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This Irish chain quilt is made of 2-1/2 and 12-1/2" squares of 3 printed cottons, with a fourth printed cotton used for the 9-1/2 " border. The quilting pattern is outline on 2-1/2" squares with same grid on larger squares, clamshell on theborder, 6 stitches/inch. White cotton lining, cotton filling. No separate binding; front and back turned in, sewn with running stitch.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey
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: The Sutphen-Schenck-Hunt Memorial Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.H012115
label: accession number
content: 52752
label: catalog number
content: H012115
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 108 in x 107 in; 274 cm x 272 cm