1900 - 1925 Flossie B. Prices's "Log Cabin" Comforter
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1925
name: label: maker
content: Price, Flossie
notes: label: Description
content: According to her niece, Mrs. Vane Hoge, this “Log Cabin” or “Barn Raising” comforter was made by her aunt, Flossie B. Price. Flossie stitched it together from fabrics saved from the family’s clothing.
label: Description
content: The eighty blocks, each 8½-inches square, have dark red centers and are hand-pieced, but machine-joined to one another. Flossie used plain-weave, twilled, pattern-weave, crepe, striped, and plaid wools. She also used plain-weave, plaid, pattern-weave, and printed cotton flannel. Checked wool/cottons and plain-color silk/cottons were also used to achieve the dramatic light and dark effect. A lining of printed wool and an interlining of wool and cotton fabric provided the comforter with additional warmth. Ties made of red, pink, and aquamarine wool yarn at the corners and center of each block accent the overall design.
label: Description
content: Flossie B. Price lived from 1882 to 1960. Her home was in Marion, Ohio. Her early twentieth-century comforter is a dramatic variation of the “Log Cabin” pattern, utilizing a wide variety of fabrics.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Marion
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. Vane M. Hoge
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T15591
label: accession number
content: 295255
label: catalog number
content: T15591
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, wool, cotton, cotton/wool, silk/cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, wool/cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 88 in x 70 in; 222 cm x 177 cm