1820 - 1840 Alston Family's Framed Center Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1820-1840
name: label: quilter
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This fine example of a framed center quilt belonged to the Alston family and came from the Fairfield-on-the-Waccamaw plantation near Georgetown County, South Carolina.
label: Description
content: The center is composed of three block-printed squares. These were specifically designed and produced in the first half of the 19th century to be used as quilt centers or for cushion covers. The center of the quilt is framed by five borders cut from printed floral stripe cottons, each with a tiny geometric band. A sixth border is appliquéd with flowers and birds cut from various glazed chintzes.
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: Quilts
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Bowman, Doris M.. The Smithsonian Treasury of American Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Pinckney Alston Trapier
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11666
label: accession number
content: 225700
label: catalog number
content: T11666
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: 116 in x 115 in; 295 cm x 291 cm