Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- This quilted counterpane has a cotton top and linen lining. The top is pieced using various sized segments of the same block-printed fabric. The floral fabric is in red, pink, brown, tan, and black with penciled blue and yellow (blue over yellow) for green. The top and lining are stitched with linen thread; cotton thread was used for the Chevron pattern quilting. The fabric is earlier than the quilt and probably was used previously, an example of recycling precious fabrics in the early 19th century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- GIft of Mrs. Robert B. Stephens
- 1800 - 1810
- ID Number
- 1991.0381.03
- accession number
- 1991.0381
- catalog number
- 1991.0381.03
- Object Name
- Quilt
- Physical Description
- fabric, linen, cotton (overall material)
- thread, linen, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 77 in x 56 in; 196 cm x 142 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Quilts
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Quilting
- Record ID
- nmah_556239
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-c82e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
