Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- The distinctive eagle in each corner and the bold colors relate this cotton quilt to a similar quilt group of late 19th and early 20th century Pennsylvania origin. In 1929 quilt historian Ruth Finley called this patriotic pattern “Union” in her classic book, Old Patchwork Quilts and the Women Who Made Them. The center is quilted, 6 stitches per inch, with a diamond grid pattern. A cable pattern is used for the border.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Robert B. Stephens
- 1850-1900
- ID Number
- 1991.0288.01
- accession number
- 1991.0288
- catalog number
- 1991.0288.01
- Object Name
- quilt
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- thread, cotton (overall material)
- filling, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 90 in x 86 in; 229 cm x 217 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Quilts
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Quilting
- Record ID
- nmah_556231
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-c2fb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
