Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- This variation of the "Feathered Star" pattern is pieced of plain red and roller printed green-on-black cottons. Plain white ground is cut away on underside. Inscribed in ink: "M J. Harper". Part of a series of blocks intended for a quilt.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss G. Ruth McHenry
- 1840-1860
- ID Number
- TE.E387833.00H
- accession number
- 188128
- catalog number
- E387833H
- Object Name
- Quilt Block
- Other Terms
- Quilt Squares; Quilt Block; Household Textile
- Physical Description
- thread, cotton (overall material)
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- pieced (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 25 in x 25 in; 62 cm x 62 cm
- place made
- United States: Arkansas, Union
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Quilting
- Record ID
- nmah_556279
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-be13-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
