Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- The pieces that are used to make the 71 “LeMoyne Star” blocks on this quilt create a useful record. They represent an assortment of fabrics used for ordinary mid-19th century clothes. Brown, tan, grey, and rust-colored fabrics, most twill-woven cotton/wool, were used to piece the blocks. These alternate with 6 ½-inch squares of brown and grey striped cotton/wool fabric. The quilt is lined with a plain-weave, cotton warp/wool weft fabric. Brown carded wool serves as the filling. The quilting pattern consists of parallel diagonal lines 1 ½-inch apart, quilted at 3-4 stitches per inch.
- The machine- and hand-woven textile examples might not otherwise have been preserved if not used to craft this quilt.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1840-1860
- ID Number
- 1979.0167.01
- catalog number
- 1979.0167.01
- accession number
- 1979.0167
- Object Name
- quilt
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton/wool (overall material)
- thread, cotton (overall material)
- filling, wool (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 82 in x 73 in; 209 cm x 185 cm
- place made
- United States: North Carolina
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Quilts
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Quilting
- Record ID
- nmah_556167
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-c038-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
