1860 - 1880 "Tumbling Blocks" Child's Quilt

Description:

The maker of this child's quilt remains unknown. Well worn, it is pieced in the Tumbling Blocks pattern, also referred to as Cubework or Boxes. The placement of the four inch diamond shaped pieces cut from various roller-printed cottons creates an example of an optical illusion in textiles. The lining is a roller-printed check cotton in red and brown. The quilt was completed with outline quilting, six stitches /inch, and bound with a strip of printed cotton folded over the edge and machine-stitched. The quilt was donated to the Museum in 1968 by Mrs. Dorothy Walkley Faul. She provided the information that the quilt had been in the Walkley family who had settled in Southington, Connecticut, about 1630 and that the quilt was probably made in the 1860s.

Date Made: 1860-1880

Quilter: unknown

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: ChildrenQuilting

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Textiles, Domestic Furnishings, Quilts

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Dorothy W. Faul

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T14533Catalog Number: T14533Accession Number: 277119

Object Name: quilt, cribObject Type: quilts

Physical Description: fabric, cotton (overall material)thread, cotton (overall material)filling, cotton (overall material)Measurements: overall: 47 in x 41 in; 119 cm x 103 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-cc90-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_556457

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