1890 - 1900 Bates Family Silk Parlor Throw

Description:

Composed of eighty-one blocks, this parlor throw is an example of contained crazy-patchwork popular in the late 19th century. Each block has a cross-shape center outfined by black silk piecing. The cross shapes are pieced from an assortment of multicolored silks.

The piecing is secured with a variety of fancy stitches; buttonhole, detached chain, herringbone, feather, straight, and couching. A machine-quilted (commercially available) silk lining, in a scrolling vine pattern, provides weight and depth to the parlor throw. The precisely stitched parlor throw is completed by a 5 ΒΌ-inch green velvet border edged with a heavy green braid.

The quilt was in the Bates family of New Haven, Conn., and was donated by a family member.

Date Made: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Quilting

Subject:

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Miss Margaret Stecker

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T16117Accession Number: 297492Catalog Number: T16117

Object Name: quiltThrow

Physical Description: fabric, silk, satin, velvet, ribbon (overall material)thread, silk (overall material)Measurements: overall: 67 in x 67 in; 169 cm x 169 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-c76d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_556510

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