1790 - 1810 Indigo Wool Whole Cloth Quilt
- Description
- This example of a late 18th-early 19th-century bedcover is quilted in a pattern of repeating large feathered clamshells, 7 stitches per inch. The quilt was made with glazed indigo wool, has a wool filling, and wool/cotton lining. Both sewing and quilting threads are 2-ply blue wool. The edges of the front and original lining were turned in and stitched with blue wool. It has had much wear and a second lining of a cotton/silk fabric was added at later date.
- The fabric for this quilt was dyed blue with indigo, one of the oldest dyes used for textiles. Glazing, a process involving the use of a hot press on wool fabric, resulted in a smooth, lustrous fabric surface. Little of the glaze remains on this quilt.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1790-1810
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- fabric, wool, wool/cotton, cotton/silk (overall material)
- thread, wool (overall material)
- filling, wool (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 99 in x 90 in; 251 cm x 229 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T17971
- catalog number
- T17971
- accession number
- 317832
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Franklin Chace
- subject
- Quilting
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Quilts
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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