1880 - 1900 Pieced Quilt Top; Kansas
1880 - 1900 Pieced Quilt Top; Kansas
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- Description (Brief)
- Pieced quilt top made up of Ninety blocks, (10 rows, 9 blocks per row); blocks are composed of small squares (1” approx.) and large and small triangles, 36 pieces in each block/square. Pieces most probably made from cottons produced in the 19th century New England textile mills. Includes many different small-patterned printed dress and shirting cottons, including in colorways associated with mourning prints (grays, purples, and black with white), with browns and blues, and irregular additions of reds and pinks. Maker unknown, but the quilt was passed down in a family in Topeka, Kansas.
- Object Name
- quilt top
- date made
- 1880 - 1900
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- United States: Kansas, Topeka
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- thread, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 76 in x 66 in; 193 cm x 168 cm
- ID Number
- 2017.0319.01
- accession number
- 2017.0319
- catalog number
- 2017.0319.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Clara Wilbur
- subject
- Quilting
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- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Textiles
- Exhibition
- Artifact Walls
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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