1945 - 1955 Feed Sack Pieced Quilt Top
1945 - 1955 Feed Sack Pieced Quilt Top
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- Description
- This quilt top is made of blue chambray and printed cotton fabrics; feed sacks. Eleven inch square blocks (some variances) are pieced, with random use of prints. The top is six blocks wide and seven blocks in length. The pieces are machine-stitched.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Quilt
- date made
- 1945-1955
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 80 in x 66 in; 203 cm x 168 cm
- ID Number
- 1991.0815.02
- accession number
- 1991.0815
- catalog number
- 1991.0815.02
- Credit Line
- GIft of Mrs. Fleur S. Bresler
- subject
- Quilting
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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