1866 - 1900 "One Patch" Pieced Quilt Top
1866 - 1900 "One Patch" Pieced Quilt Top
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- Description
- The maker of this quilt top, who is unknown, used samples of many late nineteenth-century-fabrics. The quilt top was part of a donation to the Smithsonian by G. Ruth McHenry in 1961. It may have been in the family of Jane Winter Price, who made a “Carpenter’s Wheel” quilt that is also in the Collection.
- The quilt top, pieced in the one-patch “Tumbler” or “Flower Pot” pattern, is made of many printed cottons, over 500 different patterns. Nineteenth-century geometric, floral, and polka-dot roller printed cottons are well represented. Both printed and woven striped, checked, and plaid fabrics also contribute to the design. Novelty roller-prints such as dogs’ heads, scallop shells, horseshoes, and ribbons-and-bows can be found on the quilt top. The variety in fabrics makes the quilt top a useful object for study.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- quilt
- date made
- 1866-1900
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- World
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- thread, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 89 in x 69 in; 225 cm x 175 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T12700
- accession number
- 238478
- catalog number
- T12700
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss G. Ruth McHenry
- subject
- Quilting
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Quilts
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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