1860 - 1900 Long Family Hexagon Pieced Quilt
1860 - 1900 Long Family Hexagon Pieced Quilt
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- Description
- This vividly colored quilt was made sometime after 1860 by the sisters of Joseph Long of Washington County, Md. Red, yellow, blue and white 3-3/4-inch hexagons are set in concentric rings.
- The pieced hexagons on some of the rings are quilted with hexagons, others with floral motifs. The concentric rings are framed by a 9-inch border consisting of three bands, one white and two red. The red bands are quilted in a chevron pattern and the white band in a feathered vine.
- The quilting is 9 stitches per inch. The quilt has a cotton filling and the lining is brought to the front and machine-stitched to form the binding. While family information indicates an 1847 date, the 3x2-ply S-twist cabled cotton thread that is used for the machine piecing and hand quilting suggests a later date.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- quilt
- date made
- 1860-1900
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- United States: Maryland
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- thread, cotton (overall material)
- filling, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 86 in x 75 in; 219 cm x 190 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T15695
- accession number
- 296914
- catalog number
- T15695
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Beulah Weaver Witmeyer
- subject
- Quilting
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Quilts
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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