Top, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Top, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1977.038
- Place of Origin:
- New England
- Date:
- 1800-1840
- Description:
- Quilt Top. Pieced from squares and strips of printed cloth. Pieced of squares set in vertical strips. The strips composed of the square blocks are of varying widths; they alternate with solid strips, measuring between 2 and 4 inches wide. Fabrics used for the squares and the solid strips are a variety of late 18th- and early 19th-century calicoes and chintzes, including block prints with pencil blue from the 1790s to cylinder prints from the 1830s. The colors are predominately shades of brown, with cream, blue, and green. The edges are unfinished. It is entirely hand stitched with a heavy white cotton thread and a slightly finer brown cotton thread. A handwritten paper label is basted to one corner: "I want this kept it has so many old fashioned pieces of Indian cotton, etc."
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-79.2 L-84.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William L. Warren
- People:
- Warren, William L. (1912-1998)
- Subjects:
- Needlework, Quilting, Sewing, Quilts
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