Comforter
- Object Name:
- Comforter
- Object ID:
- 1977.047.10
- Place of Origin:
- New England
- Date:
- 1890-1920
- Description:
- Comforter. Pieced of rectangles of dress print fabrics, including printed stripes, florals, and a printed sateen, in primarily blue and white, but also purple, gray, and brick red. The back is pieced of three strips of cotton; two are a printed sateen with a vine pattern in white on brown; the other is plain very pale pink. The binding is a red on white print and it is applied on the straight grain. There is no batting; the comforter is tied at the corners of the patches with white cotton string over bundles of purple and white wool yarns.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-18.8 L-24 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by William L. Warren, the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William L. Warren
- People:
- Warren, William L. (1912-1998)
- Subjects:
- Needlework, Quilting, Sewing, Quilts
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