1880 - 1900 Pieced Quilt Top; Kansas

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Quilt top, Mourning print, 1880-1900
Quilt top, Mourning print, 1880-1900, detail
Quilt top, Mourning print, 1880-1900, detail

Object Details

maker

unknown

Description (Brief)

Pieced quilt top made up of Ninety blocks, (10 rows, 9 blocks per row); blocks are composed of small squares (1” approx.) and large and small triangles, 36 pieces in each block/square. Pieces most probably made from cottons produced in the 19th century New England textile mills. Includes many different small-patterned printed dress and shirting cottons, including in colorways associated with mourning prints (grays, purples, and black with white), with browns and blues, and irregular additions of reds and pinks. Maker unknown, but the quilt was passed down in a family in Topeka, Kansas.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Clara Wilbur

date made

1880 - 1900

ID Number

2017.0319.01

accession number

2017.0319

catalog number

2017.0319.01

Object Name

quilt top

Physical Description

fabric, cotton (overall material)

thread, cotton (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 76 in x 66 in; 193 cm x 168 cm

place made

United States: Kansas, Topeka

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Home and Community Life: Textiles

Textiles

Domestic Furnishings

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Quilting

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-c3a6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1884100