Pieced quilt (Variable Star)

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Object Details

Artist

Unidentified

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia S. Smith

Date

ca. 1840

Object number

1998.149.27

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Decorative Arts-Fiber

Quilt

Crafts

Medium

calicoes, chintzes and fondu printed cotton; quilted

Dimensions

86 1/2 × 85 in. (219.7 × 215.9 cm)

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Department

Renwick Gallery

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk75432cb66-d91d-488b-8b40-417aed912209

Record ID

saam_1998.149.27