Museum Object Number1964.0151 |
Quilt (Wholecloth quilt)
Textiles (Furnishing)
Museum purchase
United States, North America
This quilt was probably made in the United States.
England, United Kingdom, Europe
The fabrics were printed in Britain in about 1760.
1760-1785
Cotton; Linen
Woven (plain), Quilted, Resist style, Block printed
Hand-stitched
95.5 (L) , 85.5 (W)
242.57 (L) , 217.17 (W)
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. (Conservation, 2009) Montgomery Design Number T27: Vertical design repeat: 27 7/8 inches. Selvedge width: more than 37.50 inches, as both sides of the textile length have been sewn into seams. Montgomery Design Number T1101: Vertical design repeat: 8.5 inches.
Text available soon.
[Book] Pettit, Florence Harvey. 1974 America's Indigo Blues : Resist-Printed and Dyed Textiles of the Eighteenth Century.
• Printed textile with same pattern (T1011), p. 198, fig. 104
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Montgomery design number T1011, published: p. 206, fig. 198
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with Montgomery Design Number: T27, p. 207, fig. 202
[Book] Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on Resist style, p. 11
[Chapter] Bide, Martin. Secrets of the Printer's Palette, Colors & Dyes in Rhode Island Quilts [Book] Welters, Linda & OrdoƱez, Margaret. Down by the Old Mill Stream: Quilts in Rhode Island. 83-121.
• Information on Resist style, pp. 88, 92-94
[Article] Eaton, Linda. 2010 How can you resist? Blue and White Resist-Printed Textiles. Antiques and Fine Art. X (5 Winter/Autumn 2010): 210-211.
• Information on paste work: pp. 210-211
[Book] Eaton, Linda. 2014 Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 169, C029