Textiles (Furnishing)
Europe
1600-1700
Silk; Cotton
Quilted
1954.0049
Object Number1954.0049 |
Quilt (Wholecloth quilt)
Textiles (Furnishing)
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
Europe
1600-1700
Silk; Cotton
Quilted
101.5 (L) , 87 (W)
257.81 (L) , 220.98 (W)
Selvedge width of silk on both front and back is approx 30 inches. It might well have originally been wider, but is difficult to measure because it has been pulled up by the quilting. Linda Baumgarten suggests that a related quilt at Colonial Williamsburg has a selvedge width of 32 inches.
Text available soon.
[Book] Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Chapter 5, pp. 110-113
[Book] Orlofsky, Myron & Orlofsky, Patsy. 1974 Quilts in America.
• Similar object p 19, similar early lavish quilts.
[Article] Lidz, Maggie. 1998 The Mystery of Seventeenth-Century Quilts. Antiques. 154 (6): 834-843.
• Published: p 834-836
[Book] Rae, Janet & Cripps, David. 1995 Quilt Treasures of Great Britain : The Heritage Search of the Quilters' Guild.
• Related info: p 65-67 Info on English quilt that is a possible parallel