Object Number 1952.0325.001

Object Name

Quilt (Wholecloth quilt)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

England or United States, United Kingdom or United States, Europe or North America

Origin Notes

There is a history of ownership in the Waldron family of Albany County, New York. The quilt could have been made in New York State, but could also have been imported.

Secondary Place of Origin

England, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

This quilt is made from fabrics that were printed in England about 1770.

Date

1780-1810

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; reverse, lower left corner; "52.325.1 / Hardenbergh / Br. / Jan- Apr." ON REVERSE: "T-8 / FM 188" (in graphite)
2. Label; reverse, lower left corner; "52.325.1 / T-9"

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Woven (plain), Quilted, Block printed, Resist style

Construction Description

Hand-stitched

Dimensions (inches)

94.25 (L) , 84 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

239.4 (L) , 213.36 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles. (Conservation, 2010) Obverse: T9: Vertical design repeat: 24 1/8 inches; Horizontal design repeat: unable to determine; Selvedge width: more than 37.25 inches Reverse: T8: Vertical design repeat: 25.75 inches; Horizontal design repeat: unable to determine; Selvedge width: more than 37.25 inches

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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 & Ordoñez, Margaret. Down by the Old Mill Stream: Quilts in Rhode Island. 83-121.
• Information on Resist style, pp. 88, 92-94
[Book] Little, F. 1931 Early American Textiles.
• Published: opposite p. 204, fig. 41 c
[Book] Clouzot, Henri & Morris, Frances. 1927 Painted and Printed Fabrics : The History of the Manufactory at Jouy and Other Ateliers in France 1760-1815.
• Textile with same pattern illustrated: pl. XCI (top)
[Journal] Antiques Magazine. 1//1938
• Pattern illustrated, May 1957, p. 440
[Journal] Antiques Magazine. 1//1938
• Pattern illustrated, January 1928, p. 39
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Image of pattern, p.201, figs. 188a-b
[Book] Pettit, Florence Harvey. 1974 America's Indigo Blues : Resist-Printed and Dyed Textiles of the Eighteenth Century.
• Printed textile with same pattern (T8), p. 141, fig. 69
[Other] Research for Printed Textiles completed by Linda Eaton.
• Block Prints: Blue Resist: Information on dating the obverse textile and possible English origin.
[Book] Eaton, Linda. 2014 Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 172, C035
[Book] Eaton, Linda. 2014 Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 174, C039