Object Number 1967.0074

Object Name

Quilt (Wholecloth quilt)

Title

Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

United States, North America

Origin Notes

The quilt was probably made in the United States in the early 19th century (or even later).

Secondary Place of Origin

England, United Kingdom, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

This textile was printed in England about 1785.

Date

1810-1850

Subjects

Benjamin Franklin; George Washington; Allegory

Materials

Cotton; Linen; Silk

Techniques

Woven (plain), Plate printed, Mordant style, Quilted

Construction Description

Hand-stitched

Dimensions (inches)

101.75 (L) , 99.75 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

258.445 (L) , 253.365 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 280, fig. 300; information on the textile design: pp. 279-282.
[Book] Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Chapter 6, p. 143; information on print: pp. 142-43.
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• See p. 116, pl. 21
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: p. 114, pl. 1
[Book] Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style, pp. 11-12
[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 mordant style, pp. 88, 101-104
[Catalogue] Victoria and Albert Museum, et al. 1960 Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of English Chintz: English Printed Fabrics from their Origins until the Present Day; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, May 18th to July 17th, 1960. 75
• Published: p. 34, #179.
[Book] Palmer, Michele. 2003 Toile, The Storied Fabrics of Europe and American.
• Similar: pp. 154-155.
[Book] D'Allemagne, Henry-René & Clouzot, Henri. 1942 La Toile Imprimée et les Indiennes de Traïte. II.
• Similar: pl. 131.