Object Number 1964.0015

Object Name

Quilt (Wholecloth quilt)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

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

Secondary Place of Origin

England, United Kingdom, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

This textile was printed in England between 1785 and 1795.

Date

1785-1795

Subjects

Mythological

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Quilted, Woven (plain), Plate printed, Pieced, Raised style

Construction Description

Hand-stitched

Dimensions (inches)

94 (L) , 90.5 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

238.76 (L) , 229.87 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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
• Similar: p. 31, #155.
[Book] Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Chapter 2, pp. 51, 53-54.
[Book] Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p. 274, fig. 289,; information on print, p. 272.
[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 "raised" style and print technology, pp. 88, 97.
[Book] Eaton, Linda. 2014 Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Published: p.113, fig. 5.17