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Quilt (Pieced medallion quilt)
1790-1810
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
- Wool
- Linen
Museum Object Number
1969.0566
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.0566
Object Name
Quilt (Pieced medallion quilt)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Origin Notes
This quilt was probably made in the United States between 1790 and 1810.
Secondary Place of Origin
England or France; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
The plate-printed and block-printed fabrics used to piece this quilt were printed in England and France during the late 18th century.
Date
1790-1810
Materials
- Cotton
- Wool
- Linen
Techniques
- Quilted
- Pieced
- Plate printed
- Mordant style
- Block printed
- Woven (plain)
Dimensions (inches)
72 (W) x 95 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
182.88 (W) x 241.3 (L)
Measurement Notes
from Quilts in a Material World list
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Chapter 6, p 150Other: Whelan, Virginia J. Condition Report and Treatment Proposal : 1969.0566, 1959.0958.
• Analysis of handkerchief and quiltBook: Powell, G. Julie. 2000 The Fabric of Persuasion: Two Hundred Years of Political Quilts.
• Published: unknown pageBook: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with similar pattern (T50.1), p. 269, fig. 280Article: Eaton, Linda. 2007 Winterthur Primer: A Look at Fabrics on Early American Quilts. Antiques and Fine Art.
• Published: p. 301, fig. 2.Book: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style, pp. 11-12Chapter: 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, 101-104Book: Eaton, Linda. 2014 Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 354, C363