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Quilt (Wholecloth quilt)
1825-1835
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1969.1273
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.1273
Object Name
Quilt (Wholecloth quilt)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Secondary Place of Origin
Fall River; Massachusetts; New England; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
This textile was probably printed at the American Print Works in Fall River, Massachusetts between 1825 to 1835.
Date
1825-1835
Subject(s)
- Lafayette
- Military
- Washington
- George
- Centennial
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Quilted
- Woven (plain)
- Mordant style
- Roller printed
- Block printed
Construction Description
Hand-stitched
Dimensions (inches)
68.5 (W) x 75 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
173.99 (W) x 190.5 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to the inherent variability of textiles.
Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch: 76
Vertical design repeat: 2.5 inches
Selvedge width: 23 inches (RGW, 07/24/2012)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Orlofsky, Myron & Orlofsky, Patsy. 1974 Quilts in America.
Article: Art Institute of Chicago. 1971 American Textiles from the Collection of the Art Institute. Calendar of the Art Institute of Chicago. 2.
• See p. 4 for mention of similar George Washington printed textileBook: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• See p. 346, fig. 410 for similar George Washington textile and printing in the first half of the nineteenth century, p. 287-289.Article: Peto, Florence. 07//1942 Age of Heirloom Quilts. Antiques. 32-35.
• See p.34, Fig. 6, for similar George Washington printed textileBook: Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• See Ch. 6, p. 159 for Layafette fabric in another colorwayBook: Idzerda, Stanley J, et al. 1989 Lafayette, Hero of Two Worlds: The Art and Pageantry of His Farewell Tour of America, 1824-1825. 201.
• Well-known portraits of Lafayette, pg. 146-148.Book: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on print 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 print style, pp. 88, 101-104Thesis: Sykas, Philip Anthony. 10//2000 Material Evidence: Nineteenth Century Calico Printers' Pattern Books. 275-343 Ph.D. The Manchester Metropolitan University Department of Textiles/Fashion
• Information on roller and cylinder printing, pp. 276-312