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Quilt fragments (Valance)
1840-1860
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
England or United States; United Kingdom or United States; Europe or North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1969.1935
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.1935
Object Name
Quilt fragments (Valance)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
England or United States; United Kingdom or United States; Europe or North America
Origin Notes
This quilt fragment is made from fabric that was printed in England or North America in the late-eighteenth or early nineteenth century.
Date
1840-1860
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Pieced
- Quilted
- Block printed
- Mordant style
Construction Description
Hand-stitched and machine sewn
Dimensions (inches)
75.5 (W) x 9 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
191.77 (W) x 22.86 (L)
Measurement Notes
Backing fabric (Montgomery Design Number T188):
Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch at 52.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern (backing fabric), p. 192, fig. 179Article: Winchester, Alice. 03//1940 The Editor's Attic: Another Coverlet. Antiques. 37 (3)
• See p. 119 for similar quilt in the Cooper Union MuseumBook: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style and block printing, p. 11-12, 27-60Chapter: 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, p. 88, 101-104