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Quilt (Wholecloth quilt)
1829-1837
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1969.3061
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.3061
Object Name
Quilt (Wholecloth quilt)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Secondary Place of Origin
England or France
Secondary Origin Notes
This fabric was probably manufactured in England or France circa 1829. (Nicole Belolan 05/05/2010.)
Date
1829-1837
Subject(s)
- Andrew Jackson
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Cylinder printed
- Mordant style
- Quilted
Dimensions (inches)
102.75 (W) x 102 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
260.985 (W) x 259.08 (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 154Book: Powell, G. Julie. 2000 The Fabric of Persuasion: Two Hundred Years of Political Quilts.
• Included in exhibitionBook: Clouzot, Henri & Morris, Frances. 1927 Painted and Printed Fabrics : The History of the Manufactory at Jouy and Other Ateliers in France 1760-1815.
• Textile with same pattern, no. 291Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same pattern, p..341, fig. 401.Article: Reath, N. A. 1925 Printed Fabrics. 10.
• Philadelphia Museum of Art example, published plate VIII, discussed page 152.Article: Phillips, John Goldsmith. 1932 Europen Printed Fabrics of the Nineteenth Century: A Special Exhibition. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 27 (3): 4.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art example, discussed, pg. 74.Thesis: 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. 276-312Book: 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, 101-104