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Quilt (Wholecloth quilt with border)
1825-1850
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1969.3564
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.3564
Object Name
Quilt (Wholecloth quilt with border)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Origin Notes
The quilt probably was constructed in the United States in the second quarter of the 19th century.
Secondary Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
The blue resist fabric was probably printed in England in about 1760.
Date
1825-1850
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Quilted
- Resist style
- Mordant style
- Block printed
- Roller printed
- Cylinder printed
Construction Description
Hand-stitched
Dimensions (inches)
73.75 (W) x 96 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
187.325 (W) x 243.84 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements are approximate due to inherent variability of textiles.
For T257:
Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch at 76.
Vertical design repeat: 13.75 inches.
For T13:
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Pettit, Florence Harvey. 1974 America's Indigo Blues : Resist-Printed and Dyed Textiles of the Eighteenth Century.
• Printed textile with same pattern (T13), p. 185, fig. 93Thesis: 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. 276-312Chapter: 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 resist style and mordant style, pp. 88, 91-94, 101-104Book: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Information on mordant style, pp. 11-12Article: Eaton, Linda. 2010 How can you resist? Blue and White Resist-Printed Textiles. Antiques and Fine Art. X (5 Winter/Autumn 2010): 210-211.
• Information on resist style.Book: Eaton, Linda. 2014 Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 166, C023