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Quilt fragments (Curtain)
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
1969.3894.A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.3894.A, B
Object Name
Quilt fragments (Curtain)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Place of Origin
England or United States; United Kingdom or United States; Europe or North America
Origin Notes
These fragments are from a quilt that was made in North America using fabric that was possibly printed in North America or England in the late-eighteenth or early nineteenth century.
Date
1840-1860
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Pieced
- Quilted
- Block printed
- Mordant style
Construction Description
Hand- and machine-stitched
Dimensions (inches)
71.75 (W) x 72 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
182.245 (W) x 182.88 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurement of piece A: 36" wx71.5"h
Measurement of piece B: 36''w x 71.75''h
Montgomery Design Number T188 (backing fabric):
Florence Montgomery determined warps per inch at 52.