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American

Doll's quilt, late 1800s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

American

Title

Doll's quilt

Year

late 1800s

Medium

Cotton; pieced and machine-quilted

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • cotton

Dimensions

Length: 48.3 cm (19 inches)

Type

  • Toys

Credit

Gift of Eliza F. W. Taft

Object Number

47.813

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Infinite Variety

June 17 - September 18, 2005

Although a beginner, this quilter already shows a hint of playfulness and experimentation as she tips the quilt's balance by inserting a different patterned fabric in three of the square centers. Girls often honed their sewing skills by starting off with small-scale projects such as this doll's quilt. An obviously inexperienced hand guided the sewing machine in uncertain lines to create the quilted grid pattern.

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Doll's quilt with the accession number of 47.813. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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