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RISDM 83-072.tif
  • RISDM 83-072.tif

Unknown Maker, American

Quilt

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, American

Culture

American

Title

Quilt

Year

late 1800s

Medium

  • silk,
  • stitched through,
  • ribbon edging

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Silk,
  • stitched through,
  • ribbon edging

Materials

silk

Geography

Place Made: New England

Dimensions

Length: 171.4 cm (67 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. James Elder in memory of Mrs. Leroy Elder

Object Number

83.072

Type

  • Textiles

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Infinite Variety
American Quilts and Coverlets
Jun 17, 2005 – Sep 18, 2005

Label copy

Fabrics made of silk became more available to middle class American consumers in the 1880s, when tariff laws encouraged the expansion of silk fabric manufacturing in New England and the middle-Atlantic states. The brilliant colors and attractive textures of silk fabrics gave the quilter a new set of options to consider in her work. Compare the different qualities of the ombre graded silk squares in this example with the similar use of color gradation in the cotton calico Boston Common patterned quilt in this room.

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, American
Quilt, late 1800s
Silk; stitched through; ribbon edging
Length: 171.4 cm (67 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mrs. James Elder in memory of Mrs. Leroy Elder 83.072

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