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Unknown Maker, English

Quilt

Maker

Culture

English

Title

Quilt

Year

1800-1850s

Medium

cotton

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

cotton

Materials

cotton

Dimensions

Length: 256.5 cm (101 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Marjorie R. Yashar

Object Number

84.240

Type

Textiles

Exhibition History

Infinite Variety

American Quilts and Coverlets

Jun 17, 2005 – Sep 18, 2005

Label copy

Organization and symmetry, combined with the specific language of floral, vase, and bow motifs, produce neoclassical elegance as the reigning mood in this early 19th-century quilt. Consider the quilter's great effort to center a graceful bowknot or finely drawn floral bouquet in each alternate square. Sadly, the drab brown fabrics here, so much in fashion at the time, illustrate well the destructive effects of certain dyes and mordants.

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, English

Quilt, 1800-1850s

cotton

Length: 256.5 cm (101 inches)

Gift of Marjorie R. Yashar 84.240

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