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QUILT INDEX RECORD

16-12-225

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

DAR Museum

Who documented this quilt?

DAR Museum; Permanent Collection

DAR Number:

52.59

This is a:

Other

Describe the item:

unbacked counterpaine

Quilt's title:

Wholecloth

How wide is the quilt?

89 13/16 inches

How long is the quilt?

91 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Red; White

Overall color scheme:

Two color

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Time period:

1800-1849

When was the quilt finished?

ca. 1800

Describe the quilt's layout:

Wholecloth

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

None

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Novelty

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Twill weave

How is the binding made?

Woven tape

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Not quilted

Where the quilt was made, country:

USA

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Six scenes of children playing appear on this American counterpane. The games and activities are thread needle or London Bridge, spinning top, bob cherry, marbles, and feeding poultry (one scene with chickens, the other with ducks). Each of the six scenes is bordered on two sides by an ogive design of a vine with pods, seeds, and leaves, and on the top and bottom by a flower and leaf garland, connected by bows to the ogive. The fabric was imported but it is not known whether from England or France. The vignettes were taken from the engravings by Francesco Bartolozzi, published in 1787 and 1788, after William Hamilton's drawings of children (Florence Montgomery, "Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850", New York: Viking Press 1970, p. 270) Four of the plate-printed scenes were used in an unfinished pieced bedcover, 1790-1800, made by Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, in the collection of The Mount Vernon Ladies's Association of the Union. Winterthur also has a piece of this fabric ("First Flowerings: Early Virginia Quilts", Washington, DC: DAR Museum, 1987, p. 29, p.40).

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

DAR Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Washington, DC

Quilt owner's state:

Washington D.C.

Quilt owner's country:

USA

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

DAR Museum

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Cite this Quilt

Wholecloth. ca. 1800. From DAR Museum, DAR Museum; Permanent Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=16-12-225. Accessed: 03/29/24