Whole cloth quilt

Item Information

Title:
Whole cloth quilt
Description:
Aqua blue silk ground; quilted floral vines with interspaces in diagonal lines. Fine glazed navy blue wool back; later fine twill weave cotton backing.
Date:
1780–1820
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
cotton (textile)
stitching (generic process)
quilting
alteration (process and technique)
silk (textile)
weaving
wholecloth quilts
wool (textile)
quilts
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
floral patterns
Silk
Wool
Cloth
Cotton
Quilted
Hand Stitched
Remade
Floral
Twilled
Extent:
30 in. x 71 1/2 in. (W x L)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/47077
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of the Misses Ruth A. and Dorcas L. Woodbury
Accession #:
1964.379
Identifier:
47077