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Scrap quilt top

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1830-1850

GUSN

GUSN-53374

Description

Comprised of scraps of early nineteenth century cottons. No pattern or overall design. Edges bound in printed calico.

Details

Descriptive Terms

quilts
calico
chintz
copper engraving (printing process)
cotton (textile)
linen (material)
piecing
printing (process)
rolling up
textiles
copper (metal)
checker pattern
Orientalism
plaids
stripes
Cotton
Calico
Linen
Chintz
Pieced
Transfer Printed
Stripe
Striped
Plaid
Checked
Stipple Engraved
Orientalism
Unidentified Textile
Block, Quilt

Associated Building

Original To Lady Pepperrell House,

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

62.5 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Virginia L. Hodge and Katharine D. Parry

Accession Number

1942.1485

Reference Notes

Montgomery. Textiles in America. [No Publisher].

Places

Maine (United States)

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