Quilt, Pieced Wool Amish Nine Patch
Date1890-1930
MediumWool, cotton
DimensionsOH: 81" x OW: 61 1/2" (206 x 156.5cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2016.609.5
DescriptionThis is a rectangular quilt of heavy woolens hand pieced in a design of 35 uneven nine-patch blocks set on point, alternating with plain blocks set on point. Colors include gold (predominating), orange-reds, blue, purple, browns, greens, and pink, with a wide border of golden wool. It is quilted with white cotton using 6 to 7 running stitches per inch in grids (in plain blocks), vertical parallel lines (in pieced blocks), and a five-line cable border on all four sides. The quilt is backed with lavender cotton and has cotton batting. A narrow brown cotton binding has been stitched on by machine and hand stitched to the top; the binding is probably replaced.
1845-1855
ca. 1856
ca. 1850
1800-1830 (back); 1860-1880 (piecing)
1845-1855
ca. 1860
1860-1880
ca. 1850
1950-1965
1840-1860
1847-1853