Quilt, Rose and Green Wool

Date1790-1820

MediumWool with linen/wool lining, wool fleece padding (fiber identification by microscope)

DimensionsW: 83"; L: 94"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-54

DescriptionThis is a rectangular quilt consisting of vertical stripes of bright rose pink ribbed and moired wool about 9 inches wide alternating with olive ribbed wool stripes about 7 3/4 inches wide. The bed cover is quilted with light brown cotton thread in zig-zag rows at 4 to 5 stitches per inch. The backing is natural-color linen warp/ wool weft fabric woven in plain weave. The quilt is bound on three sides with olive color wool twill tape with a long section of similar pink twill tape across one side.
Holes and worn areas.
Label TextJudging by its well-worn condition this heavy quilt pieced in stripes using bright pink and olive woolens served years of use. The backing is a textile woven of linen in the warp direction and wool in the weft (crosswise) direction, sometimes referred to as "linsey woolsey."
InscribedNo marks or inscriptions located.
ProvenanceLillian Blankley Cogan Antiquary, Farmington, Connecticut, by sale to Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation.