Quilt, Roller-Printed Cotton Wholecloth
Date1810-1835
MediumCotton
DimensionsOH: 90 1/2"; OW: 92 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-5
DescriptionAlmost-square whole cloth quilt made of natural-color plain-woven cotton roller-printed with red in a design of exotic nut or date palms and fern-like fronds on trailing bamboo-like branches. Quilt top is considerably pieced up from varying lengths of cotton. Reverse is natural-color plain-woven cotton. Edges bound with red, pink, and white floral print. Quilted through thin batting with running stitches in overall diamond design. Photograph shows detail.ProvenancePurchased from New York dealer and possibly used in America.
1844
1835-1850
1750-1765
ca. 1800; quilted 1825-1850
1770-1775
1750-1790, remade 1810-1830
1840-1880
