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D2007-CMD-0230
Quilt, Pieced Ohio Star
D2007-CMD-0230

Quilt, Pieced Ohio Star

Date1840-1855
OriginAmerica
MediumPrinted cottons
DimensionsW: 90"; L: 91" (229 x 231 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anonymous Donors
Object number1971-1503
DescriptionThis is a patchwork quilt made of 12 1/2-inch diamond-shaped lozenges of a brown ground floral chintz with stripe, alternating with 8-point, diamond-centered patchwork stars of various small-patterned calicoes. The eight-pointed stars are sometimes called the Ohio Star quilt pattern. The reverse is a lace or pillar stripe English roller-printed cotton in rose, green, mauve, and discharge white on a coffee-brown ground, glazed. The quilt is bound in three-eighths-inch-wide printed cotton. The quilting is in a pattern of rectangles spiraling inward in 8 running stitches per inch.
Label TextPrecise eight-pointed stars alternate with glazed cotton diamonds printed with pink and red flowers on a chocolate ground, lending this quilt a rich visual appearance. The reversible quilt is backed with solid cotton printed with a floral stripe design. Eight-sided stars like those in this quilt are sometimes called the Ohio Star Pattern, although it is not known whether the anonymous quiltmaker used that term for her geometric design.
ProvenanceEx coll: Tomlinson.
Maker is unidentified.