1890-1900 Miniature Quilt: Museum Object and Cultural History
1890-1900 Miniature Quilt: date made: 1890-1900. maker: unknown. Object Name: quilt, doll.
The object in the museum catalogue
This miniature quilt may have been a doll’s quilt, a “first” quilt, or a display on a model quilting frame. Possibly made in Pennsylvania, it consists of twelve 1 to 1-and-1/2-inch blocks in the "Four-patch" pattern. Quilted in a chevron pattern, 3-4 stitches per inch.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1890-1900
- maker: unknown
- Object Name: quilt, doll
- Physical Description: fabric, cotton (overall material)
- Physical Description: thread, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 15 in x 13 in; 38 cm x 33 cm
- place made: United States: Pennsylvania
- Subject: Quilting
- Subject: Children
- ID Number: 1995.0011.08
- accession number: 1995.0011
- catalog number: 1995.0011.08
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Robert Stephens
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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