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Chinese Block/Broken Dish Quilt
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| Accession #: | 2962.153 |
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| Title: | Chinese Block/Broken Dish Quilt |
| Object Type: | Quilt |
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| Physical Description: | This quilt is made of thirty-six pieced blocks made from a variety of prints, including one with horseshoes. The background fabric is white. There is no border. |
| Description: | The horseshoe fabric found in this quilt is a "conversation print," especially popular for children's clothing during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This quilt also contains fabrics with fine black lines on a white ground, known as "mourning prints," popular about the same time. |
| Category: | Textiles |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Bedding (Furnishing)
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| Dimensions: |
Object L x W 74 x 71 1/2"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
cotton (Material)
quilting (Technique)
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| Credit Line: | Museum Transfer, Fort Wright Historical Museum, 1983 |
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