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Double Nine Patch Quilt

Double Nine Patch Quilt - Quilt
Accession #: 2962.152
Title: Double Nine Patch Quilt
Object Type: Quilt
Participants:
Physical Description: This quilt is composed of forty-nine pieced blocks that alternate with solid cream-colored blocks. The quilt contains a variety of fabrics including madder browns, bubble gum pinks, tan colors, and overdyed green. Each pieced block contains five smaller nine-patch units. There are three borders: 1" green, 4 1/2" white, 3/4" green. It is hand quilted with ten stitches per inch. The quilting designs include triple diagonals, double cross hatch, and parallels. The backing is made from coarse off-white cotton.
Description: This quilt's coppery brown fabrics support its family oral history indicating an 1860s Indiana origin. The green fabrics were probably made by first dying the fabric yellow, then dying it a second time in blue (or the process may have been reversed).
Category: Textiles
Subjects/Topics/Concepts:
Bedding (Furnishing)
Geographical Reference: Indiana (National)
Dimensions:
Object L x W 96 x 92 "
Materials/Techniques:
cotton (Material)
quilting (Technique)
Marks/Inscription:
S P S 1854 (?)
Related Exhibits:
Credit Line: Transfered from the Fort Wright Historical Museum, 1983

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