Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

2002.66.18

Description

Quilt, pattern is Double X (per Brackman #1692a), pieced by the block, pieced and plain squares (alternating set), 80 blocks, handsewn, cotton prints in brown, off white, blue and rust, quilted with white cotton thread in parallel lines and cross hatching (6-7 stitches/inch), applied binding pieced with two fabrics, no borders, rounded corners, muslin backing, cotton thread, cotton batting, 82"h x 65 1/2"w, 1860-1880. Per Knoxville quilt historian Merikay Waldvogel: brown print fabrics c. 1870

Collection

Linda Claussen and the Thursday Bee Quilt Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1880

Dimensions

Width

65-1/2 in

Length

82 in

Dimension Notes

8.25" blocks