Homemade Quilt

Name/Title

Homemade Quilt

Entry/Object ID

1987.01.0751

Description

Crazy quilt top of multicolored silks, velvets, satins, and cottons. Made of 24 squares. Embroidered with pearl cotton, mostly feather stitch. Corner squares are metallic velvet brocade.

Collection

Textile Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1889

Time Period

19th Century

Knitted Textile Details

Textile Shape

Rectangular

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Quilt

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Needlework

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

45 in

Width

65 in

Material

Cotton, Silk, Velvet