Quilt of Silk Cigar Wrappers

Knitted Textile

Key West Art & Historical Society

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

1987.01.0752

Description

Quilt of cigar silk wrappers composed of half horizontal and half vertical sections in a log cabin variation. It has 0.25" of cotton batting and backed by black polished cotton with pleated ruffle.

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

Material

Cotton, Silk