Quilt

quilt

Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

1973.49.4

Description

Piece quilt with corners shaped for a high-post bed. The quilt is pieced with long borders of chintz cotton printed with a brown stripe with brown vines that fades into a white stripe with full-color floral vines. The interior alternates blocks of the same fabric as the border with blocks of other chintz fabrics. The blocks in the outer rows of piecing are single fabric blocks while the blocks in the middle of the quilt are made from 9 squares and rectangles (a central square surrounded by corner square and border rectangles. The patterns used include florals, plaids, and abstract geometric prints. The quilt is backed with beige cotton.

Context

Used by the Jones family of Chelsea, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1973.49

Source or Donor

Waterson, Anne Darling

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1840

Place

Town

Chelsea

County

Orange County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Quilt

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Needlework

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

94 in

Width

93 in

Material

Cotton

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Jones, Deacon Ivory (1760-1825)

Related Places

Place

Town

Chelsea

County

Orange County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America