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1849 Jane Barr's Floral Appliqued Quilt
Object Details
- Description
- A quilted and stuffed block on this mid-nineteenth-century quilt bears the inscription “JANE BARR JULY 1849.” Although a gift to the Smithsonian from her niece, Nancy Angelina Ross of Mars, Pennsylvania, in 1954, little more is known about Jane or the significance of the date.
- The quilt is composed of 12-inch blocks appliquéd with crossed flowers. Red-, green- and yellow-ground roller-printed fabrics were used for the design. The pattern has characteristics of both “Meadow Daisy” and “Mexican Rose” motifs. Intervening white blocks are elaborately quilted in different geometric and floral motifs, 9 stitches per inch. A flowering vine delineates the border of this beautifully crafted quilt from Pennsylvania.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Nancy Angeline Ross
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1849
- ID Number
- TE.T11101
- accession number
- 201232
- catalog number
- T11101
- maker
- Barr, Jane
- Object Name
- quilt
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- thread, cotton (overall material)
- filling, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 89 in x 87 in; 226 cm x 220 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Quilts
- Subject
- Quilting
- Record ID
- nmah_556363
- Usage
- CC0
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