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Four Patch Pieced Quilt
Quilt
Four Patch Pieced Quilt
American, probably New England
1830-1840s
Object Place: New England, United States
Medium/Technique
Pieced printed cotton plain weave top, cotton plain weave bottom, bound with cotton plain weave and quilted
Dimensions
Length x width (at longest): 252.7 x 266.7 cm (99 1/2 x 105 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Tomie Nagano and Wayne E. Nichols
Accession Number2014.1953
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPieced four patch top with notches at bottom for bed posts. Top of wide strips of brown and white roller printed florals with machined grounds alternating with wide strips of pieced four patch and plain squares in a range of printed cottons (including a few late 18th-century block prints, woven stripes and plains, discharge printed indigo cottons, and many small scale roller printed patterns). Backed with pieces of white or unbleached cotton plain weave (muslin) that range from 24 inches to 28 inches wide. Edge binding of broewn and red stipped floral print. Quilted in a chevron pattern with approxiamtely 8 stitches per inch.
ProvenanceBefore 2014, sold to Wayne E. Nichols and Tomie Nagano, Dedham, MA; 2014, gift of Nichols and Nagano to the MFA. (Accession date: December 10, 2014)