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Quilt for Four Poster Bed, 'Variable Star'1725-1750

Not on view
Patchwork quilt with houndstooth ground fabric, pieced star and X-shaped blocks in crimson red, marigold orange, olive green, and brown, with red binding and notched lower corners

Unknown, Quilt for Four Poster Bed, 'Variable Star', 1725-1750, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Betty Horton Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Quilt for Four Poster Bed, 'Variable Star'
Place Made
United States, New England
Date Made
1725-1750
Medium
Pieced and quilted wool
Dimensions
104 1/2 x 102 1/2 in. (265.43 x 260.35 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Betty Horton Collection
Accession Number
M.81.327.2
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.