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Whole-cloth Quilt (one of a pair)circa 1760

Not on view
Textile panel with allover printed pattern of navy blue birds in flight among powder-blue peonies and leaves on a cream ground

Unknown, Whole-cloth Quilt (one of a pair), circa 1760, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, American Quilt Research Center Acquisition Fund, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Whole-cloth Quilt (one of a pair)
Place Made
United States, Connecticut, Greenwich
Date Made
circa 1760
Medium
Cotton plain weave, resist painted and blockprinted and dyed
Dimensions
86 x 73 in. (218.44 x 185.42 cm)
Credit Line
American Quilt Research Center Acquisition Fund, Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.86.194.2
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Blanco F., José and Mary D. Doering, eds. Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe, vol. 1, Pre-Colonial Times Through the American Revolution. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016.