Quilt (part of a Bedroom Furnishings Set)

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Quilt (part of a Bedroom Furnishings Set)
Datec. 1790–1820
Possible placeRocky Hill area, Connecticut, United States
MediumCotton
Dimensions84 × 88 in. (213.4 × 223.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.61.38.1
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description



Technical notes and description: Tabby-weave cotton face and back; cotton filling. Designed as coordinating all-white textiles for a bedroom setting, the surviving pieces in this suite are all patterned by stuffing within backstitch outlines. Such work is variously known as stuffed-work, trapunto, and Marseilles quilting. The coverlet boasts a central basket from which are foliate branches. Along the sides and across the foot is an undulating, twisted garland, while across the top a bowed swag forms the border. Although not so exuberant, the table covers likewise feature a central basket containing a foliate spray and a modified crescent undulating border. The valance is edged with a row of partial scallopshell motifs above which undulates a floral garland. The matching bed skirt is worked only with the scallop motif.


Related examples: Table covers at Williamsburg (acc. nos. G 1971–133; G 1982–147; G 1985–188).


Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


Provenance[Curtis Tavern Antiques, West Granville, Massachusetts]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1961; given to MFAH.
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