Wholecloth Quilt

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Wholecloth Quilt
Datec. 1780–1840
Fabric probably made inGreat Britain
Made inUnited States
MediumWool
Dimensions101 × 90 in. (256.5 × 228.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.56.52
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Technical notes and description: Twill-weave wool face; tabby-weave wool back; wool filling; wool thread. The three-panel face of this quilt, of dark green, probably imported, glazed, worsted fabric, is patterned with green thread in quilting running stitches that create a central motif: two confronting units from which floral sprays spread. Bold featherlike leaves form a scrolling border. The background is covered with diagonal lines. Quilting stitches secure napped green backing, wool filling, and face fabric.

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[Mrs. Lawrence J. Ullman, Tarrytown, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1956; given to MFAH.
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