QUILT

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

A patchwork quilt made up of multicolored silk and velvet strips. This quilt is designed in the "log cabin" pattern. The center of the squares if a fuschia silk surrounded by rectangular strips of blacks, pinks, greens and beiges. The backing of the quilt is silk. There is a paper label on the back of the quilt that reads "Quilt belongs to/ Mrs. Downs /Bridgeport /Conn/ presented by Mrs. Pricket" .

Object name:

QUILT

Made from:

Silk

Made in:

Bridgeport, USA

Date made:

20th c.

Size:

193 × 177.8 cm (76 × 70 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

45.651

Class:

Linen

Signature marks:

label Quilt belongs to/ Mrs. Downs/Bridgeport/Conn/presented by Mrs Pricket Affixed to the back of the quilt. This is a paper label with a red border with the inscription typed. label silk and velvet patchwork/QUILT/belonged to Mrs. Downs/Bridgeport Connecticut/presented by Mrs. Prickett. Center back of the quilt. This is a red bordered paper label with the inscription typed.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973