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