Patchwork quilt

Status

Not on view

Datec. 1750-1800

Medium/TechniqueSilk, wool

DimensionsOverall (H x W): 102 in. × 94 in. (259.08 cm × 238.76 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Margaret B. Smith, to the memory of Henrietta Elizabeth Smith, Grandniece of Martha Washington, Daughter of Commodore John Dandridge Henley, and Wife of J. Bayard H. Smith, Esq., 1910

Object numberW-1117

DescriptionPatchwork, pieced quilt with a square of brocaded silk at center, surrounded by additional squares of various silks, all framed by a wide red silk satin border. The back is also pieced and surrounded by a wide brown silk satin border.

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