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Penn Treaty quilt

Penn Treaty quilt
Penn Treaty quilt
Penn Treaty quilt
Status
Not on view
Datec. 1790-1802
Maker (American, 1731 - 1802)
Medium/TechniqueCotton, linen
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 100 3/4 in. × 100 3/4 in. (255.91 cm × 255.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of Louisa Lear Eyre, 1931
Object numberW-365
Published ReferencesGloria Seaman Allen, First Flowerings: Early Virginia Quilts, (Washington D.C: DAR Museum, 1987), 29.

Letters and Recollections of George Washington: Being letters to Tobias Lear and others between 1790 and 1799, showing the first American in the management of his estate and domestic affairs; with a diary of Washington's last days, kept by Mr. Lear (London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1906), plate opposite page 162.
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Quilt
1800-1830
Quilt
1800-1815
Quilt top
1775-1825
Quilt top
c. 1800-1802
Slipcover
Cotton, linen
c. 1790-1802
1790 -1800
Carpet
Wool, linen, cotton
c. 1802-1812
c. 1802-1812
Quilt
c.1824
Patchwork quilt
c. 1750-1800
Tablecloth
1780 - 1800
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