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  • Quilted petticoat

    Quilted petticoat

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    cotton fabric and cotton batting
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (On form): 37 × 24 × 20 in. (94 × 61 × 50.8 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    petticoats
    Place used
    United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1830s-1840s; repurposed 1890s
    Description
    This quilted petticoat may have been made from a repurposed wholecloth bedcover or refashioned from a once larger skirt. The front of the textile is faced with a small-scale printed floral vine design in white, yellow, purple, and red blossoms with green leaves on a light brown ground. The back of the textile is faced with an orange striped cotton. A layer of cotton batting was quilted between the front and back facing fabrics. It was hand quilted with off-white cotton thread in an offset grid pattern with a leafy vine border design. The floral printed fabric was turned and hand stitched to the back fabric as binding. The fabrics and quilted motifs indicate it was probably made in the 1830s or 1840s. The fabric may have been imported from France.
    The cut textile is turned under and the edges left raw at the interior waistline of the petticoat and the cotton batting can be seen along these raw edges. A small piece of printed cotton with a small-scale repeating design of purple flowers on a yellow ground is stitched at the interior proper left front waist. A long length of off-white cotton twill tape is attached around the back waist to hold gathers in the petticoat. The twill tape remains loose on the front so that the front of the petticoat has a flat silhouette. The petticoat is closed by tying these loose lengths of twill tape at the front waist.The hem of the petticoat is the original binding of the bedcover and the quilted vine border of the bedcover is turned horizontal around the bottom of the petticoat. The textile was probably repurposed into its current form as a petticoat between the 1870s and 1890s due to the flat front and gathered back waist.
    Topic
    African American
    Clothing and dress
    Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)
    Slavery
    United States--History--1865-1921
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Aaron and Maureen Robinson and Family
    Object number
    2014.180.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Slavery and Freedom Objects
    Clothing-Historical
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Quilt with the Delta Sigma Theta logo

    Quilt with the Delta Sigma Theta logo

    Created by
    Eastern Region, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1925
    Subject of
    Dr. Roddey, Bertha Maxwell, American
    Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913
    Habitat for Humanity, American, founded 1976
    Medium
    cloth and thread
    Dimensions
    H x W: 56 x 56 in. (142.2 x 142.2 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Date
    2000
    Description
    A large square-shaped red and white fabric quilt presented by the Allentown, Chester and Valley Forge Alumnae Chapters, Eastern Region of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority to Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey. At the center of the quilt is the Delta Sigma Theta crest within a diamond shaped red fabric inset. In the upper left corner there is a red thread dedication to Bertha Maxwell Roddey. In the upper right corner there is a logo for Habitat for Humanity. The lower left contains a gold figure and the right corner contains a design to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta. The back of the quilt is red and has a white tag with red handwriting that gives information about the quilt's presenters.
    Topic
    African American
    Education
    Sororities
    Women
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bertha Maxwell Roddey
    Object number
    2012.22.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera
    Textiles-Quilts
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Black Uncle Sam pieced miniature quilt

    Black Uncle Sam pieced miniature quilt

    Created by
    Blumrich, Stephen, German-American, 1941 - 2015
    Medium
    cotton
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 30 × 21 7/8 × 1/4 in. (76.2 × 55.6 × 0.6 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Place made
    Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1986
    Description
    This miniature quilt or wall hanging made by Stephen Blumrich of Pea Ridge Purties features twelve (12) pieced Black Uncle Sam blocks separated by sashing. The quilt consists of the pieced top layer, a thin layer of batting, and a plain muslin backing. The layers are tied together with red thread, each tie corresponding to make a button at the center chest of the shirt of the pieced figural blocks. Each figure wears a red and white striped top hat with a blue brim and has his arms outstretched. The faces and hands are made from plain black cotton. Yellow eyes and a red mouth are embroidered on each face. All of the figures wear red and white striped pants matching the hats, but each figure's shirt is made from a different printed cotton. The background of the figural blocks is made from a plain muslin that appears to have been dyed with tea or coffee to appear aged. The blocks are set with sashing made from a navy cotton with small floral sprig design, with a yellow fabric in the sashing corners that is fussy cut so that a five-pointed star is at the center of the squares. The top is surrounded by a thin border made from plain red cotton. The backing of the quilt is made from a single piece of the same plain muslin dyed with coffee or tea that is used in the background of the figural blocks. Stamped in the lower right corner of the back is a rectangle in dark brown with uncolored text inside reading "PEA RIDGE / PURTIES." Text stamped in dark brown below the box reads "COPYRIGHT 1986 / STEPHEN BLUMRICH".
    Topic
    African American
    Art
    Caricature and cartoons
    Craftsmanship
    Folklife
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Collection of James M. Caselli and Jonathan Mark Scharer
    Object number
    2007.7.263
    Restrictions & Rights
    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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    Classification
    Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
    Textiles-Quilts
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Red and white pieced and appliqued star quilt

    Red and white pieced and appliqued star quilt

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    cotton cloth and cotton batting
    Dimensions
    H x W: 72 7/8 × 54 1/2 in. (185.1 × 138.4 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Date
    1880-1920
    Description
    A red and white quilted bedcover with a hand-pieced and hand-appliqued design of sixteen-pointed (16) stars placed in three (3) columns and four (4) rows for a total of twelve (12) blocks. Each star has a red circular center surrounded by white diamonds, then red diamonds, then white triangles. The blocks are set on point with squares set on point between the stars. One block has two diamonds made from blue printed cotton with small repeating white designs in place of two of the red diamonds. The bedcover is backed with an off-white cotton fabric that is turned to the front and machine-stitched to form a binding. The top and back have a layer of cotton batting between them and are attached with white cotton thread quilted in a pattern of scalloped lines. There is a fabric label sewn to one corner on the reverse that reads in handwritten black ink: " 'STAR Quilt' / c. 1880 / 73" x 55" ". A strip of Velcro is sewn along one short side of the reverse.
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.162.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Textiles-Quilts
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Quilt made from gray, black, brown, blue, and red suiting samples

    Quilt made from gray, black, brown, blue, and red suiting samples

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    wool cloth, wool and synthetic blend cloth, wool and cotton blend cloth, and synthetic yarn
    Dimensions
    H x W: 86 3/4 × 84 in. (220.3 × 213.4 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Date
    20th century
    Description
    A tied quilt made from suiting fabrics in muted tones of gray, black, brown, blue, and red machine sewn together. The pieces are all of uniform rectangular size, suggesting they are from a salesman's sample or swatch book. The quilt is backed with a gray and cream striped wool cotton blend fabric that is turned over at the edges and then sewn around the turned edges of the top. There is no additional border or binding. There is no batting between the pieced top and the backing fabric. The top and backing are attached with red yarn ties placed at the center and the corners of each block on the top.
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.162.10
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Textiles-Quilts
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Cream and red appliqued quilted bedcover

    Cream and red appliqued quilted bedcover

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    cotton cloth and cotton batting
    Dimensions
    H x W x D (with mount): 48 1/2 × 39 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (123.2 × 100.3 × 3.8 cm)
    H x W (without mount): 45 × 36 5/8 in. (114.3 × 93 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Date
    ca. 1850
    Description
    A cream and red appliqued quilted bedcover made from plain cotton fabrics. The top consists of twelve (12) blocks sewn together by hand and decorated with a geometric design using turned hand applique. Each block contains a circle in the center surrounded by four (4) diamonds that have blunt long tips. Crosses are appliqued over the center of the seams that join the blocks, with additional crosses in the spaces between the diamonds around the outer edge. The blocks are bordered by a panel of the repeating blunt-tipped diamonds around all sides. The quilt is bound with the red fabric by hand. A layer of cotton batting is placed between the top and the backing fabric. The top, batting, and backing are joined with quilted stitches in cream thread that surround each applique shape in two rows.
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.162.11
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Textiles-Quilts
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Red and green applique top for a bedcover

    Red and green applique top for a bedcover

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    cotton, rayon, and acrylic yarn
    Dimensions
    H x W: 91 3/8 × 90 1/2 in. (232.1 × 229.9 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Date
    20th century
    Description
    A red and green floral applique top for an unfinished bedcover inscribed "CATHAR / INE W / DEAN / MARCH 18 / 1852". The piecing and applique are all done by hand. The central motif is a basket of flowers. Surrounding the central basket are four fussy cut glazed chintz undulating lines with corner blocks containing four buds, one in each corner, and a floral spray of the floral vine design of the glazed chintz. Elements of the basket motif are outlined in chain stitch with cream thread. The next row of blocks are three stems with three red flowers and one orange bud. The outermost border is an undulating floral vine with red flowers and orange buds. The center, first border, and last border are made of plain white cotton. The middle border is possibly made of a rayon or synthetic fiber. There are two different Turkey red style fabrics, one with blue and cream geometric chine flowers used on all but the outer border. The flowers on the outer border have a yellow-cream floral sprig print. There are three different greens, the inner blocks have two different prints with different vermicelli designs, one is a small green on green, and the other is a bigger black on green. The outer border is solid green. The flower centers, buds, and basket details are all made from the same solid orange-yellow fabric. A strip of Velcro is sewn along the top of the back, with small rectangles of Velcro sewn at intervals around the other three back sides.
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.162.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Textiles-Quilts
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Pink and yellow pinwheel quilt made by Elizabeth Salter Smith

    Pink and yellow pinwheel quilt made by Elizabeth Salter Smith

    Created by
    Salter Smith, Elizabeth Anne, American, born 1850
    Medium
    cotton cloth, cotton thread, and batting
    Dimensions
    H x W: 84 × 83 in. (213.4 × 210.8 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Place made
    Georgia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    1880-1920
    Description
    A pink, yellow, and white quilt with a repeating block design of hand-pieced and appliqued pinwheels. There are nine (9) pinwheels arranged in three (3) columns of (3) and surrounded by sashing. The pinwheels are hand-pieced from plain white and double pink prints creating a striped effect. Each wheel has a saw tooth border and an appliqued pink center. The pinwheel is hand-appliqued to a pink ground. The sashing and the border are made from a bright yellow fabric with a small repeating print of red and black floral bursts and black stippled background. A pink stripe runs through the sashing and there are four (4) pink and yellow nine-patches in the corners of the sashing. The blocks and sashing are surrounded by a border made of the yellow fabric, with two pink strips sewn at each corner of the border. The quilt has thin batting and is backed with a plain off-white fabric. It is hand bound with a red and white striped fabric. The quilting is done by hand in white thread with different design elements including lines that following the wheel of each block, parallel lines in the background of the block, and a scallop or fan motif in the sashing and border. A strip of Velcro is added along the top back edge of the quilt. A fabric label is sewn at the back bottom proper left corner with hand written ink reading "CAVIGGA #8 / PINWHEELS 84" w x 87" l".
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.162.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Textiles-Quilts
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Quilt made from suiting samples with embroidered flower details

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    wool cloth, wool and synthetic blend cloth, cotton cloth, wool batting, and synthetic thread
    Dimensions
    H x W: 82 × 67 1/2 in. (208.3 × 171.5 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Date
    ca. 1920
    Description
    A tied quilt made from suiting fabrics in muted tones of blue, gray, black, and brown hand sewn together with pink thread using a herringbone stitch. Most of the pieces are of uniform rectangular size, suggesting they are from a salesman's sample or swatch book. There are four larger blocks at the center of the quilt, and some of the blocks surrounding them were cut down. Flower petals are embroidered at the center of each block in different colored thread. The bedcover is backed with a pink cotton flannel, which is turned to the front and hand stitched to form the binding. A thin layer of wool batting is placed between the top and the backing. The top and back are attached with thread ties in different colors, which are placed so that they make the center of the embroidered flowers in the blocks on the top. A muslin sleeve is hand sewn to the back along one side.
    The muslin sleeve (2013.162.8_acc1) was removed during conservation treatment in 2016.
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2013.162.8
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Classification
    Textiles-Quilts
    Exhibition
    Cultural Expressions
    On View
    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Gold, blue, and tan Goblet pattern quilt

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    cotton cloth, batting, and thread
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 70 × 75 1/2 × 1/8 in. (177.8 × 191.8 × 0.3 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Date
    20th century
    Description
    Pieced quilt in solid dark blue, gold, and tan with forty-eight (48) Goblet pattern blocks. Each block has a gold goblet on a dark blue ground, with the blocks set on point and alternated with solid squares in dark blue or tan. A gold border is sewn along the top and bottom with an additional tan outer border on the top, bottom, and proper right sides. There is no border on the proper left side. A strip of black with tan floral print fabric is sewn along the proper left bottom as part of the outer border. The quilt is backed with an olive brown light weight fabric. The top, cotton batting, and back are attached with hand quilting in yellow or dark blue thread corresponding with the top color in an outline of the goblet shapes with vertical lines in the open block spaces and borders. The binding is not even. In some places the top and bottom edges are turned in and seamed, in others the top is folded over to the back, and in others the back is folded over to the top.
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
    Object number
    2013.215.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Textiles-Quilts
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Pieced quilt made by Elizabeth Salter Smith

    Created by
    Salter Smith, Elizabeth Anne, American, born 1850
    Medium
    cotton cloth, batting, and thread
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 75 1/2 × 63 1/2 × 1/4 in. (191.8 × 161.3 × 0.6 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Date
    1930-1950
    Description
    Pieced quilt made by Elizabeth Salter Smith with nine (9) blocks all hand-pieced. Each block consists of a different design and different fabrics and colors, with a mixture of solids and prints. The pieced blocks are not uniform in size, so the maker has added strips and portions of other cut up pieced blocks to create the quilt top. Most of the added strips are a green novelty print fabric with small anthropomorphic rabbits on it. The quilt is backed with a gold, blue, and red small-scale paisley print that is turned to the front and hand sewn to form the binding. A thin layer of batting is placed between the top and back, with the layers stitched together using hand-quilting in white thread with a mixture of vertical and diagonal lines. A strip of Velcro is sewn to the back of one end for hanging. A fabric label with handwritten text in black ink is sewn at the bottom proper left back corner that reads: "WHITLEY / COLLECTION / #12 / 77 x L x 65 1/2 W".
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
    Object number
    2013.215.10
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Textiles-Quilts
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Stylized floral appliqué quilt

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    cotton cloth, batting, and thread
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 83 1/4 × 66 1/2 × 1/4 in. (211.5 × 168.9 × 0.6 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Date
    20th century
    Description
    Appliqué quilt in red, green, yellow, and white with a stylized floral design. There are twelve (12) blocks on the quilt, all alike, containing hand-appliquéd design of a highly stylized floral motif in solid red, solid green, and solid pale yellow fabrics on a white ground. The blocks are sewn together without sashing, and are surrounded by an appliqué border of an abstract leaf and bud vine in red and green. A thin red border with printed black dots fabric followed by a wider solid light green border surround the blocks and inner vine border, with red striped square corners in both the red and green borders. The quilt is backed with a brown and pink plaid cotton and a layer of batting is placed between the top and back. The solid green binding is machine-sewn and the layers are hand-quilted in white, red, or green thread corresponding to the ground color of the top fabric where the stitches are made. A muslin sleeve is basted along the back of one edge for hanging, with a thin strip of Velcro sewn above it and smaller pieces of Velcro sewn at each bottom back corner.
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
    Object number
    2013.215.11
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Textiles-Quilts
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Scrap quilt made by Elizabeth Salter Smith

    Created by
    Salter Smith, Elizabeth Anne, American, born 1850
    Medium
    cotton, linen, synthetic fiber, batting, and thread
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 73 1/2 × 70 1/2 × 1/4 in. (186.7 × 179.1 × 0.6 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Date
    1910-1950
    Description
    Scrap quilt made by Elizabeth Salter Smith using a mixture of solid, woven, and printed fabric in various weaves and fibers. Most of the fabrics are cotton. The top is made up of pieces of fabrics in rectangle, square, and triangle shapes sewn together without distinct rows or columns. The back of the quilt is a burgundy and orange striped plaid with a strip of gold and black plaid along the bottom side. The edges of the backing fabric are turned to the front and hand sewn to form the binding, with all of the corners rounded. Batting is placed between the top and back, with hand-quilting in white thread in a scalloped design holding the layers together. A strip of Velcro is sewn along the back top edge. A fabric label with handwritten text in black ink reading "WHITLEY / 2 / 74" L x 72" W" is sewn at the back proper left bottom corner.
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
    Object number
    2013.215.12
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Textiles-Quilts
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Wool clothing sample quilt with denim back

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    wool, denim, cotton batting, and thread
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 75 1/2 × 67 1/2 × 1/4 in. (191.8 × 171.5 × 0.6 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Date
    20th century
    Description
    Quilt made from rectangular blocks of wool clothing samples in multiple colors of mostly muted tones. There is a concentration of lighter toned fabrics nearer the center of the quilt. The quilt is backed with heavy weight dark blue denim that is turned to the front edges to form the binding. Cotton batting is placed between the top and back, joined together with hand quilting in cream and dark grey thread in an inconsistent mixture of grid and diagonal line patterns. A muslin sleeve for hanging is sewn along one back edge.
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
    Object number
    2013.215.13
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Textiles-Quilts
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Wool quilt with zig zag diagonal stripes

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    wool, cotton flannel, and yarn
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 81 1/2 × 70 1/4 × 1/4 in. (207 × 178.4 × 0.6 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Place made
    Pickens County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    20th century
    Description
    Tied quilt made from rectangular blocks of wool fabrics in brown, light grey, dark grey, blue, tan, black, and dark brown. The colors are arranged to create a zig zag diagonal stripe design. The quilt is backed with light blue cotton flannel. The top and bottom are tied together with red yarn. There is no batting and the top and back are turned under on the edges and seamed with no binding. A strip of muslin is sewn along one edge of the back for hanging.
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
    Object number
    2013.215.14
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Textiles-Quilts
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Crazy quilt in wool, synthetic, and cotton fabrics with yarn embroidery

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    wool, synthetic fiber, and cotton with Acrylic yarn embroidery
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 67 3/4 × 69 × 1/8 in. (172.1 × 175.3 × 0.3 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Date
    mid to late 20th century
    Description
    Crazy quilt made from asymmetrical patches in multiple colors of wool, synthetic, and cotton fabrics in printed and woven designs with embroidered embellishments using acrylic yarn in various colors. The yarn colors are brighter tones than the fabrics. There are several horseshoe shaped pieces with heavily embroidered decoration, with floral motifs prevalent throughout the embroidery as well. The quilt is backed with a large scale floral print in tones of pink on a tan ground. There is no inner layer and the top and back are only attached by the seam around the edge. A muslin sleeve is hand sewn to the back of one edge for hanging.
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
    Object number
    2013.215.15
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Textiles-Quilts
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Wool quilt with zigzag block design

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    wool, cotton flannel, and yarn
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 87 × 69 1/2 × 1/8 in. (221 × 176.5 × 0.3 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Place collected
    Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    ca. 1910
    Description
    Pieced quilt made from wool clothing fabrics in muted tones of mostly gray and blue. The colors are arranged to create a stepped diagonal design, with an overall zigzag effect. The quilt is backed with red cotton flannel that is turned to the front around the edges to create the binding. The corners are slightly rounded. The top and back are tied with red and cream yarn.
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
    Object number
    2013.215.16
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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  • Red and black nine patch quilt

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    cotton cloth, synthetic fiber cloth, cotton and synthetic fiber blend cloth, and polyester batting
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 92 3/4 × 80 × 1/4 in. (235.6 × 203.2 × 0.6 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Date
    late 20th-early 21st century
    Description
    Nine patch quilt with a primarily red and black color scheme, including red and black printed stripe sashing between the thirty-six (36) blocks. The blocks are made from fabrics in several colors and fibers, including printed and woven cottons, synthetics, and fiber blends. The blocks are surrounded by a border made from the same fabric as the sashing, then a second wide border made from solid red fabric. The outer border is turned to the back and sewn down to form the binding. A layer of polyester batting is placed between the top and the back, with the back made from plain muslin. It is hand quilted in white thread in several patterns: outline of the nine-patch blocks, fans in the horizontal sashing, twined vine in the vertical sashing and inner border, scalloped lines with fans in the outer border.
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
    Object number
    2013.215.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Textiles-Quilts
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Asante

    Quilt made by the African American Quilt Circle for Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
    Created by
    African American Quilt Circle, American, founded 1998
    Medium
    cotton cloth, synthetic fiber cloth, cotton and synthetic blend cloth, batting, thread, and beads
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 74 × 65 × 1/8 in. (188 × 165.1 × 0.3 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Place made
    Durham, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    2003
    Description
    Quilt in mostly red and purple made for Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry by the African American Quilt Circle in 2003. It is comprised of several blocks both pieced and appliqued, with strips sewn in some places to create evenness in the block sizes. The fabrics are mostly red and purple tones in cotton, synthetic, and blended fabrics. The pieced blocks include a pinwheel, star variations, a sixteen-patch, four-patch variations, and strip block variations. At the top near the center is a block in a crazy quilt pieced style with hand embroidered and bead decorations. There is one hand-appliqued block of a stylized flower design in the second row center. In the third row is a machine-appliqued block of a black woman dancing with a three-dimensional streamer flying behind her upheld arms. Several blocks feature the printed designs fussy cut, including several of African people, one with an elephant, and one at the bottom center right of two black figures in top hats and suits dancing. The blocks are surrounded by a dark purple border, except on the left facing side which has a red border. Each corner is a square of red ground fabric featuring a different element. In the upper left facing corner is a machine-appliqued continent of Africa in purple. The upper right and lower right facing corners have fussy cut pieces of printed fabrics featuring African people dancing and in conversation. The lower left facing corner has two African figures from a printed fabric fussy cut and then machine-appliqued to the red ground. The quilt is backed in a multi-colored batik with dark blue leopard spots, with a thin layer of batting between the top and back. It is machine quilted in an allover abstract continuous pattern of both sharp and rounded corners. One hand-appliqued stylized flower block is sewn on the back at the lower right facing corner. Below it is a label that is pieced into the backing made from plain muslin with machine-printed black text identifying the makers and date. The label reads: "ASANTE / Stitched with appreciation by members of / the African American Quilt Circle / for Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry / for her inspiration, scholarship, and support of the heritage / and legacy of African American quilts and quilters. / Blocks created by Edna Alston, Annette Bailey, Marjorie Barner, Shirley Bullock, / Teena Crawshaw, Delores Benton Evans, Marjorie Freeman, Doretha Hamidullah, / Bertie Howard, Wilma Liverpool, Joan McCoy, Jacqueline Richardson, / Joyce Roland, Iris Simmons, Armedia Stubbs, Selena Sullivan, / Candace Thomas, Winifred Williams, Sauda Zahra. / The setting was designed by Bertie Howard. / The top was quilted by Stephanie Pennington Grant. / July-August 2003 / Durham, North Carolina / [Asante is the Swahili word for 'thank you'.]"
    Topic
    African American
    Art
    Communities
    Craftsmanship
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
    Object number
    2013.215.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
    Textiles-Quilts
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture

  • Quilt with Drunkard's Path variation blocks hand pieced and hand quilted

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Medium
    cotton cloth, cotton batting, and cotton thread
    Dimensions
    H x W x D: 89 1/4 × 61 3/4 × 1/8 in. (226.7 × 156.8 × 0.3 cm)
    Type
    quilts
    Date
    late 19th century
    Description
    Drunkard's Path variation hand pieced quilt in red, white, and heavily faded green or blue. There are twenty-four (24) blocks made in an unequal nine-patch variation of the Drunkard's Path pattern that has a four-patch in the center patch of each block. The blocks alternate red and green to create a lattice effect. Red inner borders with green outer borders surround the blocks. The quilt is backed with plain white cotton that is turned to the front around the edges to form the binding. The top, cotton batting, and back, are attached with hand quilting in a scalloped design using white thread.
    Topic
    African American
    Domestic life
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Gladys-Marie Fry
    Object number
    2013.215.4
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    Classification
    Textiles-Quilts
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture