Quilt, Roller-Printed Cotton with Birds
Dateca. 1815
MediumCotton
DimensionsO: 76 3/4" X 84"; W: 24 1/2" (cut, quilted); repeat: 11 1/4"; 64 warps per inch; 48 wefts per inch.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1964-414
DescriptionQuilt made from roller-printed cotton in a design of peacocks perched on segmented, diagonally undulating branches with leaves, flowers, and large round fruit identified as breadfruit. Quilted and bound with machine ground roller print in blue with brown. Printed in blue on natural ground.ProvenanceFrom Glen-Sanders collection, Scotia, New York
1810-1835
1774-1811
1774-1811
1840-1860 (quilt)
1750-1765
1835-1850
1840-1880