Quilt made from suiting samples with embroidered flower details

179.7 cm 218.4 cm

Citation

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...

Artifact

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1
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2013.162.8
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Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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CC0
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