Wholecloth calamanco quilt
Unknown
ca. 1775–90 · Wool · The American Wing
The top of this quilt is of a glazed indigo-blue wool, while the backing is of a more coarsely woven unglazed golden-brown wool. The edge binding and the top are both made from the same indigo-blue wool. The piece is quilted in a design of scrolls, flowers, and leaf sprays against a diagonally quilted ground.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1775–90
- Medium
- Wool
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1962
