Quilt (or decorative throw), Roman Stripes pattern
Julia Perry Brigham
ca. 1865 · Silk, silk velvet, and cotton · The American Wing
The quilt top is pieced in narrow strips of patterned and plain silks and silk velvets in shades of purple, navy-blue, black, maroon, and brown. There are some lighter-colored silks in the horizontal strips. The back is of a faded pink cotton fabric, and the binding is of black velvet. The piece is unquilted; the layers are tied together at wide intervals with pink cotton thread.
- Artist
- Julia Perry Brigham
- Date
- ca. 1865
- Medium
- Silk, silk velvet, and cotton
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of Katharine Brigham, 1979
