Description:
Wholecloth-type, pieced, resist-printed, blue and white cotton quilt with four vertical panels in an light and dark blue and white, curved, abstract design, a 21" x 6" cutout corner, and bound in printed cotton; three-piece, plain-weave cotton backing; and cotton batting. The quilting is done in a chevron pattern, 7 quilting stitches per inch. The indigo-resist pattern (known in the 18th century as paste work) was made by applying wax, starch, or (later) a chemical paste in the desired pattern to white fabric. When the fabric was dipped into the indigo bath, the paste "resisted" the dye, leaving the "waxed" fabric white. Then the wax was reapplied within each design to make multiple shades of blue; when the cloth dipped again, those areas not covered by the wax became an even deeper blue.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Cotton Link to share this object record:
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