Housetop Quilt
Housetop Quilt
Artist
Once-Known Maker
Date1940s-1950s
DimensionsOverall: 81 1/2 × 64 × 1/2 in. (207 × 162.6 × 1.3 cm)
Mediumcotton, machine-stitched
ClassificationTextiles and Fiber
Credit LineGift of Arthur Altschul Jr., Emily Altschul-Miller and Serena Altschul
Object number
2025.189
Not on View
DescriptionPolychrome cotton quilt. Front and back are quilted. They are both
quilted in a large single housetop pattern with a very large border in a
single fabric. There is machine quilting throughout in white thread in a
zigzag pattern.
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