Irish Chain quilt, or Double Nine-Patch without border quilt, Harriett Theetge James

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Harriett Theetge James, Irish Chain quilt, or Double Nine-Patch without border quilt
Harriett Theetge James, Irish Chain quilt, or Double Nine-Patch without border quilt
Harriett Theetge James
Irish Chain quilt, or Double Nine-Patch without border quilt
circa 1900–1925
Harriett Theetge James
1865–1929
Irish Chain quilt, or Double Nine-Patch without border quilt, circa 1900–1925
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: patchwork; piecing; appliqué; cotton; quilting
Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 77 3/4 x 74 3/4 in
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 189.86 x 197.48 cm
Credit line: Gift of Miss Iva James
Accession number: 1972.0141
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Geometric Abstractions: Quilts 1870 to 1990," Jun-2002, Samantha Schramm This complex Double Nine-Patch design is carried out in a variety of white cotton prints and indigo blue patches. While most indigo prints in the early 20th century were the result of synthetic dyes, some quilters were able to obtain and incorporate the more expensive authentic indigo blues in their quilts. Some of these blue prints may be dyed with indigo. The Nine-Patch block is one of the oldest patterns of U.S. quilts. The simple block yields a range of patterns from the simplest to the most complex, as seen in this example.

Exhibitions

American Folk Art from the Ozarks to the Rockies
1975
American Folk Art from the Ozarks to the Rockies
1975
American Folk Art from the Ozarks to the Rockies
1975
Geometric Abstractions: Quilts 1870 to 1990
Samantha Schramm, curator
2002
Kansas Quilts from the Collection
Nancy A. Corwin, curator
1996
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1988
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1988
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1987
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1987
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1987
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1987–1988
Beauty of the Frontier: American Patchwork Quilts from the Collection of the Spencer Museum of Art
1987
Quilts from Kansas
1981
Quilts from the Museum Collection
1978
Quilts from the University of Kansas Museum of Art
1975
Quilts from the University of Kansas Museum of Art
1975
Quilts from the University of Kansas Museum of Art
1975
American Folk Art from the Ozarks to the Rockies
1975
Quilts from the University of Kansas Museum of Art
1974–1976

Citations

American Patchwork Quilt. Tokyo: Kokusai Art, 1987.

Quilters' Choice: Quilts from the Museum Collection. Lawrence, Kansas: Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, 1978.

Salmon, Larry, and Eldredge, Charles C. 150 Years of American Quilts. Lawrence, Kansas: The University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1973.