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Pieced quilt
Bulls Eye and Bars Quilt
Pieced quilt
Made by: Minnie Leiby (American)
American, Pennsylvania
second quarter of the twentieth century
Place of Origin: Wanamaker, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/Technique
Pieced plain weave and twill top, cotton twill backing; quilted
Dimensions
Height x width: 185.4 x 182.9 cm (73 x 72 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number2013.611
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
DescriptionBar variation quilt in wool twill burgundy-colored ground with bull's eyes made of blue and white plaid and black pieces of plain weave wool wound around red center also in plain weave wool; on-point quilting pattern with 5 stitches per inch; edges bound front to back with blue and white plaid re-inforcing visible through wore areas; brown broken twill backing.
Provenance1890's, made by Minnie Leiby, Wanamaker, PA; before 2013, given by descent within Leiby Family to Minnie Leiby's grand-nephew, Robert Leiby, Wanamaker, PA; 2013, sold by Leiby to Gerald Roy, Warner, NH; 2013, sold by Roy to the MFA. (Accession date: May 29, 2013)