Quilt and Valance
early 19th century (1800-1820)
Medium/TechniqueCotton plan weave, resist-dyed; quilted (quilt); cotton plain weave, resist-dyed; silk plain weave (valance)
DimensionsHeight x width (Quilt): 254 × 254 cm (100 × 100 in.)
Height x width (Valance; approx.): 25.4 × 152.4 cm (10 × 60 in.)
Height x width (Valance; approx.): 25.4 × 152.4 cm (10 × 60 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Peto family
Accession number2017.3918.1-6
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ProvenanceBy 1950s, Florence Peto (b. 1881 - d. 1970), Tenafly, NJ; by inheritance to John H. Peto, by inheritance to William Peto; January 2007, by inheritance to Barbara Peto Kilnapp, Pembroke, MA; 2017, gift of Barbara Peto Kilnapp to the MFA. (Accession date: October 11, 2017)
late 17th - early 18th century
about 1865
late 19th or early 20th century
late 18th or early 19th century
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
19th century
19th century
third quarter of 17th century