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Understanding Quilt-Specific Colors: Manganese Bronze
Each of these color galleries represents a color given as a value for “Quilt-Specific Colors” in the Quilt Index Comprehensive Fields. Very specific “quilty” colors often reveal specific fabrics, a specific historical time period, or a particular quilting method. The quilts pictured in these galleries range from the late eighteenth century to the 1940s, and illustrate a wide variety of fabrics and techniques. Some quilts contain examples of more than one of these colors and thus appear in more than one gallery. In addition to these galleries, a good reference for learning more about quilt-specific colors is Eileen Jahnke Trestain’s book, Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide, 1800-1960.
Manganese Bronze
Manganese dyes were responsible for a deep, rich brown and were often used in floral patterns. It has been used in quilts since prior to 1820, however, they were often fugitive. Manganese dyes are often responsible for serious damage to the cloth and other adjacent dyes.
Manganese Bronze
Manganese dyes were responsible for a deep, rich brown and were often used in floral patterns. It has been used in quilts since prior to 1820, however, they were often fugitive. Manganese dyes are often responsible for serious damage to the cloth and other adjacent dyes.
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Museum
Winedale Quilt Collection University of Texas at Austin, Briscoe Center for American History
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1800-1849
Evening Star Hooker, Sophia
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1800-1849
Evening Star-deta... -
1800-1849
Delectable Mounta...
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