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blocks (quilt components) (quilt components, <coverings and hangings components>, ... Components (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: The basic unit of many quilt tops which, sewn together or to setting blocks or sashes, create the design. Blocks are composed of one or many patches, either pieced or appliquéd. Blocks are commonly square, but can also be in other geometric shapes such as hexagons or circles. |
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blocks (quilt components) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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block (quilt component) (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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quilt blocks (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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quilt block (C,U,English,UF,U,SN)
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blocks, quilt (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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block, quilt (quilt component) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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pattern blocks (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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blocks, pattern (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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quilt squares (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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squares, quilt (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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squares (quilt components) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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blokken (quiltonderdelen) (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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blok (quiltonderdelen) (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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carré de courtepointe (C,U,French-P,AD,U,MSN)
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bloques (componente de acolchado) (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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bloque (componente de acolchado) (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.PJ |
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Dutch ..... De basiseenheid van vele quiltbovenkanten, die aan elkaar of aan verstevigende blokken of sjerpen genaaid, het ontwerp creëren. De blokken worden gemaakt van een of meerdere lapjes, ofwel aan elkaar gezet ofwel appliqué. De blokken zijn gewoonlijk vierkant maar kunnen ook andere geometrische vormen hebben zoals achthoekig of rond. |
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Related concepts: |
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contextualized in .... |
block quilts (quilts) |
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(<quilts by form>, quilts, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300204989] |
contextualized in .... |
four-patch quilts |
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(block quilts (quilts), <quilts by form>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300198201] |
provide context .... |
patches (quilt components) |
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(quilt components, <coverings and hangings components>, ... Components (hierarchy name)) [300204899] |
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blocks (quilt components)............ |
[GCI Preferred, VP Preferred] |
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AATA database (2002-) 121090 checked 26 January 2012 |
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Bishop, Quilts, Coverlets (1982) GLOS; blocks |
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Brackman, comp., Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns (1979) 5; blocks |
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Clabburn, Needleworker's Dictionary (1976) 32; blocks |
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Colby, Patchwork Quilts (1965) 20; blocks |
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Fox, 19th C. American Patchwork Quilt (1983) catalogue no. 6; blocks |
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Getty Vocabulary Program rules |
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Haders, Main Street Pocket Guide to Quilts (1981) 49; blocks |
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Houck, Quilt Encyclopedia (1991) 29; blocks |
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Khin, Collector's Dictionary of Quilt Names and Patterns (1988) 29; blocks |
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Orlofsky and Orlofsky, Quilts in America (1974) 304; blocks |
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Personal Communication Sandi Fox, Quilt Specialist, LA County Museum of Art, 12/91; blocks |
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Quilt Digest (1983-) Vol. 1, 9; blocks |
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Quilts and Counterpanes (1948) 10; blocks |
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Uncoverings (1981-) Vol. 4, 106; blocks |
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