Quilt
date: label: Date
content: 1857
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: White quilted and stuffed bed cover with a scrolling vine border on two sides and bottom. The center has an oval medallion with a pitcher holding a bouquet of flowers. Surrounding the medallion are leaf shapes and scissors on the sides, a rooster at top, and bottom a heart crossed by arrows superimposed by the inscription "Harriet A. Knapp 1857" in yellow silk. Corners of the field are filled with fan-like medallions and a spray of grapes being eaten by a bird. Large eagle in center of the border at bottom. Running stitches for embroidery and double running stitches for inscription. Narrow cotton binding on outer edge.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edla Cusick in memory of her mother, Aline Bernstein, and Aunt, Ethel Frankau
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1975-16-2
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Quilt
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton, silk Technique: running and double running stitches on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 241 x 205 cm (7 ft. 10 7/8 in. x 6 ft. 8 11/16 in.)