1850 Mary Walcott's Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
name: label: maker
content: Walcott, Mary L.
notes: label: Description
content: Mary L. Walcott constructed this quilt based on the “Wild Goose Chase” pattern using only plain red and polka-dotted red and white cottons. It is quilted at 7-8 stitches/inch using grid and chevron patterns. She made this quilt about the time her son, Charles D. Walcott, was born. In 1907 he became the fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Utica
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Quilts
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles D. Walcott
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T04592
label: accession number
content: 69191
label: catalog number
content: T04592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 78 in x 75 in; 198 cm x 191 cm