1854 George and Mary Flower's Pieced Quilt Top
date: label: date made
content: 1854
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This patchwork quilt top is made of 3"-long diamonds sewn by overcasting; paper templates were used, a few scraps of paper remain. A white hexagon is appliqued over 3 diamonds in the center. Some patches are lined with glazed white cotton.
label: Description
content: It is inscribed: "George and Mary Flower. The gift and work of the Mother. England. 1854." The design, unnamed, is shown in Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book, April 1850, pp. 285-286.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Mercedes Flower
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14811
label: catalog number
content: T14811
label: accession number
content: 281768
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 108 in x 97 in; 274 cm x 245 cm