1890 - 1910 Macy Family's Pieced and Embroidered Silk Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1910
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This silk variation of the “Log Cabin” pattern was used to make this parlor throw or quilt that was in the Macy family. The donor at the time of donation in 1971 remembered seeing it as a 10 year old on a bed in his family’s home in Ossining, New York.
label: Description
content: The twenty 12-inch blocks are pieced with a wide variety of silks and satin. Fancy embroidery stitches (Herringbone, Feather, French knot, Straight, Daisy, Buttonhole, Stem, and Satin) embellish the blocks which are constructed on cotton squares. Each center of a “Log Cabin” block has a different embroidered motif. The blocks are framed by a 4 ½-inch border composed of 1-inch strips of many different silks. The top is attached to a black cotton satin lining which is quilted 7 stitches per inch. The resulting quilt of many colors is still impressive to view.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Ossining
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Noel Macy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16120
label: accession number
content: 297493
label: catalog number
content: T16120
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread, silk, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk, satin, velvet, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 83 in x 68 in; 211 cm x 173 cm