1880 - 1890 Martha Thomas's "Fan" Parlor Throw
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1890
name: label: maker
content: Thomas, Martha Ada
notes: label: Description
content: The fan motif, often found on crazy-patchwork, is the dominant pattern for the twenty-five, 10-inch blocks composed of a variety of silk, satin, velvet, and taffeta fabrics. Both machine and hand-stitched blocks are joined with a chain stitch by machine. The original binding or border was removed before it was donated to the Museum in 1963, by the Sewing Group, Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
label: Description
content: Martha Ada Mumma was born July 7, 1859. She married Jacob Emmanuel Thomas (1852-1908) in 1879. They were both born and married in Washington County, Md., and later lived in Baltimore, where their two sons were born. Martha died in Maryland in 1943. Her parlor throw is an example of late 19th-century needlework, exhibiting both hand and machine stitching.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland
label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Sharpsburg
title: label: Title
content: Silk Slumber Throw
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 the Sewing Group, Emmanuel Episcopel Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12914
label: accession number
content: 245859
label: catalog number
content: T12914
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
label: Object Name
content: Throw, Pieced
label: Object Name
content: Lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk, satin, velvet, taffeta (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread; cotton, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: quilting (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 52 in x 52 in; 131 cm x 131 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 52 1/2 in x 51 in; 133.35 cm x 129.54 cm