1790 - 1810 Elizabeth Weeks Johnson's Wool Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1790-1810
name: label: maker
content: Weeks, Elizabeth Betsey
notes: label: Description
content: Elizabeth “Betsey” Weeks made this indigo wool quilt before her marriage to James Brown. According to the family, the wool for the quilt was carded, spun, and woven by Betsey. The dark blue counterpane is quilted with wool thread in a pattern of scrolling vines and large stylized flowers, 6 stitches per inch. Carded wool was used for the filling, the seams are stitched with linen thread. “As can be seen by the worn spots and the much darning it has had much use…” commented the donor.
label: Description
content: Elizabeth (Betsey) Weeks was born on January 18, 1773 in Vermont. She married James Brown Johnson and they lived in Benson, Rutland Co., Vermont. They had one daughter, Relief (1800-1847). According to family information, Elizabeth died on July 31, 1861. She is buried in the Old Benson Cemetery, Vermont. The donor is Elizabeth’s great, great granddaughter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Vermont, Benson
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. Wilbur John Fraser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13672
label: accession number
content: 261168
label: catalog number
content: T13672
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, linen, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 91 in x 96 in; 231 cm x 244 cm