1850 - 1875 Corwin Family's Pieced and Appliqued Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1875
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Forty-two 8¾-inch blocks of pieced baskets with appliqued handles are set diagonally with 8¾-inch squares of roller printed cottons. These are framed with three 1½-inch borders. The squares, one of the borders, and the binding are all the same small floral, roller-printed cotton. A squared spiral pattern (6 stitches per inch) was used for the quilting.
label: Description
content: The quilt was in the Corwin family of Middle Hope, New York. Mother, Rachel Burr, and daughter, Celia, both have other needlework examples in the Collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Middle Hope
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 Mrs. Daniel Gardner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T06882
label: accession number
content: 115031
label: catalog number
content: T06882
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: 97 in x 84 in; 246 cm x 213 cm