1850 - 1875 Rachel Burr Corwin's Whole Cloth Comforter
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1875
notes: label: Description
content: Most likely this comforter (wadded bed quilt) was the product of Rachel Burr Corwin. The Collection contains three pieced-work quilts and two “comforts,” as well as her spinning wheel, initialed “RC,” and sheets and pillowcases for which she is said to have spun the linen. This particular comforter with a cotton filling also contained a complete, well-worn, pieced quilt (1840 - 1860 Rachel Burr Corwin's "Variable Star" Quilt, TE*T07116.00B). Recycling a worn-out quilt in this way provided a very warm bed covering.
label: Description
content: One side of the comforter consists of six rectangular pieces of plain-woven cotton, roller-printed in brown and green on ivory. Long-tailed birds, hanging ornamental urns and flowering branches made up the fabric design. The other side consists of three lengths of plain-woven cotton, roller-printed undulating vertical stripes in rust, brown, and tan. It was tied with 3-ply red wool.
label: Description
content: Rachel Burr, daughter of Samuel Burr and Sibyl Scudder Burr of Massachusetts, was born March 3, 1788. She married Samuel Corwin of Orange County, New York, October 14, 1809. They had four children. Needlework examples by one of their daughters, Celia, are also in the Collection. Rachel Burr Corwin died March 14, 1849, in Orange County, New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Orange
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 Mrs. Daniel Gardner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T07116.00A
label: accession number
content: 121578
label: catalog number
content: T07116A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 92 in x 74 in; 234 cm x 188 cm