1860-1869 Cynthia Hobby's "Poppy" Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1860-1869
name: label: maker
content: Hobby, Cynthia
notes: label: Description
content: A poppy motif dominates this pieced, appliqued and embroidered quilt, probably assembled by Cynthia Hobby (1770-1863) and quilted by her granddaughter Mary Elizabeth Hitchcock Seamans (1839-1881). Twenty-five 15½-inch blocks are framed by a 9-inch border that has appliqued clusters of cherries with leafy stems and is edged with pieced sawtooth bands. Fine quilting, 12 stitches per inch, outlines all the appliqued motifs. Diagonal grid and diagonal line quilting further enhance the blocks and border on this well designed quilt.
label: Description
content: This is one of three quilts donated by the same family.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Margaret Seamans Birch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13544
label: catalog number
content: T13544
label: accession number
content: 257115
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: 96 in x 95 in; 244 cm x 241 cm