1840 - 1860 Katherine Noyes' Quilted Counterpane
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
name: label: maker
content: Noyes, Katherine Haswell
notes: label: Description
content: Katherine Haswell Noyes quilted this mid-19th century counterpane in Vermont. It has a large quilted circle at center outlined by curving, round-ended leaves. The same leaves are used for the quilted border. The entire background is quilted in a diagonal grid with widely-scattered leaves. It has a cotton lining and filling. All motifs are outlined in quilting; the background is filled with a 5/8-inch diagonal grid. It is quilted, 10 stitches per inch. The binding is a cotton tape, folded over edge, and sewn with a running stitch.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Vermont, Burlington
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Misses Mary and Katherine Noyes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T07670
label: accession number
content: 135168
label: catalog number
content: T07670
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 84 in x 84; 213 cm x 213 cm