1820 Jane Torrence's Quilted and Stuffed Counterpane
date: label: date made
content: 1820
label: date made
content: 1810-1830
name: label: maker
content: Torrence, Jane Paull
notes: label: Description
content: Jane Paull Torrence made this quilted and stuffed counterpane about the time of her marriage in 1820 to William Ludlam Miller (1793-1867). Jane was born in Pennsylvania in 1796 or 1797. She and William lived in Port Perry, Pennsylvania and had nine children. Jane died in 1862 or 1863.
label: Description
content: The quilted and stuffed counterpane has a center panel, 34 inches square, with stylized flowers and leaves in a four-lobed figure. The panel is surrounded by a 6-1/4-inch band of leaves and two 1-1/2-inch feathered bands. A 22-inch border, containing a meandering vine bearing grapes and flowers, frames the center with a narrow band of geometric figures along the edges. The counterpane has a white cotton lining and cotton filling. The 3-dimensional motifs are stuffed with cotton and cotton roving and outline quilted. The background is quilted with double diagonal grid and parallel diagonal lines patterns, ¼-inch apart. The quilting is 12 stitches per inch. There is no separate binding, the back is brought to the front and whip stitched. The stuffed work floral motifs and overall design of the all-white counterpane, is characteristic of many early 19th-century bedcovers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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 the descendants of Jane Paul Torrence through Mrs. Allen Davison
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13405
label: accession number
content: 254071
label: catalog number
content: T13405
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: 98 in x 101 in; 249 cm x 257 cm