1880 - 1900 Orrie Belle Little's Crazy Patch Parlor Throw
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1900
name: label: maker
content: Little, Orrie Belle
notes: label: Description
content: Crazy-patched square and rectangular blocks were assembled to make Orrie Little’s Parlor Throw. The four corner blocks are made entirely of ribbons. A variety of silks, satins and velvets were used for the other blocks. The lining is a brown-and-black stripe printed fabric. The binding is made of 12 different ¾-inch ribbons, seamed to the lining and whip-stitched to the front. Embroidery is used to embellish the edges of the patches and along the bound edge.
label: Description
content: Information given with the donation suggested a possible maker as the grandmother of the donor, Julia E. Harris Little of Hampton, New Hampshire (1828 – 1875). More likely the maker was Orrie Belle Little, Julia’s daughter and the donor’s mother. Orrie was born March 18, 1858 in Hampstead, New Hampshire. She taught music before marrying Edwin S. Pressey in 1887. He was a Congregational minister and they had two children: Sidney and Julia (donor). The variety of fabrics and the examples of embroidery stitches (herringbone, chain, feather, straight, detached chain, and, seed) make it a nice example of fancy needlework at the end of the 19th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Hampshire, Hampton
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 Miss Julia C. Pressey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11458
label: accession number
content: 211580
label: catalog number
content: T11458
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
label: Object Name
content: Throw, Pieced
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk, satin, velvet, ribbon, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, silk, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 68 in x 68 in; 173 cm x 173 cm