Martha Mildred Mills Vaughn; "Sixteen Patch," coverlet; overshot; c. 1830-1838; Georgia
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1830
label: date made
content: ca. 1830 ?
label: date made
content: c. 1830-1838
name: label: maker
content: Vaughn, Martha Mildred Mills
notes: label: Description
content: According to family lore, Martha Mildred Mills Vaughn (b. 1822) wove this "Sixteen Patch" pattern, overshot coverlet from cotton and indigo-dyed wool before her marriage to husband, William Vaughn in Atlanta in 1838. Martha Vaughn was the grandmother of the donor and lived in Macon, Georgia. The pattern is developed in six inch squares composed of forty-nine blocks of uniform size, and bordered with a one and a half inch band. The coverlet is woven in three sections. The donor remembered her grandmother telling her that she spun the yarn used in the coverlet, and "made" it. According to donor she made the coverlet before she married, leading to the date attribution of 1830-1838. This would make Martha between the ages of eight and sixteen. There is no federal census record which matches her information suggesting that Martha may have died prior to the 1850 Federal Census when other members of the household were first recorded by name. More research is needed to determine which William Vaughn could have been Martha’s husband in order to learn more about the family.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Georgia, Macon
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Marie L. Bosley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T8291
label: catalog number
content: ?008291.000
label: catalog number
content: T08291.000
label: accession number
content: 151208
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coverlet, overshot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sixteen patch (overall pattern)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 80 in x 72 in; 203.2 cm x 182.88 cm