1853 Louise Zotti's "C. A. C. Quilt"
date: label: date made
content: 1853
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This patriotic quilt in red and green was the inspiration for Edith Magnette’s watercolor (Plate 227) that was part of the <I> Index of American Design </I> project (1935-1942). Edith Magnette rendered over 50 items for the <I> Index </I>, many of them textile-related.
label: Description
content: The quilt was originally owned by Mrs. Charles Gramm and made by her grandmother. It was lent to the project by Louise Zotti, and donated by her to the National Museum of American History.
label: Description
content: The central eagle motif, surrounded by 8-pointed stars, is typical of patriotic symbols of the mid-19th century. The blocks on the border are in the “Oak Leaf and Reel” pattern, also typical of the period.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Quilts
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Index of American Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Frank Zotti
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16386
label: accession number
content: 303433
label: catalog number
content: T16386
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 86 in x 84 in; 219 cm x 213 cm