1850 - 1890 Mary Matthews Album Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1890
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Album quilt made by friends and family for Mary Matthews to take with her on her sojourn as a missionary and teacher in Macedonia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The quilt consists of 25 blocks (approx. 12” x 13”) with pink sashing (2 ¾” wide) and pink and white border (1”, 1”, and 1 ¼” wide). The pieced and appliqued blocks, filling, and lining are all cotton. The blocks are mainly variations on patterns found on many album quilts of the period. The quilt was assembled for Mary Louisa Matthews who in 1888 went to Monastir (Bitola) Macedonia as a missionary, teaching at American School for Girls. Each block is inscribed with the name of a family member or friend. A few have religious inscriptions or poetry. One particular block is unusual, an appliqued Pythagorean Theorem.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: Missions
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Religion
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia Capan and Shahnaz Sahnow
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0246.01
label: accession number
content: 2019.0246
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0246.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 81 in x 79 in; 206 cm x 201 cm