1790 - 1810 Chardavoyne Family White-work Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1790 - 1810
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name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This precisely quilted example of white-work was handed down in the Chardavoyne family. The donor, Martha C. Cramer, wrote that her grandmother told her; “. . . that the spread was the handiwork of ‘an orphan’ who was adopted by her grandparents [William and Amy Chardavoyne] . . . the orphan was illiterate, perhaps because schools were not available.” The quilt came to the donor “. . . in 1905 when my grandmother came to make her home with us following the death of her husband.” In 1981, the donor added, “I should like to donate the spread to the Smithsonian I am now 85 years old and have no close relatives.”
label: Description
content: The quilt or counterpane has a center medallion of quilted floral patterns surrounded by quilted floral, feathered, and grid patterns. Both the sewing and quilting threads are linen. It is elaborately quilted at 11 stitches per inch. No binding; front and lining are turned in and sewn with running stitch. It is a fine example of white-work quilting from the late 18th-early 19th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
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 Martha Chardavoyne Cramer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0818.01
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0818.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0818
label: accession number
content: 278173
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 98 in x 96 in; 249 cm x 244 cm