1850 - 1860 Elizabeth Weeks Johnson's "Oak Leaf" Appliqued Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1860
name: label: maker
content: Weeks, Elizabeth Betsey
notes: label: Description
content: A Vermont quilter, Elizabeth Johnson, fashioned this oak themed quilt in the mid-19th century. The 11½-inch blocks are appliqued with flowers and buds and set diagonally with 11½-inch white blocks that are crossed by appliqued bands of rose, green, and pale green. These are framed by a 5½-inch border appliqued with oak leaves. At some point the quilt may have been altered, one side removed and then reset on the cut-down quilt.
label: Description
content: Elizabeth (Betsey) Weeks was born on January 18, 1773 in Vermont. She married James Brown Johnson and they lived in Benson, Rutland Co., Vermont. They had one daughter, Relief (1800-1847). According to family information, Elizabeth died on July 31, 1861. She is buried in the Old Benson Cemetery, Vermont. The donor is Elizabeth’s great, great granddaughter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Vermont, Benson
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 Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur John Fraser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13671
label: accession number
content: 261168
label: catalog number
content: T13671
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 78 in x 58 in; 198 cm x 147 cm