1880 - 1890 Adele Paturel's Crazy-patched Parlor Throw
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1890
name: label: maker
content: Soher, Adele Paturel
notes: label: Description
content: Adele Paturel probably made this example of crazy patchwork not only to show her skills in needlework but also to serve as an album of special occasions. Among the many patches with motifs of the era (flowers, animals, spiderwebs, etc.) are several printed silk ribbons commemorating California events and organizations, some dated 1887 and 1888.
label: Description
content: Adele Paturel was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1865. She was brought to California as an infant and lived there until her death in 1954. She married Emile Soher (1863-1910) in 1895. He was a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West, and several ribbons included on Adele’s parlor throw are from that organization.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, San Francisco
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Misses Lorraine J. and Norma O. Soher.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16996
label: accession number
content: 310786
label: catalog number
content: T16996
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk, satin, velvet, plush, ribbon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, silk, cotton, chenille, metallic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 70 in x 71 in; 177 cm x 181 cm