2001 - 2003 Dorothy Barco Bangert's "October Fury" Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 2001 - 2003
name: label: maker
content: Bangert, Dorothy L. Barco
notes: label: Description
content: This quilt is pieced, appliqued and embroidered. It is named “October Fury” by the maker, Dorothy Bangert. A very detailed notebook containing information from the maker about making the quilt and the event that inspired it was provided with the quilt. It was designed and made as a tribute to the people who served on the Blandy and Foxtrot submarines during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
label: Description
content: The center (42” x 33”) lower half has images of a map of Cuba, a Soviet submarine and the U.S.S. Blandy, that are machine embroidered and appliqued, and outlined with hand quilting. A panel on the lower right (15” x 4”) is machine embroidered in red “Cuban Missil [sic] Crisis, Oct. 1962.” A mix of machine and hand quilting was utilized. The border (4 ½”) consists of three strips. Three “patches” are machine appliqued on the top; Soviet Flag (machine embroidered), U.S. Flag, and Blanding Flag (commercially made).
label: Description
content: The backing is a white cotton fabric. It has seven printed panels (9 ½” x 7”), five of which contain names of persons who served on both U.S.S. Blandy and Soviet (Foxtrot) submarines. Another, “The Blandy,” gives details of the ship, and another tells of “Life in a Foxtrot Submarine”. A smaller printed segment contains the maker’s dedication. The U.S.S. Blandy’s emblem is also printed.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: North Carolina, Edenton
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
content: War
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Military
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dorothy Barco Bangert
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0373.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0373
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0373.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton, metallic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42 in x 52 in; 107 cm x 132 cm