1840 - 1860 Mrs. Tarlton's "Mosaic" Quilt Top
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
name: label: maker
content: Tarlton, Mrs.
notes: label: Description
content: This “Mosaic” quilt top is made of 1 ½-inch hexagons pieced into flowers. Each is framed by a row of tiny diamonds and triangles. The center of each flower is a printed red morning-glory and the same roller-printed cotton is used for the small diamonds. According to donor information it was made by Mrs. Tarlton, and won a prize at a county fair in Vermont before the Civil War.
label: Description
content: Mrs. Tarlton’s daughter, Nellie, married Captain McKeogh of New Orleans during the Civil War. She in turn gave the quilt to Miss Hannah Jane Seymour on the occasion of her marriage to Elliott Graham in 1891, the parents of the donor. Two of the white hexagons are inscribed “Graham” and “Hannah.” Unfortunately little is known of Mrs. Tarlton other than she moved to New Orleans with her daughter, Nellie.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Vermont, Burlington
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 Mrs. Pendleton E. Lehde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16838.000
label: catalog number
content: T16838.000
label: accession number
content: 306524
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt top
label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 79 in x 71 in; 201 cm x 180 cm