1840 - 1850 Margaret Willis's "Irish Chain" Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1850
name: label: maker
content: Willis, Margaret Lowry
notes: label: Description
content: Twenty-four roller-printed cottons were used to construct this example of an “Irish Chain” pattern. The plain white and pieced blocks are framed by a roller-printed glazed floral chintz. The pieced blocks are quilted with diagonal lines, the white blocks with clamshells, and the border with chevrons.
label: Description
content: According to family information, Margaret Willis crafted the “Irish Chain” quilt near Leonardtown, Maryland. Margaret Lowry was born in Virginia in 1794. She married John S. Willis (1790-1878). Margaret died in 1844 and is buried in Mercer County, Missouri.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Leonardtown
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: Quilts
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Margaret Gray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T08320
label: accession number
content: 152645
label: catalog number
content: T08320
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: 98 in x 93 in; 249 cm x 236 cm