1840 - 1860 Slothower Family's Appliqued Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Also known as the “Seamstresses’ Quilt,” this red and green example of mid-19th century quilting was in the George Slothower family of Baltimore County, Maryland. He was a wholesale dry goods merchant and the owner of two cotton mills: the Powhatan and Pocahontas Mills. Apparently at the time this quilt was crafted, resident seamstresses, usually of German or Dutch origin, made the family clothing and most likely this quilt.
label: Description
content: The center basket of flowers is framed by floral-and-leaf panels and borders, each accented with red saw-tooth bands. Echo quilting highlights each of the motifs on this appliquéd quilt.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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 Miss Doris E. Slothower
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T17989
label: accession number
content: 323475
label: catalog number
content: T17989
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton, silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 92 in x 93 in; 234 cm x 237 cm