1918 Nellie Bowman's Crazy-patch Parlor Throw
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: maker
content: Bowman, Nellie
label: quilter
content: Bowman, Nellie
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Crazy-patch Parlor/slumber throw. Forty-two 11-inch square blocks pieced in the crazy-patch pattern. Each block has an embroidered name. Several surnames repeat. Two central blocks embroidered “NELLIE BOWMAN TEACHER” and “HARRISON CENTER SCHOOL 1918”. The school is located in Elkhart Co., Indiana. Lined with a floral cotton. The quilt is tied, 9 - 11 ties per block.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: School
label: Subject
content: Education
label: used
content: Education
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0244.103
label: accession number
content: 2014.0244
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0244.103
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton, silk, wool, velvet (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 79 in x 68 in; 201 cm x 173 cm