1840 - 1860 "Mariner's Compass" Pieced Quilt Block
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The 15" "Mariner's Compass" pattern is pieced of red, green and white cottons in a circular frame. Marked in ink: "M.C. McHenry Union Co. Arkansas." Part of a series of blocks intended for a quilt.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Arkansas, Union
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss G. Ruth McHenry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E387833.00A
label: accession number
content: 188128
label: catalog number
content: E387833A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt Block
label: Other Terms
content: Quilt Block; Quilt Squares; Household Textile
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pieced (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 23 in; 58 cm x 58 cm