1887 Mehitable Ware's Crazy-patch Parlor Throw
date: label: date made
content: 1887
name: label: maker
content: Ware, Mettie Mehitable Babcock
notes: label: Description
content: “Commenced Jan 12th 1887. San Rafael . . . Finished March 12th 1887. . . M. M. Ware” is embroidered on this parlor throw composed of nine 21 ½-inch crazy-patch blocks. Many satin and velvet ribbons with California references are found among typical motifs such as a horseshoe, a fan, flowers, owls, bicycles, etc. A variety of embroidery stitches in many colors of silk thread decorate the throw. A red velvet 7-inch border and a red cotton lining complete it.
label: Description
content: Mehitable (Mettie) Babcock was born in Vermont in 1816. She taught school from the age of 14 until she married Preserved Ware (1811-1885) in 1836. They had eight children and from 1868 they lived in California, where Mehitable Ware died in 1897.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Mildred Marvin Fly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16134
label: accession number
content: 298792
label: catalog number
content: T16134
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk, velvet, satin, ribbon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, silk, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 79 in x 79 in; 199 cm x 199 cm