1900 Mary Watson's Baby Carriage Cover
date: label: date made
content: 1900
name: label: maker
content: Watson, Mary Way Dickson
notes: label: Description
content: Mary Dickson Watson, quilted and corded the pink silk crepe baby carriage cover to match a pillow cover (1989.0268.03) that she made for her granddaughter, Mary Dickson Wilson, born in 1900. The quilting in the center quatrefoil depicts two rabbits with a butterfly and flowers. Surrounding the center are squares outlined by corded quilting, some containing a flower, some empty. Additionally, a narrow pink silk ribbon is used as a tie in eight places.
label: Description
content: Mary Way Dickson was born about 1840. She married Alexander Watson in 1859. Their daughter, Mary Dickson Watson, was born about 1865 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She married Adam Wilson in 1897 and it was for their daughter, Mary Dickson Wilson, that the pillow and baby carriage cover were made. On the 1900 census, Mary Dickson Watson, was living with them in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The recipient of the silk carriage and pillow cover later married Joseph Phipps. The items remained in the family until they were donated to the Collection in 1989.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: Children
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mary Dickson Shryock
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0268.02
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0268.02
label: accession number
content: 1989.0268
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carriage cover, quilted
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk crepe (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 26 in; 79 cm x 66 cm