1840 - 1860 Inscribed Pieced Mat
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1860
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This pieced and quilted mat has an ink inscription in the center: "May your Marriage on earth - A true emblem now be - Of a far bettter union - In Heaven for Thee M C M." The fabrics used are plain white and roller-printed cottons. It is bound and quilted.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Oregon, American
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 Hope Anthony Levy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.1023.224
label: catalog number
content: 1986.1023.224
label: accession number
content: 1986.1023
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mat, Quilted
label: Object Name
content: Quilted Square
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pieced work (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 11 in; 25 cm x 28 cm