1800 - 1825 Dove-Cator Families "American Eagle" Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1800 - 1825
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: An appliquéd eagle motif is the central focus of this patriotic quilt of the early 19th century. The eagle has arrows in one talon, an olive branch in the other, symbolizing both desire for peace and readiness for war. It is a version of a symbol adopted by a resolution of the U.S. Congress in 1782 for the official seal.
label: Description
content: Surrounding the 30 x 29-inch center are alternating blocks of pieced eight-pointed stars and plain white blocks. It is quilted at 8 stitches per inch. The “American Eagle” quilt was in the Dove-Cator families of Baltimore and Harford Counties, Md.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore county
label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Harford
label: made at
content: United States: Maryland
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: Eagles
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Quilts
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: GIft of Carrie T. Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T15316
label: catalog number
content: T15316
label: accession number
content: 293022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton, linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 89 in x 73 in; 225 cm x 184 cm