1891 Nancy Rutherford Fisher's Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1891
name: label: maker
content: Fisher, Nancy W. Rutherford
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The vibrant swirling design of this extraordinary quilt was the brainchild of Nancy W. Rutherford Fisher. Perhaps inspired by the new design ideas of crazy-patchwork, she hand-stitched hundreds of curving wedge-shaped pieces, cut from dozens of different printed cotton fabrics, into this unique quilt. The fabrics used are a variety of late 19th century printed cottons. The lining (back) is a red cotton print. There is no filling; it is quilted with lines and curves to echo the individual pieces, 9 – 10 stitches per inch. Nancy Rutherford Fisher made it for her daughter, Sarah Jane Fisher Vernon. A front corner piece is embroidered: “Oct. 1st 1891 Presented to Mrs. S. J. Vernon By Her Mother Aged 76”.
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: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: GIft of Carol Earlene Nordquist and Howard Burl Hunt, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0128.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0128
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0128.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric; cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 74 in x 79 in; 188 cm x 201 cm