1800 - 1810 Rachel Woodrow's Whitework Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1800-1810
name: label: maker
content: Woodward, Rachel
notes: label: Description
content: According to family information, Rachel Woodrow crafted this example of a quilted and stuffed-work bedcover. Outlining the center is a meandering vine with baskets of flowers and vines. This is framed by a band of large quilted and stuffed diamonds. A plain white border of diagonal grid quilting, 9 stitches per inch, completes the counterpane.
label: Description
content: Little is known of Rachel Woodrow. Donor information says that she died in 1812 in the area of Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and is buried in that cemetery. The family information claims a relationship to Woodrow Wilson. Rachel’s legacy is a finely executed needlework example of the early 19th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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 Mr. A. W. Molton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T18281
label: catalog number
content: T18281
label: accession number
content: 1977.0106
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 104 in x 97 in; 264 cm x 246 cm