1843 - 1845 Pink Phillips's "Lily" Album Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1843-1845
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This album quilt from the mid-19th century is constructed of 49 blocks; the majority of them are signed in ink or cross-stitch. On some of the blocks Maryland towns of Westminster, Emmitsburg, and Taney Town are named and ten blocks state dates of 1843, 1844 or 1845. According to donation information the quilt belonged to Pink Phillips, mother of the donor, Marion Taylor. Pink may have been a family name.
label: Description
content: The “Lily” motif, popular in the 19th century, is also known as “Peony,” “Cactus Flower,” or “Tulip” pattern. The red and green roller-printed cottons used for the motif are also typical of the period. The blocks are framed by a green and white saw-tooth border.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland
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 Miss Marion Taylor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16834
label: accession number
content: 1978.2412
label: catalog number
content: T16834
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 104 in x 102 in; 264 cm x 259 cm