1725 - 1750 Scovill Family's Quilted Petticoat
date: label: date made
content: 1725 - 1750
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This yellow-gold silk quilted petticoat came from the Scovill family of Connecticut. The petticoat has a woven wool lining and a carded wool interlining. The elaborate quilting pattern included both flora and fauna. Animals and birds that include lions, horses, peacocks, snakes, boars, squirrels, roosters, a stag, a unicorn, dragons, a frog, butterflies, insects, and birds are detailed in back stitch which forms a dotted line of tiny stitches on the silk.
label: Description
content: Possibly the inspiration for the motifs was Thomas Boreman’s “A Description of More than 300 Animals…” originally published in 1730. The floral images seem to be used as a filler in and around the fantastic motifs creating an overall whimsical design.
label: Description
content: Petticoats such as this were designed to display fine quilting. With the wool lining and interlining adding warmth, they were probably much appreciated in New England winters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: Costume
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Textiles
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Credit Line Restricted
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T18133
label: catalog number
content: T18133
label: accession number
content: 323525
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Petticoat, Quilted
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 98 in; 89 cm x 249cm