1853 - 1860 Mary Augusta Rigby's "Pinwheel" Pieced Quilt Top
date: label: date made
content: 1853-1860
name: label: maker
content: Rigby, Mary Augusta
notes: label: Description
content: According to family information, Mary Rigby pieced this quilt top when she was six. There is a definite difference in the quality of stitching. Either Mary improved as she worked or she had help with the quilt top. She was about 8 or 9 when her mother died and possibly this activity was designed as a distraction for her. A child’s thimble (TE*T12873) used by Mary is also in the Collection.
label: Description
content: Eight-inch blocks, pieced in a “Pinwheel” pattern are set diagonally with plain white triangles. The piecing is done by overcasting, not by a running stitch.
label: Description
content: Mary Augusta Rigby was born September 10, 1847 in New York. Her parents were John Hankey Rigby (1819-1853) born in England and Catherine Bentley (1825-1856) born in New York. Mary married Thomas Wintringham (1846-1900) on December 18, 1877. They had two children and lived in San Rafael, California. Mary was active in community causes such as saving the original pear trees from the San Rafael Arcangel Mission. She died in California on September 9, 1945.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: Children
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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 Mrs. William E. Dulin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12872
label: accession number
content: 242776
label: catalog number
content: T12872
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: 92 in x 81 in; 234 cm x 206 cm