1890 - 1910 Swarey Family's Amish Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1910
name: label: quilter
content: Swarey family
label: quilter
content: Mrs. Peachey
notes: label: Description
content: This Amish quilt was in the Swarey family and probably was made by Mrs. Swarey's grandmother, Mrs. Peachy. The Swarey family lived in Allenville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, where the quilt was made in the late-nineteenth or early-twentieth century.
label: Description
content: Ten inch squares are set diagonally with ten-inch triangles filling in the edges to complete the center portion of this quilt. Nine of the squares are quilted in an 8-pointed star pattern; the other squares are quilted in a grid pattern. Clam-shell quilting is found on the triangles. A quilted leafy vine graces the border on three sides. The quilting is done with black cotton thread; the fabrics are wool/cotton. The quilter deftly uses four major colors and well placed quilted motifs to achieve the bold effect this quilt conveys.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: Amish
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T18479
label: accession number
content: 1978.0674
label: catalog number
content: T18479
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
label: Object Type
content: quilts
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, wool/cotton, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 78 in x 73 in; 199 cm x 185 cm