1880 - 1885 "Friendship" Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1870-1890
label: date made
content: 1880-1885
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Twenty-five blocks, each of a different fabric, are pieced in the “Schoolhouse” pattern for this “Friendship” quilt. The names of 25 women are inscribed in ink by the same hand. Research on the names revealed that they all had connections to Addison County, Vermont. The oldest was born in 1808, the youngest in 1866, with most born in the 1830s and 1840s. Some were teachers. Many are buried in Vermont, mainly at East Shoreham Cemetery.
label: Description
content: In 1906, as a token of friendship, the quilt was passed along to the donor’s mother by a neighbor in Dubuque, Iowa. The neighbor’s mother was the maker of the quilt.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Vermont
topic: label: Subject
content: Community
label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Quilts
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. W. L. Dart
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11117
label: accession number
content: 201463
label: catalog number
content: T11117
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: 81 in x 82 in; 204 cm x 208 cm