1835 - 1845 Ruth Croswell's Quilted Potholder
date: label: date made
content: 1835-1845
name: label: maker
content: Coswell, Ruth
notes: label: Description
content: This circular quilted potholder bears the inked inscription: “by an old woman aged 86 for Miss Sheldon from Ruth Croswell.” One side is pieced in a LeMoyne Star pattern the other side has an inked Biblical inscription: “The Lord will not cast off forever But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men but the Lord chastens us that we may be partakers of this holiness wherefore lift up the hands that hang down and turn again unto the Lord who will have mercy upon us. . .” It is bound with woven striped cotton tape and has a small brass ring hanger. No further information was provided with this donation of a charming use of quilting for a simple household item.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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: Mrs. Eugene Sugg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T08359
label: accession number
content: 154835
label: catalog number
content: T08359
objectType: label: Object Name
content: potholder, quilted
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, unknown (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, unknown (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in; 18 cm