1890 - 1900 Mary Watson's "Biscuit" Parlor Throw
date: label: date made
content: 1890-1900
name: label: maker
content: Watson, Mary Way Dickson
notes: label: Description
content: This unfinished parlor throw or quilt was made in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, by Mary Dickson Watson (born about 1840). The raised or “biscuit” patchwork was done by basting 3 ½” silk squares to 2 ½” cotton squares with a pleat at the center of each side. Cotton batting was put under the center of each square. The covered squares were then machine-stitched together to make this colorful top.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
topic: 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 Mary Dickson Shrycock
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0268.01
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0268.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0268
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk, satin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 55 in x 54 in; 140 cm x 137 cm