1850 - 1860 Elizabeth Echternoch's "Whig Rose" Pieced and Appliqued Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1860
name: label: maker
content: Echternoch, Elizabeth
notes: label: Description
content: Family tradition claims that Elizabeth Echternoch was twelve years old when she crafted this pieced and appliqued quilt, a variation of the “Whig Rose” pattern. She lived in Kinzers (Lancaster County), Pennsylvania.
label: Description
content: The floral sprigs in the border, leaves, stems and buds are all appliqued. The five large flowers were pieced and then appliqued. Red, blue, and white cottons were effectively used with a red/pink/white printed cotton to create a version of the popular red and green quilts of the time period. A frame for the design is achieved with blue piping inserted between the turned in front and lining of the quilt. Elaborate quilting, 8 – 9 stitches per inch, completes the quilt.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Quilts
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. B. P. Fishburne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T10046
label: accession number
content: 142041
label: catalog number
content: T10046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 84 in x 82 in; 213.36 cm x 208.28 cm