1888 Prohibition Amendment Parlor Throw
date: label: date made
content: 1888
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: "Memorial to the Constitutional Prohibition Ammendment 1888", is found on a red satin triangle on a corner of the lining. In 1888 the Prohibition Party was beginning to achieve national strength in the presidential elections.
label: Description
content: Founded in 1869, for the purpose of prohibiting the sale and manufacture of liquor, the Prohibition Party finally achieved the goal in 1919 with the ratification of the 18th Amendment. The 18th Amendment was repealed in 1933 by the 21st Amendment. Although the party still exists, it does not have the following it had in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This parlor throw was made at the height of the Prohibition Party’s popularity.
label: Description
content: A 14-inch center block of red velvet with painted water lilies is framed by two rows of painted or embroidered 7-inch satin blocks. The use of three colors (amber, blue and black), set alternately, provides a balanced overall aesthetic. An 8 ¼-inch red velvet border completes the throw. The lining is red satin, machine-quilted in a triple diagonal grid. Five of the black satin squares have painted religious inscriptions: “Hope;” a Bible with “Tried and Proved;” “Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him;” Be of the same mind one toward another;” and, a cross with “Et Teneo et Teneor.” The last, meaning "I hold and am held," may have referred to the motto of a Baptist college founded by Charles Haddon Spurgeon in the 1860s. The floral and bird motifs, the spider web, and others are similar to those found on crazy patchwork of the late 19th century.
label: Description
content: Although the maker is not known, the sentiments expressed are indicative of the types of inscriptions on decorative items that might be found in many homes during that era.
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: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Religion
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Samuel Arthur Devan and Miss Elizabeth E. Richards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11462
label: accession number
content: 211904
label: catalog number
content: T11462
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, satin, velvet, ribbon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, silk, chenille, metallic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 59 in x 60 in; 149 cm x 152 cm