1859 - 1870 Adaline Wharton Street's Pieced Album Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1859-1870
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This album quilt top, belonged to Adaline Wharton Street, the donor’s grandmother. The quilt top is composed of twenty-four 7¾-inch blocks pieced in the “Flying Geese” or “Goose in the Pond” pattern. Except for four blocks in the center made of green and white cottons, the rest of the top utilizes roller-printed cottons. This unfinished quilt top has a 4-inch border along one side.
label: Description
content: Adaline was born in Pennsylvania in 1820. She married Jonathan Street (1843) and in 1855 they settled in Wenona, Illinois. The dates on this quilt top are 1859 and 1869. There are several signatures, most with the surname of “MCarty” or “McCarty”. It is not possible to determine whether these are blocks from Pennsylvania or Adaline’s new home in Illinois. Album quilts were popular items during the mid-19th century, often given to friends or family moving to new locations.
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: Quilts
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mary Vaill Long
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T17603
label: accession number
content: 318024
label: catalog number
content: T17603
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 61 in x 57 in; 155 cm x 145 cm