1800 - 1825 Cornelia Townsend's Quilted and Stuffed Counterpane
date: label: date made
content: 1800-1825
notes: label: Description
content: Cordelia Townsend may have made this quilt or it may have just been in the family as it was donated by her great-grandchildren. Cordelia was born in 1799, married William Everett in 1817 at Goshen, N.Y. She died in 1821.
label: Description
content: The early 19th century counterpane is quilted and stuffed, with a center design of a flowering tree enclosed in an oval of feathered arcs. Beyond this are flowers, bunches of grapes, and an undulating row of long feathered leaves. A pomegranate in each corner and groups of curved leaves around the outer edge complete the quilt. The motifs are typical of this period. It has a cotton lining, filling and stuffing. The motifs are stuffed and outlined in quilting; the background is quilted in parallel lines 1/8-inch apart 8-9 stitches per inch. A white cotton tape binding is folded over edge and sewn with a running stitch through all layers. It is finished with 3" fringe on all sides.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Goshen
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Myron W. Whitney, Mrs. Augustus N. Hand, and Rear Admiral Charles Russell Train
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T10268
label: accession number
content: 183386
label: catalog number
content: T10268
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton, linen (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 99 in x 73 in; 251 cm x 185 cm