1875 - 1885 Harriet Fry Hockaday's "Tumbling Blocks" Silk Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1875-1885
name: label: associated organization
content: Independent Order of Odd Fellows
label: maker
content: Hockaday, Harriet Fry
notes: label: Description
content: Harriet Hockaday, who exhibited and won prizes for her quilts at various fairs, crafted this unique silk quilt. She combined the precise “Tumbling Blocks” pattern with elaborate embroidery to create the top quilt. A second quilt provides the backing. Each one is quilted in a different pattern, 16 stitches per inch. The quilting pattern in one corner of the second quilt incorporates a few Odd Fellows’ symbols. The quilt is finished with a twisted cord along the edges and large tassels at each corner.
label: Description
content: Harriet Fry was born May 4, 1831, in Clay County, Missouri. Her mother and father, Susan and Solomon Fry, were prominent longtime settlers in Missouri. In 1850 Harriet married George D. Hockaday (1818-1899) in Clinton Co., Missouri.
label: Description
content: They lived in Lathrop, Missouri, and had four children. After the death of her husband in 1899, Harriet moved to Tacoma, Washington, and lived with her son, Eugene. She died in 1902.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Odd Fellowship
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 Milton C. Heuston
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0731.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0731
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0731.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 78 in x 70 in; 197 cm x 177 cm