1880 - 1886 Margaret Tormey's Crazy Patched Pillow Sham
date: label: date made
content: 1880-1886
name: label: maker
content: Tormey, Margaret McNamara
notes: label: Description
content: This pillow sham is one of two (TE.T12928.00A) that Margaret Tormey carefully crafted to match an 86-inch quilt top, dated 1886 (TE.T12927). Crazy patchwork frames a central focus of a nosegay of pansies and blueberries painted on satin with the intiials EFC. Vignettes of birds and grasses printed in blue gray on satin, and a few embroidered motifs (flag, fan, sunburst, star, butterfly) decorate the sham. A 3 ½-inch blue velvet border is machine-stitched to the center. All three objects are in the Collection.
label: Description
content: Margaret McNamara was born in Ireland (about 1835) and immigrated with her family to the United States about 1848. In 1861 she married Patrick Tormey, who was also born in Ireland (about 1835) and immigrated as a teenager. They lived in Brooklyn, N.Y. Patrick, a Civil War veteran, was keeper of the Brooklyn City Hall for many years. He died in 1900, and Margaret died in 1910.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Miriam M. Tormey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12928.00B
label: accession number
content: 247329
label: catalog number
content: T12928B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sham, Quilted
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread, silk, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, silk, satin, velvet (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 in x 32 in; 76 cm x 8 cm