1930 - 1932 Elizabeth B. Robinson's "Grandmother's Flower Garden" Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1930 - 1932
name: label: maker
content: Robinson, Elizabeth B.
notes: label: Description
content: This pieced crib or child's quilt in the pattern of "Grandmother's Flower Garden" consists of thirty-two blocks made of hexagons, all with a yellow center. It is hand pieced with a scallop edge and yellow binding. The hexagons are outlined in hand quilting, 4-5 stitches per inch.
label: Description
content: According to family information, Elizabeth Bourne Robinson made this quilt for her daughter, Mary (1930-2009). Elizabeth Freeland Bourne was born 3 December 1892 on the family farm in Calvert Co., Maryland. She married Franklin A. Robinson (1883-1970) on 20 November 1929. They had three children and lived on a tobacco farm in Prince George's County, Maryland. Elizabeth died 25 July 1976.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Maryland, Southern Maryland
topic: label: web 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: Gift of Franklin A. Robinson, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0251.01
label: accession number
content: 2010.0251
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0251.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt, crib
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 57 in x 46 in; 145 cm x 117 cm