1860 - 1865 Celia Corwin's "Economy" Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1860-1865
name: label: maker
content: Corwin, Celia
notes: label: Description
content: This quilt was among several pieced-work quilts, quilt blocks, and other household textile items that were donated in 1932. It is the work of Celia Corwin, the daughter of Rachel Burr Corwin, whose quilts are also in the Collection.
label: Description
content: A wide variety of plain-weave and roller-printed cottons were used for the cross-and-square design, a variation of the “Economy” pattern. The thirty 13-inch blocks are framed with a 4½-inch polka-dot sashing and border. The lining is composed of four lengths of roller-printed stripe fabric. Linear quilting, 5 stitches per inch, completes the quilt.
label: Description
content: Celia Corwin, daughter of Samuel and Rachel Burr Corwin, was born April 13, 1816, in Orange County, New York. She never married and died December 23, 1884. The Textile Collection also contains a sampler that she made in 1830.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Middle Hope
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
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Daniel Gardner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T07119
label: catalog number
content: T07119
label: accession number
content: 121578
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 108 in x 90 in; 275 cm x 229 cm