1840 - 1850 Mahala Brown's Pieced Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1850
name: label: maker
content: Brown, Mahala
notes: label: Description
content: A variety of plain-woven and roller-printed fabrics from the 1830s and 1840s were used to piece the “Whig’s Defeat” pattern for this quilt. Quilted feathered circles surround each motif, with an 8-petalled flower in the center of the motif. The 22-inch blocks are separated by 5-inch white strips. It is finished with a binding of printed cotton.
label: Description
content: According to the donor her grandmother, Mahala Brown of Washington County, Tennessee, is the maker. Unfortunately no other information was given for the maker of this example of the “Whig’s Defeat.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Tennessee, Washington
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 Miss Monnie Elizabeth Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16891.00S
label: catalog number
content: T16891.00S
label: accession number
content: 308471
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: 93 in x 73 in; 236 cm x 185 cm