quilt

Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

1976.17.1

Description

Pieced quilt in the Garden Maze pattern. The quilt is pieced of white cotton and red-printed calico cotton with a small, repeating design of stylized flowers. The pieced design creates an overall geometric pattern through the use of bands. The bands are quilted along the piecing seams and the white ground is quilted diagonally. Alternate names for this pattern include Wild Goose and Cupid's Arrowpoint.

Context

Made by Lucy Bemis for her son, Ira Bemis, at his marriage, 1855.

Acquisition

Accession

1976.17

Source or Donor

Tracy, Helen Prouty (1908-1999)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Bemis, Lucy Austin (1796-1887)

Date made

1855

Place

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Quilt

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Needlework

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

85 in

Width

86 in

Material

Cotton

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bemis, Ira (1835-1911)

Related Places

Place

Town

Marshfield

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America