Quilt

Quilt front full view

Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

2016.55

Description

Pieced "postage stamp" quilt. All the pieces of the quilt face are square, and the colors are arranged to hint at a log cabin pattern with a small, central square (yellow) surrounded by ever larger squares (red). There are no solid fabrics used. Pieces included woven patterns, largely plaids with some stripes, and printed calicos in floral patterns. The quilt in backed in red calico printed with a small pattern of a crossed hammer and axe. The edges are bounded in pink-and-red floral calico. There are 17,820 pieces on the front (per donor).

Context

Made by Minnie Smith of Athens, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2016.55

Source or Donor

Prasch, Susan

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In memory of Freda Gray Weinberg

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Smith, Minnie (1856-1936)

Date made

1890 - 1899

Place

Town

Athens

County

Windham County

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

78 in

Width

79 in

Material

Cotton