Quilt

quilt

Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

2004.38.1

Description

Narrow pieced quilt in the Rolling Star or Carpenter's Wheel pattern. The quilt is pieced from solid red and solid white cotton in a pattern that resembles stars or snowflakes. The two short ends have a border of alternating squares and stars. The edges are bound with red tape. The quilt is hand pieced and hand quilted. The quilting is extravagant and follows the piecing pattern. The quilt is marked with the handwritten inscription, "Mattie Sept. 11, 1879".

Context

Made by Mattie Galusha in Shaftsbury, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

2004.38

Source or Donor

Williams, Harriet Simmons (1923-2013)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In memory of Martha Galusha Simmons

Made/Created

Artist

Simmons, Martha Eliza Galusha (1860-1947)

Date made

1879

Place

Town

Shaftsbury

County

Bennington 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

84-3/4 in

Width

74 in

Material

Cotton