Doll Quilt

Name/Title

Doll Quilt

Entry/Object ID

1959.56.2

Description

Small pieced quilt sized for a doll. The front of the quilt is in a fence rail pattern consisting of blocks of three bars (rectangles). The outer bars are matched, colorful silks, and the center bar is black silk. The colors include pink, green, brown, yellow, purple, and plaid. The edges are decorated with squares of silk fabric folded back and stitched to form triangles. The reverse is backed with brown silk printed with six-pointed yellow stars.

Context

Owned by Anna Sanford Higgins Briggs in Brandon, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1959.56

Source or Donor

Briggs, Florence Day (1884-1974)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1860

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

Width

14-1/2 in

Length

14-1/2 in

Material

Silk

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Briggs, Anna Sanford Higgins (1851-1935)

Related Places

Place

Town

Brandon

County

Rutland County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America