Quilt

quilt

Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

1992.77.10

Description

Pieced quilt formed of twenty pictorial and geometric blocks set in a pieced border of two shades of green. The blocks include traditional quilt block patterns as well as scenes, buildings, and animals from Orleans County, VT. Each block is inked with the name of the town it represents and its maker.

Context

Made by residents of Orleans County, Vermont, to celebrate the Vermont Bicentennial

Acquisition

Accession

1992.77

Source or Donor

Vermont Statehood Bicentennial Commission

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Bouffard, Frances

Date made

1991

Place

County

Orleans 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

81 in

Width

68 in

Material

Cotton

Relationships

Related Events

Event

Vermont Bicentennial