quilt

Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

1992.77.11

Description

Pieced quilt made of twenty-eight 8"x8" blocks and two 16"x16" blocks with black sashing. The blocks are primarily pictorial, showing buildings, scenes, and wildlife associated with towns in Rutland County, Vermont. The two larger squares shows the logo for Green Mountain College and the logo for the Vermont Bicentennial. The blocks used piecings, applique, and embroidery. The quilts has a pieced border of triangles and rectangles forming evergreen trees, and each corner is quilted in a maple leaf pattern. The backing fabric is blue and white floral printed calico.

Context

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

Acquisition

Accession

1992.77

Source or Donor

Vermont Statehood Bicentennial Commission

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Waston, Marilyn

Date made

1991

Place

County

Rutland 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

65-1/2 in

Width

65 in

Material

Cotton

Relationships

Related Places

Place

County

Rutland County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

Vermont Bicentennial