Quilt

Object/Artifact

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Wayland Museum

Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

1960.12.1

Description

Quilt: Pattern- Friendship; Flower basket Material: cotton

Use

Signatures of Friends and neighbors: Chaloner, Mrs. Mary Bacon Dudley Chaloner Child, L. M. Lydia Maria Francis Child Mrs. Catherine Cutting Catherine Gleason Cutting Cutting, Marcia D. Marcia Roby Drury Cutting Damon, Emma F. Emily Frances Damon Damon, Hattie C. Harriet Coburn Damon Draper, Abbie H. Abigail Hart Drury Draper Draper, Annie W. Annie Wheeler Wellington Draper Draper, Ira B. Ira Bullard Draper Draper, Louisa Louisa Loker Draper Drury, Mrs. Charles Elvira Susanna Roby Drury Drury, Emma Emma Turner Drury Page Drury, Miss Lizzie N. Lizzie Nichols Drury Campbell Drury, Mrs. L. H. Abigail F. Hart Drury Dudley, Mrs. A. E. Ann Elizabeth Dudley Burgess Gleason, Mrs. Abel Elizabeth Hale Mann Gleason Gleason, Caroline M. Caroline Maria Gleason Merrill Gleason, Carrie M. Caroline “Carrie” Maria Gleason Rutter Wellington Gleason, Elsie Elsie Moody Cutter Gleason Gleason, Licentia Licentia Gleason (Glezen) Grout, Susan Susanna Grout Heard, Mrs. Abel Lois G. Gleason Heard Heard, Harriet Harriet Maria Sherman Heard Merrill, Caroline Gleason Caroline Gleason Merrill Parks, Maria Maria (Mary) Parks Peirce, L. W. Lydia Warren Ames Dillingham Peirce

Cataloged By

Backman, Gloria

Acquisition

Accession

1960.12

Source or Donor

Campbell, Mr. Ronald

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Quilt

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Needlework

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Names

Name Type

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project

Other Name

8119

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

Q 16

Number Type

Old Number

Other Number

Q 16

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Jan 1, 1988

Examined By

Backman, Gloria

Notes

Faded

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jan 1, 1988

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Child, Lydia Maria (Francis), Chaloner, Mary Bacon Dudley, Cutting, Catherine Gleason, Cutting, Marcia Roby (Drury), Damon, Emma F., Damon, Hattie, Drury Draper, Abby (Abigail) H., Draper, Annie W., Draper, Ira Bullard, Draper, Louisa Loker, Drury, Susanna Roby, Drury, Elvira Susanna Roby, Drury Page, Emma Turner, Campbell, Lizzie Nichols (Drury), Drury, Abigail F. Hart, Dudley Burgess, Ann Elizabeth, Gleason, Elizabeth Hale Mann, Merrill, Caroline Maria Gleason, Rutter, Caroline “Carrie” Maria Gleason Wellington, Gleason, Elsie Moody Cutter, Gleason, Licentia (Glezen), Grout, Susan, Heard, Lois G. Gleason, Heard, Harriet Maria Sherman, Merrill, Caroline Gleason, Parks, Maria, Peirce, Lydia Warren Ames Dillingham

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Patchwork History: American Quilts and Quilters

Notes

Middlesex News article, Monday, Feb. 24, 1986, about a show of historic quilts, “Patchwork History: American Quilts and Quilters” at the Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, MA. Includes research by Laura Roberts [Director of Museum of Our National Heritage] and Jo Goeselt [Director of Wayland Historical Society]: “...The [quilting] group was not from the Unitarian or Trinitarian Churches, nor was it either the Wayland Female Charitable Society, or the Wayland Anti-Slavery Society. Based on the birth date of the youngest person whose name appears (Lizzie W. Drury, 1857-1938,) the two dated the quilt at some time after 1857.The only man whose name appears is that of Ira Draper, a shoemaker in Wayland who died in 1855. It was a common practice to sign a quilt in memory or in honor, of another person.”

General Notes

Note

Notes: Following notes from original Quilts Catalog file conflict with Acc'n file: Donor: C. M. Campbell Note: "Patchwork quilt with makers' names; Lydia Maria Child in middle. GIFT" 1965 Owner: Lydia Maria Child (with documentation?) Status: OK Status By: Wolfson, Evelyn Status Date: 2014-03-15