1840 - 1860 "Carolina Lily" Album Quilt

Description:

The “Carolina Lily” pattern, popular in the mid-19th century, was chosen for this example of an album quilt. Roller-printed red and blue-green cotton fabrics make up the pieced and appliquéd pattern. The “Carolina Lily” blocks, quilted in diagonal lines, alternate with plain white blocks each quilted with a different floral design. There is a 1-7/8-inch sawtooth band inside the 7-inch plain white border. The border is quilted with a scrolling feathered vine. The quilting is finely done at 12 stitches/inch.

Twenty-one of the “Carolina Lily” blocks have a signature along the stem. Six of the surnames are Crumbaker and six are Stoutsenberger, all born in Lovettsville, Virginia. These families are buried in the New Jerusalem Church Cemetery, the Saint James Reformed Cemetery, or the Lovettsville Union Cemetery. It is not known why or for whom the quilt was made, but the many signatures indicate the place where it was most likely made and used.

Date Made: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Virginia, Lovettsville

Subject: QuiltingCommunity

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Cultures & Communities, Domestic Furnishings, Textiles, Quilts

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Credit Line: Gift of Miss Elva L. McKinney

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T11176Accession Number: 205528Catalog Number: T11176

Object Name: quilt

Physical Description: fabric, cotton (overall material)thread, cotton (overall material)filling, cotton (overall material)Measurements: overall: 90 in x 81 in; 229 cm x 206 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-d02a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_556367

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