1840 - 1850 Mary Winfield's Pieced Quilt
1840 - 1850 Mary Winfield's Pieced Quilt
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- Description
- Mary Winfield crafted this small pieced quilt of diamond-shaped blocks for her granddaughter, Julia A. Poole, of Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. Possibly it was intended as a doll quilt. Some of the diamond-shaped blocks are pieced in the “Nine-patch” pattern, others are plain white cotton.
- Mary W. Tucker was born about 1764 in Virginia. She married William Winfield III (1762-1837) on January 6th in either 1783 or 1787. She made another small quilt, also in the Collection, for the same granddaughter.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- quilt
- date made
- 1840-1850
- maker
- Winfield, Mary
- place made
- United States: Virginia
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- thread, cotton (overall material)
- filling, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 in x 14 in; 46 cm x 36 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T02139.00B
- accession number
- 57609
- catalog number
- T02139B
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Fannie Hamilton
- subject
- Quilting
- Children
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Quilts
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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