1825 - 1850 Rachel Burr Corwin's Framed-Center Pieced Quilt
1825 - 1850 Rachel Burr Corwin's Framed-Center Pieced Quilt
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- Description
- This framed-center quilt was among several quilts, quilt blocks, and other household textile items that were donated in 1932. It is the work of Rachel Burr Corwin. At the time of the donation it was considered by the curator “... a valued addition to the Museum’s collection of old cotton prints.”
- A variation of the “Nine-patch” pattern is used for the central panel. This is framed by borders pieced in the “Flying Geese,” “Lemoyne Star,” “Chained Square,” and “Nine-patch” patterns. The fabrics are mainly roller-printed fabrics with a few block-printed cottons. The quilting employs various geometric patterns, 5 stitches per inch.
- Rachel Burr, daughter of Samuel Burr and Sibyl Scudder Burr of Massachusetts, was born March 3, 1788. She married Samuel Corwin of Orange County, New York, October 14, 1809. They had four children. Needlework examples by one of their daughters, Celia, are also in the Collection. Rachel Burr Corwin died March 14, 1849, in Orange County, New York.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- quilt
- date made
- 1825-1850
- maker
- Corwin, Rachel Burr
- place made
- United States: New York, Middle Hope
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- thread, cotton (overall material)
- filling, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 90 in x 79 in; 228 cm x 202 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T07117
- accession number
- 121578
- catalog number
- T07117
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Daniel Gardner
- subject
- Quilting
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Quilts
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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