1900 - 1910 Lena T. Leigh's Hexagon Quilt Top

Description:

Lena T. Leigh, a seamstress in Warrenton, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., assembled this quilt top in the early part of the 20th century. One-inch hexagons of a wide variety of print and solid cottons were pieced into 5½-inch rosettes, each separated by a single row of red cotton hexagons. Perhaps the many examples of period cottons were scraps from her dressmaking business.

Lena Malorn was born in Fauquier County, Virginia in 1878. In 1900, she married Thomas Leigh, born in England in 1876. She died March 26, 1946 and is buried in Arlington Cemetery, Virginia.

Date Made: 1900-1910

Maker: Leigh, Lena T.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Virginia, Warrenton

Subject: Quilting

Subject:

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Polly L. Palmer

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T16933Accession Number: 307851Catalog Number: T16933

Object Name: quiltquilt top

Physical Description: fabric, cotton (overall material)thread, cotton (overall material)Measurements: overall: 86 in x 72 in; 218 cm x 183 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-7c48-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_556530

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