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Album quilt
American
about 1847–50
Object Place: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave, pieced, appliquéd, quilted, and embroidered, ink
Dimensions
264.2 x 261.62 cm (104 x 103 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously
Accession Number1999.531
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBaltimore album quilt of twenty-five squares of pieced and appliquéd plain weave printed cotton. The squares are embellished with silk embroidery, watercolor and names written in ink. Central square is of an eagle and flag surrounded by floral wreath and baskets, hunting scene below and Goddess of Liberty above. Central squares possibly designed by Mary Simon. Triple outer border of two bands of red and yellow Third Empire style border enclosing white cotton band quilted with laurel vine.
InscriptionsWritten in ink on different blocks of quilt:
M. C. Galloway
Emily Hilliard
Elizabeth Morrison
E. M. Petit
Agnes Rankin
M. C. Galloway
Emily Hilliard
Elizabeth Morrison
E. M. Petit
Agnes Rankin
ProvenanceSold at Sotheby's, January 1987; Hirschl & Adler Gallery; Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joe and Mary Archer