Object Details
- Willis, Margaret Lowry
- Description
- Twenty-four roller-printed cottons were used to construct this example of an “Irish Chain” pattern. The plain white and pieced blocks are framed by a roller-printed glazed floral chintz. The pieced blocks are quilted with diagonal lines, the white blocks with clamshells, and the border with chevrons.
- According to family information, Margaret Willis crafted the “Irish Chain” quilt near Leonardtown, Maryland. Margaret Lowry was born in Virginia in 1794. She married John S. Willis (1790-1878). Margaret died in 1844 and is buried in Mercer County, Missouri.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Margaret Gray
- 1840-1850
- ID Number
- TE.T08320
- accession number
- 152645
- catalog number
- T08320
- Object Name
- quilt
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- thread, cotton (overall material)
- filling, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 98 in x 93 in; 249 cm x 236 cm
- place made
- United States: Maryland, Leonardtown
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Textiles
- Quilts
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Quilting
- Record ID
- nmah_556334
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-c92b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
