Object Details
- Walcott, Mary L.
- Description
- Mary L. Walcott constructed this quilt based on the “Wild Goose Chase” pattern using only plain red and polka-dotted red and white cottons. It is quilted at 7-8 stitches/inch using grid and chevron patterns. She made this quilt about the time her son, Charles D. Walcott, was born. In 1907 he became the fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles D. Walcott
- 1840-1860
- ID Number
- TE.T04592
- accession number
- 69191
- catalog number
- T04592
- Object Name
- quilt
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- thread, cotton (overall material)
- filling, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 78 in x 75 in; 198 cm x 191 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, Utica
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Quilts
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Quilting
- Record ID
- nmah_556298
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-c009-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
