Object Details
- Shaw, Eva Gibbs
- Description
- This crazy-patch piano cover or runner was constructed of two rows of 12 ½-inch blocks pieced of silks, satins, velvet, and ribbon. The patches were embellished with embroidered, painted, and beadwork motifs. Among the decorations are painted flowers, a painted frog, printed and painted "Kate Greenaway" figures, and silk ribbon flowers. The blocks are constructed on muslin squares and held in place by embroidered fancy stitches. The lining is a loose-weave cotton, roller-printed with a floral and scroll design. The embroidered initials “E.S.” probably refer to Eva Gibbs Shaw, who made the piano cover.
- Eva Gibbs was born in Iowa in 1859. She married William Shaw in 1885. They had two daughters and lived in Washington, D.C.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Adelaide S. Earle
- 1880-1890
- ID Number
- 1990.0092.01
- accession number
- 1990.0092
- catalog number
- 1990.0092.01
- Object Name
- quilt
- piano cover
- crazy patchwork
- Physical Description
- fabric, silk, satin, velvet (overall material)
- thread, silk, cotton, chenille, metallic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 92 in x 30 in; 232 cm x 76 cm
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Quilts
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Quilting
- Record ID
- nmah_556228
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-c698-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
