Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- Album quilt made by friends and family for Mary Matthews to take with her on her sojourn as a missionary and teacher in Macedonia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The quilt consists of 25 blocks (approx. 12” x 13”) with pink sashing (2 ¾” wide) and pink and white border (1”, 1”, and 1 ¼” wide). The pieced and appliqued blocks, filling, and lining are all cotton. The blocks are mainly variations on patterns found on many album quilts of the period. The quilt was assembled for Mary Louisa Matthews who in 1888 went to Monastir (Bitola) Macedonia as a missionary, teaching at American School for Girls. Each block is inscribed with the name of a family member or friend. A few have religious inscriptions or poetry. One particular block is unusual, an appliqued Pythagorean Theorem.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Virginia Capan and Shahnaz Sahnow
- 1850 - 1890
- ID Number
- 2019.0246.01
- accession number
- 2019.0246
- catalog number
- 2019.0246.01
- Object Name
- quilt
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 81 in x 79 in; 206 cm x 201 cm
- place made
- United States: Missouri, New York
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Religion
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Quilting
- Missions
- Record ID
- nmah_1969454
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b5-0892-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
