Collection Highlights
An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti: comprehending a view of the principal transactions in the revolution of Saint Domingo; with its antient and modern state
Date:
1805
Object Number:
LIB.F1923.R15.1
Medium:
Paper, book
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Appliquéd quilt square
Object Number:
INV.11961b
Date:
ca. 1873
Medium:
Cotton, ink and pencil
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 8 5/8 x 1/8 in. ( 22.2 x 21.9 x 0.3 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on obverse: "Mrs M Quigley"
handwritten in pencil: on reverse: "Quigley"
Description:
White cotton plain-weave quilt square centering an appliqéd maltese cross applied by running machine-stitching in white cotton thread; cross of copper and brown madder-dyed star printed calico; "Mrs. M. Quigley" inscribed by hand on obverse and "Quigley" signed in pencil on the reverse.
Gallery Label:
The appliquéd maltese cross design was probably cut from a pattern before being applied to the square, as was often done by quilt makers when creating friendship, album or signature quilts or quilt squares. Popular in the mid-nineteenth century, these quilts were usually given to an individual to commemorate a birth, marriage or move away from the local area. Squares were often given as keepsakes to ladies of a community or church congregation who were moving west. Relates to INV.11961a.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
