Collection Highlights
Undutiful Boys
Date:
1835
Object Number:
1858.23
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Quilt
Object Number:
1944.229
Date:
1815
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 92 1/2 x 83 3/4 x 1 in. ( 235 x 212.7 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: beneath vase at center of quilt: "MAS / 1815"
Description:
White cotton stuffed quilt with flower, leaf, and feather design on stipple-quilted ground; central motif of vase with flowers in feathered oval frame, with "MAS / 1815" embroidered below vase.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this quilt was made for Mary Ann Scott by her bridesmaids. Scott was a relative of soldier and statesman Winfield Scott (1786-1866).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Elizabeth Todd Post
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
