Object Details
- Description
- Deep red and blue 11-inch squares were set diagonally, checkerboard fashion, to create this example of an early 19th century wool quilt. Each square is quilted with a floral or geometric motif. In total twenty-two different patterns, quilted 6 stitches per inch, were used.
- Lucy Addison was born in New Hampshire about 1808 or 1809 and married John Shepherd (or Shepard) in 1833. The quilt may have been made in New Hampshire, but according to censuses, after they were married they lived in Phillipston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, the rest of their lives. They had one son, Timothy Addison Shepherd, born in 1836, and it was his descendent, a great-grandson of Lucy and John, who donated the quilt in 1964.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Shepherd, Lucy Addison
- date made
- 1800-1840
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Harold H. Shepard
- Physical Description
- fabric, wool (overall material)
- thread, cotton, linen (overall material)
- filling, wool (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 97 in x 97 in; 245 cm x 246 cm
- Object Name
- quilt
