Object Details
- Description
- Also known as the “Seamstresses’ Quilt,” this red and green example of mid-19th century quilting was in the George Slothower family of Baltimore County, Maryland. He was a wholesale dry goods merchant and the owner of two cotton mills: the Powhatan and Pocahontas Mills. Apparently at the time this quilt was crafted, resident seamstresses, usually of German or Dutch origin, made the family clothing and most likely this quilt.
- The center basket of flowers is framed by floral-and-leaf panels and borders, each accented with red saw-tooth bands. Echo quilting highlights each of the motifs on this appliquéd quilt.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- unknown
- date made
- 1840-1860
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Doris E. Slothower
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- thread, cotton, silk (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 92 in x 93 in; 234 cm x 237 cm
- Object Name
- quilt
