Object Number 1959.0022.008

Object Name

Quilt (Pieced and stenciled quilt)

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Mary Ann Hoyt (Maker)

Place of Origin

Reading, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

This quilt was made in Reading, PA in 1834.

Date

1834-1834

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Top center block; "MARY ANN/HOYT/READING/MAY 15, 1834/ No 2" (embroidered)

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Quilted, Stenciled, Pieced, Roller printed

Dimensions (inches)

86 (L) , 73 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

218.44 (L) , 185.42 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Chapter 3, pp. 70-71
[Article] Bassett, Lynne Zacek. 02//2003 Stenciled Bedcovers. Antiques. 163 (2)
• Published: unknown (pp 70-77)
[Book] Bishop, Robert. 1982 Collecting American Antiques-Textiles.
• Published: page unknown
[Book] Orlofsky, Myron & Orlofsky, Patsy. 1974 Quilts in America.
• Published: page 113, plate 30.
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 204,205, fig. 115
[Article] Lidz, Maggie. 1997 Stenciling Practices of the Past Revistied in Rare Quilt. Winterthur Magazine. 43 (2): 1.
• Published: p. 18
[Thesis] Frisch, Janice Elizabeth. 2013 English, Welsh, and Irish influences on the development of the block-style quilt in the United States. M.A. Indiana University Bloomington
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