Quilt

  • Category:

    Textiles (Furnishing)

  • Creator (Role):

    Ann G Boker (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Marcus Hook, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Secondary Place of Origin:

    England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Materials:

    Cotton; Silk

  • Techniques:

    Quilted, Pieced, Printed

  • Museum Object Number:

    2005.0025


  • Complete Details



Object Number

2005.0025

Object Name

Quilt

Category

Textiles (Furnishing)

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Kathleen Kiefer

Creator (Role)

Ann G Boker (Maker)

Place of Origin

Marcus Hook, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

This quilt was made in Pennsylvania in 1860.

Secondary Place of Origin

England, United Kingdom, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

The silk was designed and woven in London between 1753 and 1755.

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Reverse; From Muzzie/To her Darling Grand Child/ Amanda Boker Bunn/ Decem. [superscript br] 25.. [superscript th] 1860./ The Silk material of this Quilt/ Is more than 150 years old/ having been/ A. wedding Dress - /A. G. Boker.

Materials

Cotton; Silk

Techniques

Quilted, Pieced, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

82.5 (L) , 92 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

209.55 (L) , 233.68 (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 2, p. 57
[Book] Rothstein, Natalie. 1994 Victoria & Albert Museum's Textile Collection: Woven Textile Design in Britain from 1750 to 1850.
Related info: p 43, origin of fabrics
[Book] Brett, Katharine B & Irwin, John. 1970 Origins of Chintz,.
Related objects: p 16-21, similar palampore imitations
[Book] Fox, Sandi. 1990 Wrapped in Glory: Figurative Quilts & Bedcovers, 1700-1900.
Related objects, p 48-53, 54-67
[Book] Peck, Amelia. 1990 American Quilts and Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Biographical info: p 16-19