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Quilt (Pieced and stenciled quilt)
Mary Ann Hoyt
1834-1834
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Creator/Artist/Maker
Mary Ann Hoyt (Maker)
Place of Origin
Reading; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1959.0022.008
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1959.0022.008
Object Name
Quilt (Pieced and stenciled quilt)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
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/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Top center block
Inscription: "MARY ANN/HOYT/READING/MAY 15, 1834/ No 2" (embroidered)
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Quilted
- Stenciled
- Pieced
- Roller printed
Dimensions (inches)
73 (W) x 86 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
185.42 (W) x 218.44 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Chapter 3, pp. 70-71Article: 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 unknownBook: 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. 115Article: Lidz, Maggie. 1997 Stenciling Practices of the Past Revistied in Rare Quilt. Winterthur Magazine. 43 (2): 1.
• Published: p. 18Thesis: 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
Book: Bishop, Robert. 10/12/1982 Quilts, Coverlets, Rugs and Samplers: The Knopf Collector's Guide to American Antiques. 476.
• Published: p.255