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Bedcover (Applique quilt)
Eliza Bennis
1782
Category
Textiles
Creator/Artist/Maker
Eliza Bennis (Maker)
Place of Origin
Waterford; Ireland; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Cotton
Museum Object Number
1969.0568
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.0568
Object Name
Bedcover (Applique quilt)
Category
Textiles
Creator (Role)
Eliza Bennis (Maker)
Place of Origin
Waterford; Ireland; United Kingdom; Europe
Origin Notes
Origin is possibly Limerick, Ireland, as this was where Eliza Bennis lived before emigrating to the United States around 1788.
Secondary Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
The fabrics used in the applique design were probably printed in England in the late eighteenth century.
Date
1782
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Top center
Inscription: [script] EB
Type: Inscription
Location: Flanking the monogram to either side
Inscription: 17 82
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Cotton
Techniques
- Woven (plain)
- Appliqued
- Embroidered
- Mordant style
- Plate printed
- Block printed
Dimensions (inches)
96.5 (W) x 109 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
245.11 (W) x 276.86 (L)
Measurement Notes
from Quilts in a Material World list
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Chapter 5, p 133Article: Callahan, Colleen. 1985 "An Early Pieced Quilt". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. (Summer)
• Published: page unknownBook: Synge, Lanto. 2000 Art of Embroidery: A History of Style and Design.
• Published: page unknownBook: Orlofsky, Myron & Orlofsky, Patsy. 1974 Quilts in America.
• Published: page unknownBook: Holland, Nina. 1977 Contemporary Pictorial Quilts.
• Published: page unknownBook: Johnson, Mary Elizabeth. 1984 Flower Quilts.
• Published: page unknownBook: Raughter, Rosemary. 2007 The Journal of Elizabeth Bennis.
• Journal of maker of this quilt.Book: Bath, Virginia Churchill. 1979 Embroidery in the United States.
Book: Montgomery, Florence. 1970 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Textile with same print (peacocks), p. 233, fig. 217Book: Storey, Joyce. 1974 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Textile Printing.
• Textile with same print (peacocks), p. 60Chapter: Bide, Martin. Secrets of the Printer's Palette, Colors & Dyes in Rhode Island Quilts. Book: Welters, Linda & Ordoñez, Margaret. Down by the Old Mill Stream: Quilts in Rhode Island. 83-121.
• Information on mordant style, pp. 88, 101-104Book: Eaton, Linda. 2014 Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 353, C362