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Quilt (Pieced quilt)
Martha Agry Vaughn
1795-1815
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Creator/Artist/Maker
Martha Agry Vaughn (Maker)
Place of Origin
Hallowell; Maine; United States; North America
Materials
- Silk
- Wool
- Cotton
- Linen
- Newspaper
Museum Object Number
1957.0048
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1957.0048
Object Name
Quilt (Pieced quilt)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Creator (Role)
Martha Agry Vaughn (Maker)
Place of Origin
Hallowell; Maine; United States; North America
Origin Notes
This quilt was made in North America using newspapers dating to 1788, 1789, and 1790. It may have been made in c. 1805.
Date
1795-1815
Materials
- Silk
- Wool
- Cotton
- Linen
- Newspaper
Techniques
- Quilted
- Pieced
Dimensions (inches)
104 (W) x 100 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
264.16 (W) x 254 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Gowrley, Freya. 2024 Fragmentary Forms: A New History of Collage.
• Published: p. 184Book: LaBar, Laureen A. 2021 Maine Quilts: 250 Years of Comfort and Community.
• Published: p. 4, fig. 1.3Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 210, fig 118Book: Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Chapters 3 and 5, pp. 64, 134-135Catalogue: Le Corbeiller, Clare. 1973 China Trade Porcelain : A Study in Double Reflections. 80
• Related object: p 50, cup depicting arms of Samuel Vaughan (same family)Book: Orlofsky, Myron & Orlofsky, Patsy. 1974 Quilts in America.
• Published: plate 53Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: p. 222, fig. 126Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to American Needlework.
• Published: p. 108-109, fig. 78Article: Frisch, Janice Elizabeth. 2014 British Influences on the American Block-Style Quilt. Journal of the British Quilt Study Group. (15)
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