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Pieced quilt
Log Cabin, Barn Raising Variation quilt
Pieced quilt
Mrs. Herrick (b. 1798)
American, Massachusetts
1879
Place of Origin: Westminster, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Foundation pieced top of cotton and silk in variety of structures including silk velet with silk embroidery, silk plain weave backing quiltied to unknown material
Dimensions
Height x width: 191.8 x 190.5 cm (75 1/2 x 75 in.)
Credit Line
Frank B. Bemis Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Elizabeth M. and John F. Paramino Fund in memory of John F. Paramino, Boston Sculptor, Helen B. Sweeney Fund, Mary L. Smith Fund, Textile Income Purchase Fund, Joyce Arnold Rusoff Fund, and Alice J. Morse Fund
Accession Number2014.1856
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLog cabin, Barn Raising quilt. Yellow, blue, red, green, and purple diamonds and bands alternating with black velvet bands; black velvet centers of the squares embroiderd with flowers in polychrome silk thread
Signed
"To A.M. Herrick from her Mother, age 81 - 1879"
ProvenanceBefore 2014, acquired by the Pilgrim / Roy Collection, Warner, NH; 2014, sold by Gerald E. Roy to the MFA. (Accession date: December 10, 2014)