Collection Highlights
WILD STYLE: TRACY 168
1992
2003.38.6
Black marker and felt tip pen on heavy paper with glue residue from a bound border at left
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Quilt made from pieces of each bolt of fabric sold by Scott & Lawrie, a New York dry goods store.
Title
Quilt made from pieces of each bolt of fabric sold by Scott & Lawrie, a New York dry goods store.
Object name
Quilt
Date
1925-1935
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 85 3/4 x 67 x 1/2 in. ( 217.8 x 170.2 x 1.3 cm )
Description
Cotton pieced quilt with multi-colored pinwheel design; fourteen rows of alternating squares and diamonds with pieced pinwheel pattern on light blue chambray ground; blue and white floral print backing; cotton pieces dating to 1890-1935.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. F. M. Lewis
Object Number
1964.39
Gallery Label
According to the donor, the pieces of fabric used to make this quilt were cut from every bolt of gingham remaining in a New York City dry goods store at the time the store was sold (or closed) in the late nineteenth century. The store, located at Hudson and North Moore Streets, in New York City, was opened by Scott & Lawrie in 1817 and later owned by the donor's grandfather, Andrew Webster. The daybook of Scott & Lawrie, also donated by Mrs. Lewis, is preserved in the N-YHS Library.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
