Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
1942-1945
1946.89a-c
Wool, silk, metal
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Luce Center
Quilt belonging to Matthew Wills Wood
Object name
Quilt belonging to Matthew Wills Wood
Date
1880
Medium
Cotton: pieced in kimono pattern
Dimensions
Overall: 80 x 79 in. ( 203.2 x 200.7 cm )
Description
Printed and woven cotton fabric quilt pieced in blocks in shirt or kimono-like motif. White ground with double red stripe borders. White cotton backing. Stitched signature and date: "M. Wills Wood/1880"
Credit Line
Gift of Catherine H. Smith on behalf of the Borst grandchildren
Object Number
2004.40.1
Marks
embroiedered: in lower right corner in red thread: "M. Wills Wood. / 1880"
Gallery Label
This quilt was previously owned by Matthew Wills Wood (b. Middleburgh, NY 1875, d. c. 1972). great uncle of the donor. According to the donor's grandmother, Hazel Wood Borst, the quilt was made by Matthew at the age of five. It is more likely that the quilt was stitched by an older female relative for the young boy. The printed cottons used in this construction are typical of the period.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
