Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
TX00210 |
Object Name |
Quilt |
Collection |
Catherine Rutsen Suckley (1768 - 1825) |
Description |
Green silk quilt; pieced with green satin borders and a floral brocade center medallion. White with mauve stripe back. Quilted in a diamond pattern = 6 spi. Entirely hand sewn. Green border satin weave with selvedges. Green brocade twill with brocaded flowers in orange, purple and white, selvedged. White and mauve stripe plain weave. Signed (embroidered) in upper corner of face "CRS 1799" with black thread. Other embroidered signatures over quilt face: at top in orange stitching "S.S.S." and "Phebe Rutsen." Upper right side in orange thread "Rhinebeck C. Rutsen 1799." Center on green brocade in brown thread "Sarah Suckley 1810." |
Material |
Silk/Cotton |
People |
Sands, Phebe Carman Rutsen (1747-1819) Schuyler, Sarah Rutsen (1770-1805) Suckley, Catherine Rutsen (1768-1825) |
Subjects |
Bedding Domestic linens Needlework |
Legal Status |
Property of Wilderstein Historic Site. |