Reel Variation Quilt, circa 1846

Artifact

Signature quilt

Date Made

circa 1846

Creators

Unknown

Place of Creation

United States, Pennsylvania 

Keywords

United States, Pennsylvania, Bucks county 

United States, Pennsylvania, Chester county 

United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 

Signature quilts 

Friendship quilts 

Quilts 

Bed coverings 

Applique quilts 

Pieced quilts 

Reel Variation (Pattern) 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

79.32.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Cotton (Textile)
Muslin
Batting

Technique

Applique (Technique)
Piecing
Quilting
Hand sewing
Roller printing (Printmaking)
Woodcut (Process)

Color

Red
Brown
Green
Blue
White (Color)
Black (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 98 in

Width: 98 in

Inscriptions

NAMES PRINTED ON AUTOGRAPH QUILT: ROW 1 (Top row from left to right) 1. Mary Ann Hoff 2. William Buckman 3. I.C. Strickland | Penn's Manor 4. J.C. Van Arsdale 5. Sarah Hogeland | Oct. 15 1844 | Bucks County, Southampton | Penn 6. Ellen Buckman 7. Jane C. Carver | Bucks Cty. ROW 2 1. Wm. H. McCarer | Philad. 1843 2. Emma M. Bicknell | Philad. 1842 3. Mary Ann Everitt | Holland, Bucks Co. | 1843 4. Rebecca Mitchell | Attleborough, Penn (?) 1843 5. Henry W. Pearson | Penns-ville July 1st 1843 6. Asa Dubois 7. Edith Barcalow ROW 3 1. Caroline Ramsey | Feasterville 2. Benjamin Cross (?) | Northampton 3. George Camm 4. Mr. William Camm | 356 Arch St. Philad. 5. Emma M. Camm 6. Jane K. Clift | Warwick 7. George W. Ramsey | Northampton April 30, 1843 ROW 4 1. Mary Thompson 2. Mary E. Bicknell | Philad 1842 3. A.O. Halsey | Churchville, Bucks County 4. Christina Grant | Vines Philad. 5. Elizabeth Halsey | Churchville Bucks County 6. M.A. Gibbs | Philadelphia 7. Anna P. Kelly ROW 5 1. Emma M. Hamor | New London 2. Elizabeth Laning | Feasterville | March 1st, 1842 (or) 3 3. Edward M. Camm | 356 Arch St. Philad. 4. 356 Arch St | Mrs. Susan Ann Camm | Philad. 5. 356 Arch St. | Charles G. Camm/ Philad. 6. Jane Lukens | Feasterville March 14, 1843 7. Lewis Worman | Chester County ROW 6 1. Ann Lefferts 2. Miss Susan M. Camm | 356 Arch St. Philad. 3. Rebecca W. Laning 4. Mobert Miers Bicknell | Philad. 1842 5. Amos Laning 6. Miss Nancy Martien | 356 Arch St. | Philad. 7. Catherine Dubois ROW 7 (Bottom row from left to right) 1. Elizabeth Cornell 2. Jacob K. Hoff 3. James L. McNair 4. Ann E. Maghee 5. Ann Eliza McNair 6. Mary D. Hoff 7. Juliana E. Cornell