Quilt
Artist
Mrs. Littleton Waller Tazewell
(American, 19th century)
CultureAmerican
Date1810-30
MediumLinen | Silk | Wool
DimensionsOverall: 92 x 98 1/2 in. (233.7 x 250.2 cm)
InscribedCross-stitched with an "S"-supposedly for Sally Tazewell Madden, daughter of Mrs. Littleton Waller Tazewell.
Credit LineGift of Miss Mary W. Walke
Object number51.32.1
Not on view
DescriptionWhite linen center quilted in linking crescents over which have been applied with button-hole stitch in silk-a grape vine with grape leaves and baskets of flowers. Brown, rose, and red predominate. Two borders. Quilt is filled with wool and backed and bound with white linen. This quilt came to Miss Walke thru the Tazewell line and is thought to have been made by Anne Nivison Tazewell (Mrs. Littleton Waller Tazewell), wife of the Virginia governor. The cross-stitched "S" is said to be for Sally Tazewell Madden, daughter of Mrs. Tazewell.Exhibition HistoryMyers House Published ReferencesVirginia Consortium of Quilters, _Quilts of Virginia 1607 - 1899; The Birth of America Through the Eye of a Needle_ (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2006), 25 & 28. ISBN: 0-7643-2465-9
March 22, 1880
