OBJECTS Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
0000.100.001 |
Object Name |
Quilt |
Source |
Josephine Corle |
Year Range from |
1861 |
Year Range to |
1864 |
Place of Origin |
USA, Indiana, New Harmony |
Place |
USA, Indiana, New Harmony |
Description |
Quilt. "Whig Star" pattern. Pattern of red flowers, yellow buds, and green foliage on white around the edge. In the middle are six eight-pointed stars. Reverse is white fabric. Edge is trimmed with red fabric. No identifying marks. |
Provenance |
"Quilt, "The Whig Star". Pieced during the Civil War by Josephine Cox (16 years of age) who later married Samuel E. Overton. Presented by Mrs. Gerald [Josephine Slemmer] Corle, granddaughter" slip of paper that was with it: "Quilt - THE WHIG STAR Pieced during the Civil War by Josephine Cox (age 16), who later [1860] married Amuel [Samuel] Overton. Presented by: Mrs. Gerald [Josephine Susan Slemmer] Corle, granddaughter" |
Notes |
Josephine Cox lived from 1842 to 1899. So she was 16 in 1858, not during the Civil War. |
Search Terms |
United States Civil War |
Dimensions |
W-64 L-86 inches |
Event |
United States Civil War |
Made |
Josephine Cox Overton |
Material |
Cloth |
Owned |
Josephine Susan Slemmer Corle |
People |
Overton, Samuel Emery Overton, Josephine Cox Corle, Josephine Susan Slemmer |