Quilt

Object Name:

Quilt

Object ID:

1977.047.08

Place of Origin:

United States

Date:

1912-1915

Description:

Quilt. Machine stitched. Patchwork squares printed on cotton and wool flannel. Constructed of printed cigar box premiums known as "tobacco felts" or "blankets" sewn together. Obverse: 35 7.5" x 10" flags of foreign countries with a red border, text (horizontal rows from left to right facing), 48 star American flag with no text, "GREAT BRITAIN, UNION JACK, SPAIN", repeat American flag / "PERSIA, SCOTLAND, RUSSIA, CHINA, GERMANY / NETHERLAND, JAPAN", 48 star American flag, "BELGIUM, ENGLAND / MEXICO, BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, UNION JACK, ITALY / IRELAND", 48 star American flag, "GREAT BRITAIN, RUSSIA, SPAIN/FRANCE, MEXICO, FRANCE, GREECE", 48 star American flag/repeat American flag, "BELGUIM, NETHERLANDS, AUSTRALIA" repeat American flag. Reverse: 60 5"x7" flags, floral motifs, collage banners with a blue border, text (horizontal rows from left to right facing) "LIBERIA, BOHEMIA, CHINA, NEW ZEALAND, GERMANY", Liberian flag (no text) / BRAZIL, JAPAN, CONFEDERATE STATES, NAVY, POLAND, BURMAH / CHINA (EMPIRE?), COLUMBIA, ITALY", American flag with 48 stars (no text), "SWEDEN, SPAIN / NEW ZEALAND, ZION, AUSTRALIA, HONDURAS, BOHEMIA, VENEZUELA / HOLLAND, CONFEDERATE STATES, NICARAGUA, BOHEMIA, POLAND, RUSSIA / ROMANIA", followed with a yellow and blue butterfly on a pink ground, "SOMOA, SPAIN, CANADA," French flag (no text) / decorative square with a pink ground and no text, "POLAND, DENMARK, SWEDEN, LIBERIA, BURHMA /" 48 star American flag (no text), "IRELAND", scene with pink, blue, yellow butterfly, "HONDURAS", French flag, American flag (no text) / "ITALY, ZION, NICARAGUA, CHILE, SO. AFRICAN REPUBLIC, PORTUGAL / HARVARD, CORNELL,YALE, COLUMBIA, R.F. FRANCE, JAPAN". Squares at three corners, two with New York Yankees baseball player; "NEW YORK" on player's shirt; "NEW YORK" and "A.L." on pennants, one baseball player (possibly White Sox) with "N.L.".

Material:

Textile
Cotton
Wool

Dimensions:

W-59 L-59 inches

Provenance:

Collected by William L. Warren, the donor.

Credit Line:

Gift of William L. Warren

People:

Warren, William L. (1912-1998)

Subjects:

Baseball, Baseball players, Flags, Quilts, Tobacco flannels, Tobacco premiums