Crazy quilt
about 1884
Object PlaceNewport, Rhode Island, United States
Medium/TechniqueSilk and cotton textiles; pieced, embroidered, appliquéd and painted
Dimensions192.2 x 173.3 cm (75 11/16 x 68 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Atherton Loring
Accession number1984.683
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ProvenanceSaid to have been made by Rowena and Sarah Bowen who were daughters of Stephen (1795-1829); Passed down paternal line of the donor-- from wife of maker's brother, Stephen Bowen (1829-1888), Georgia Anna Richmond Bowen (1829-1898), to her son, Stephen Bowen (1869-1954), to donor
mid to late 1860s
about 1847–50