Quilt: Irish Chain
1840-1850s
Medium/TechniquePieced cotton plain weave; pieced top; quilted.
DimensionsOverall: 257.8 x 209.6 cm (101 1/2 x 82 1/2 in.)
Other (border): 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Other (border): 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Nancy Pratt
Accession number2016.171
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ProvenanceFirst half of the 20th century, by inheritance to Jennie Merselis Payne Scannel (b. 1880); second half of the 20th century, by inheritance to her daughter, Eleanor B. Payne Van Riper (1910-1997); August 19, 1996, gift to her daughter, Nancy Van Riper Pratt, Duxbury, MA; 2016, gift of Nancy Pratt to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 27, 2016)
1870-1880
about 1930
1880s
1940s
1830-1840s
about 1930
1900-1910
