Nine, 5" square blocks sewn to brown paper back folded over to frame blocks. Blocks pieced from assorted silk, satin, velvet, brocade, damask. Paper labels sewn to several pieces identifying origins and owner of material.
cushions
covers (overlying objects)
brocade (textile)
damask
satin
silk (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
piecing
stitching
paper (fiber product)
Cover, Cushion
"Madam Amory Wedding Dress"/"Mrs. Samuel Appleton's Curtains"/"Mrs. Samuel Bradlee"/"Madam Cunningham"/"Mrs. Thomas Dennie's Wedding Dress"/"Mrs. S.P. Gardnier"/"Wedding Dress Mrs. E. Goodwin 1784"/"Madam Hayward's Wedding Dress"/"Madam Hancock's Wedding Dress"/"Mrs. Joseph Head's Wedding Dress"/"Mrs. Coffin Jones"/"Mrs. Frances A. Lowell"/"Mrs. Mansfield's Wedding Dress"/"Mrs. David Sawyer's Wedding Dress"/"Mrs. Tasker Swett"/"Madam Scott's Wedding Dress"/"Mrs. Joseph Tilden's Curtains"/"Madam Turell"/"Madam Washington 1775" (Ink on paper sewn to face of cushion)
Washington, Martha, 1732-1802
Hancock, Dorothy Quincy, 1747
1920.425 X
Unknown
17 3/4 (W) (inches)
Estate of Mrs. Jane N. Grew
1920.425
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