Penn Treaty quilt
Datec. 1790-1802
Maker
Martha Washington
(American, 1731 - 1802)
Medium/TechniqueCotton, linen
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 100 3/4 in. × 100 3/4 in. (255.91 cm × 255.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of Louisa Lear Eyre, 1931
Object numberW-365
Published ReferencesGloria Seaman Allen, First Flowerings: Early Virginia Quilts, (Washington D.C: DAR Museum, 1987), 29.Letters and Recollections of George Washington: Being letters to Tobias Lear and others between 1790 and 1799, showing the first American in the management of his estate and domestic affairs; with a diary of Washington's last days, kept by Mr. Lear (London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1906), plate opposite page 162.
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