Quilt Maker: member of the Wells Family
Maker, possibly by: Hannah Airah Wells Pratt (American, 1815–1901)

1830–35

American Decorative Arts

Not on view
Medium

Wool with wool embroidery yarn and thread

Dimensions

94 × 101 in. (238.76 × 256.54 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Diana Vilas Gladden

Accession Number

2014.8.1

Geography

Made in Waterville, Maine

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Textiles

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Provenance
Mrs. Jothan Sewell Pratt (née Hannah Airah Wells 1815–1901), Waterville and Bloomfield, Maine, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin; by descent to her daughter, Helen E. Pratt (1839–1920); by descent to her niece Faith Van Valkenburg Vilas (1878–1955), Milwaukee, Wisconsin; by descent to her son, Carl Vilas (1907–1988), Branford, Connecticut; by descent to his daughter Diana Vilas Gladden, Branford, Connecticut; given by her to the Yale Univeristy Art Gallery
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2014," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2014), 7
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

quilts

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