Bustle

United States

1870 - 1900

  • Titles Bustle (Descriptive)
  • Medium wire, cotton
  • Dimensions Overall: 15 in. (38.1 cm) Overall1: 15 in. (38.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. C. F. Shuptrine, 1984.274
  • Work Type bustle
  • Classification Costume

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Central medallion-type quilt with the silhouette of the upper part of the Statue of Liberty in gray-blue fabric on a dark blue ground with a white medallion with the text, "GIVE ME YOUR TIRED YOUR POOR YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE THE WRETCHED REFUSE OF YOUR TEEMING SHORE SEND THESE THE HOMELESS TEMPEST TOST TO ME I RAISE MY TORCH BESIDE THE GOLDEN DOOR" after Emma Lazarus's 1883 sonnet "The New Colossus" and surrounded by the colorful figures of various Native people, enslaved Africans and immigrants hailing from all parts of the world, on either side are stripes of teal-blue fabric and across the top is a strip of light blue fabric, the backing is red and includes the embroidered dedication, "To my mother who taught me how to sew and quilt and to care about the tired, the poor, and the homeless."
Large, rectangular quilt made of cotton feed sacks in the "Butterfly" pattern, pieced together in a grid of 20 blocks of white fabric edged in green, the center of each block with appliqued and embroidered butterflies in a variety of colorful patterns.
White background quilt with several cats and a pot of flowers.
Ike's Choice quilt