Crazy Quilt1884–188569 x 60 " (175.3 x 152.4 cm)Silks and velvet with silk embroidery, silk campaign ribbon, and paintGift of Linda N. Groat in memory of the Groat and Miller families2016.24.10silk campaign ribbon for Cleveland-Hendricks ticket and another lithographed ribbon1557675432P3.1991.1Catherine MillerTextilesThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.dated '1884'; '1885'TroyTroyUnited StatesNew YorkTextilesTroyObject information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgThis crazy quilt was documented in Utica in 1989 as part of the New York Quilt Project. Notable features are the silk campaign ribbon for Cleveland-Hendricks ticket and another lithographed ribbon. The quilt was accepted as a promised gift to the museum in 1991. Catherine Miller, the quiltmaker, was sister to Gertrude Ann Miller who married John Jacob Groat in 1870. Various Miller artifacts have descended through the Groat family. She may be the Catherine Miller born in 1844 to Peter Miller, a wagonmaker, and his wife, Anna Miller, in Troy, New York. The 1875 NYS Census lists Catherine Miller as the wife of O[scar]. B. Smith, a printer, in Troy, Rensselaer County.The first Groot (Groat) was Symon Symones Groot who settled in New Netherlands “in the service of the West India Company, as boatswain of the ship Prince Maurice. He bought a house in New Amsterdam in 1645.” In February, 1690, his five sons (one of whom was Dirk, the next in my family line) were “taken captive by the French and Indians and carried to Canada,” but they were “redeemed” the following year. Research provided by family.P3.1991.118841885 2016 24 1 Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgThis crazy quilt was documented in Utica in 1989 as part of the New York Quilt Project. Notable features are the silk campaign ribbon for Cleveland-Hendricks ticket and another lithographed ribbon. The quilt was accepted as a promised gift to the museum in 1991. Catherine Miller, the quiltmaker, was sister to Gertrude Ann Miller who married John Jacob Groat in 1870. Various Miller artifacts have descended through the Groat family. She may be the Catherine Miller born in 1844 to Peter Miller, a wagonmaker, and his wife, Anna Miller, in Troy, New York. The 1875 NYS Census lists Catherine Miller as the wife of O[scar]. B. Smith, a printer, in Troy, Rensselaer County.The first Groot (Groat) was Symon Symones Groot who settled in New Netherlands “in the service of the West India Company, as boatswain of the ship Prince Maurice. He bought a house in New Amsterdam in 1645.” In February, 1690, his five sons (one of whom was Dirk, the next in my family line) were “taken captive by the French and Indians and carried to Canada,” but they were “redeemed” the following year. Research provided by family.