The Quilt Index

DAR Museum

Permanent Collection

91.61

Finished quilt

Wholecloth

Dr. Syntax

72 1/2 inches

86 inches

Straight

Beige or Tan

Blue

Two color

Good/moderate use

1800-1849

1812-1825

Wholecloth

Cotton

Hand Piecing

Linen

White

3

7, 79 1/2, 9 1/2

Same fabric used throughout

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

Cotton

Medium (3/16?)

Hand quilting

cotton

white

6

6

Grid diamond

Virginia (VA)

USA

A wholcloth quilt featuring a toile of Dr. Syntax. The main character, the man in the coat, wig, and three cornered hat, is Dr. Syntax, a character in a series of satirical poems by William Combe (under the pseudonym of Alfred Crowquill) illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson and published by R. Ackermann between about 1812 and 1822. Rowlandson (1756-1827) was one of England's greatest caricaturists, who commented on politics and society of his day. Dr. Syntax was a fictional clergyman/schoolmaster who was introduced in "Dr. Syntax In Search of the Picturesque," a satire on William Gilpin's popular and influential illustrated guidebooks extolling the romantic appreciation of landscape. The Doctor took three "Tours." See file for printouts of the original images, which are slightly different from the versions in the toile, and for their identification.

Unknown

Public-Other

DAR Museum

Washington, DC

Washington D.C.

USA

20006

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Full view of quilt

Color

Digital

Restricted

DAR Museum

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Image - medium display (250-550 pixels)

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MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts

Quilt Index

StillImage

yes

Vis, Virginia

9

6

2006

CE

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Detail