A Lasting Remnant of a Friendship
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- Creator
- Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
- Description
- Olivia Cushing Whitridge (1783-1876) was born to a prominent New England family with ties to Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine. She married William Whitridge, and the couple lived in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It was in New Bedford, a whaling town, that Olivia C. Whitridge created this “Mariner’s Compass” patchwork medallion. The Mariner’s Compass pattern “was...
- Published Date
- Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:00:28 +0000
- Type
- Blog posts
- Smithsonian staff publications
- Blog posts
- Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
- Topic
- Design
- Record ID
- posts_64f0f66b2579cddfe1f3f5b822df2613
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