The Righton Family Quilt

 

Annie Righton

Birth

9 Aug 1798

Death

22 Nov 1857 (aged 59)

Burial

Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground

Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA

Attributed to Annie Righton Smith but probably associated with  a pair of Charleston sisters  Anne Righton (1797-1857) who never married and Katharine Fullerton Righton Smith (1799-1843)

 

See more on this quilt, the Rightons and the center panel (Merikay Waldbogel’s Panel #4) at this post:

 

https://chintzpanelquilt.blogspot.com/2019/07/panel-4-round-floral-bouquet.html

 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37379387/annie-righton

 

annie https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37379387/annie-righton

 

Righton Smith

Katherine Fullerton Righton Smith (1799-1843) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21674297/katharine_fullerton-smith

 

and Ann Righton (1797-1857). 

 

 

https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/appliqued-quilt-center-medallion-36874

 

Annie Righton Smith, Appliqued Quilt (Center Medallion), ca. 1840, chintzes and white cotton, 87 ¹⁄₄ × 86 in. (221.6 × 218.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, 

 

Gift of Patricia S. Smith

Attributed to Annie Righton Smith, Gift of Patricia Smith Melton

https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/appliqued-quilt-center-medallion-36874

 

We couldn't find any Annie Righton Smiths but the family may be that of Joseph and Elizabeth Fullerton Righton who had daughters Katherine Fullerton Righton Smith (1799-1843) and Ann Righton (1797-1857). 

The Rightons lived in this house in Charleston, the Righton House.

 

 

 

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