Signature quilt, 1917

Identifier

2016a-001

Title

Subject

Historic Artifact

Description

Keepsake/signature quilt part of a Grange project in 1917. 36 squares, 11-1/2" x 11-1/2". The quilt was featured in "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party," written by Eva Fairman and presented during the Worthington Bicentenniel Celebration, 1968. Made for May Wardwell (center square); Permelia Granger, Ethel Thayer, May Kilbourn, Mary Jane Bates, May Frissell, Hattie Knapp, Mary Gayle, Alice Shelton, May Loveland, Effie Scott, Sarah Allen, Estelle Cole, Jennie Coburn, Anna A. Cole, A. A. Bates, Ida May Cole, Little Cora Digh, Helen Johnson, Alice Bartlett, Belema Thayer. Agnes L. Cole, Bessie Smith, Mable Shaw, Grace Shaw, Lila Turner?, Josie Hills, Imogene Shaw, Ann Frissell, Dorothy Shaw, May Porter, Cora Bligh, Edith Mason, Eva Fairman, Florence Williams, Fanny Kendricks. Cotton with cotton batting; tied, not quilted. Several of the names marked with the letter P. of H. standing for "Patrons of Husbandry"

Type

Physical Object

Format

228.6 x 228.6 cm (90 x 90 in)

Date

1917

Date Available

2016-05-26

Is Part Of

Box 59

Medium

Textile - other

Provenance

Gift from Bonnie Cole

Dublin Core