Cigarette Silks, c. 1900 -1920 (Fancy Quilts)
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Cigarette Silks, c. 1900 -1920Maker: Unknown Around 1900 tobacco companies created cigarettes and packaged them with silk premiums to lure women to become smokers. Advertisers suggested using these "silkies" to make "useful items for decorating the home." Ladies at a brothel in Walla Walla made this quilt around 1910. |