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Album Quilt
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| Accession #: | 2971.1 |
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| Title: | Album Quilt |
| Object Type: | Quilt |
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| Physical Description: | The background and sashing of this quilt are made from a blue and brown print. The backing is white. Each of the forty-one blocks is made up of one or two colored print fabrics with a white background. The center of each block contains a signature in ink. |
| Description: | Many names on this quilt have been traced to Chenango County, New York State, but the recipient and reason for making this quilt are unknown. Inscribed quilts like this were very popular during the mid-nineteenth century. This quilt was apparently brought to Spokane by either Thomas or Charlotte Brown Griffith who established the Glen Tana Farms north of Spokane in the 1890s. |
| Category: | Textiles |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Bedding (Furnishing)
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| Geographical Reference: | New York (National); Spokane (Washington->Spokane County) |
| Dimensions: |
Object L x W 80 x 72 1/2"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
cotton (Material)
quilting (Technique)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
Names found on the quilt signed in India Ink: 1st block: Miss Cynthia Smith, Mrs. Harriet N. Goodrich, Mr. Reubin Lamb, Miss Rachael _____, Miss Harriet Kennedy 2nd block: Miss Harriet Kennedy, Mr. Stephen Crego, Miss Charlotte R. Campbell, Mr. LeRoy Hubby 3rd block: Mrs. Chas. W. Smith, Miss Adaline Rieher, Miss Cynthia Hayward, Miss Hatti Curtis, Mr. Wm. Perkins 4th block: Mr. J. Eugene Kennedy, Mr. Erastus Perkins, Miss Mary Briggs, Miss Marietta Smith 5th block: Mrs. Cordelia Smith, Holly Smithe, Mr. Arthur L. Kennedy, Mr. Murray White, Mrs. Mary White 6th block: Miss Roya Perkins, Mr. Harlow R. Lamb, California Odd Fellow, Mr. Harry Howard 7th block: June Hurlbut, Mr. Harvey Howard, Miss Britta Lottray, Miss Mary Richer, Mrs. Duvall Cutler 8th block: Miss Marriella Lucker, Mr. Norman H. Kennedy, Mrs. Julia Ann Kennedy, Miss E. Elizabeth Kennedy 9th block: Mrs. H. Palmer, Miss Mary Perkins, Harriet, Miss Pauline Perkins, Mrs. Nancy White (Racine Wisconsin) Signed on back in ink, one signature is illegible because of degredation of fabric fibers from ink: "Miss Harriet Kennedy (though the signature is illegible there is a Harriet Kennedy on a block on the front and the length of this signature seems to correspond with the length of the Harriet Kennedy name.) The other name seems to be "G. Porking or Perkins?"
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Charlotte Witherspoon, 1983 |
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