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DeKalb Crazy Quilt Top
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| Accession #: | 2033.27 |
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| Title: | DeKalb Crazy Quilt Top |
| Object Type: | Quilt |
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| Physical Description: | This quilt top contains twenty blocks composed of irregularly shaped fabrics, embellished with embroidery. It includes ribbons commemorating a 50th wedding anniversary dated 1906, the DeKalb Republican Club, and Theodore Roosevelt dated 1900. |
| Description: | Small decorative pieces like this became especially popular during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. They showcased the maker's embroidery skills and often included souvenir ribbons, like the ones incorporated here commemorating the DeKalb Republican Club and DeKalb's Theodore Roosevelt Day (1900). A third ribbon celebrates a 50th wedding anniversary in 1906, suggesting that this quilt top may have been made to honor one couple. |
| Category: | Textiles |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Bedding (Furnishings); Politics (Government); Marriage (Communication->Ceremonial)
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| Dimensions: |
Object L x W 56 x 70 "
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| Materials/Techniques: |
cotton (Material)
silk (Material)
velvet (Material)
satin (Material)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
Memory Pieces: Ribbon: "Roosevelt Day, De Kalb, Oct '6, '00" Trade mark from hat inset Golden Wedding Ribbon: "Dec 23, 1856 - Dec 23, 1906 S. Storry & Mary Mullens"
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Eldon Felgenhauer, 1969. |
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