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Dresden Plate quilt

Dresden Plate quilt - Quilt
Accession #: 4155.1
Title: Dresden Plate quilt
Object Type: Quilt
Participants:
Hall, Bertha (creator)
Physical Description: This quilt is made of twelve "Dresden Plate" blocks, each containing a ring of twenty prints and solids in a variety of fabrics surrounding a white center. The sashing is pink and white with nine-patch blocks in the intersections. The color scheme includes pink, lavender, yellow, peach, blue, green, and cranberry.
Description: Sarah Elizabeth Garoutte Greenlee was born in Missouri in 1876, but moved to Washington in 1918 when she and her husband bought a farm near Spangle. After her husband's death in 1936, Sarah moved to Spokane, which is likely where she made the top of this colorful Dresden Plate quilt. It was hand quilted in the 1950s by her daughter, Bertha Greenlee Hall. Sarah died in 1956.
Category: Textiles
Subjects/Topics/Concepts:
Bedding (Furnishing)
Geographical Reference: Spangle (Washington->Spokane County); Spokane (Washington->Spokane County)
Dimensions:
Object L x W 83 1/4 x 69"
Materials/Techniques:
cotton (Material)
handmade (Technique)
Related Exhibits:
Credit Line: Gift of William Hall and Janet Hall Mantz, 2006

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