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Expo '74 Folklife Festival's "Second Friendship Quilt"
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| Accession #: | 2214.1 |
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| Title: | Expo '74 Folklife Festival's "Second Friendship Quilt" |
| Object Type: | Quilt |
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| Physical Description: | This quilt is made of multicolored prints and unbleached muslin. Each square-shaped block has two triangles of print fabric with a white muslin (unbleached) center. Names were written with brown paints on the centers. |
| Description: | This multicolored signature quilt was one of six quilts made during the Expo '74 Folklife Festival, held in conjunction with Spokane's 1974 World Exposition. This quilt's 522 blocks bear the names of people who helped to either piece or quilt each block. These names represent twenty countries and forty-five states. |
| Category: | Textiles |
| Related Objects: |
2246.1 (Expo '74, Quilt, Expo '74 Folklife Visitors and Quilters Sampler, 1974)
2246.2 (Expo '74, Quilt, Expo '74 Folklife Quilt, "Old Soldier's Rose", 1974)
2246.3 (Expo '74, Quilt, Expo '74 Folklife Quilt, "Bear Paw", 1974)
2246.4 (Expo '74, Quilt, Expo '74 Folklife Quilt, Floral Applique, 1974)
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| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Expo 74 (Event->Conventions and Fairs); Bedding (Furnishing)
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| Geographical Reference: | Spokane (Washington->Spokane County) |
| Dimensions: |
Object L x W 97 x 83 "
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| Materials/Techniques: |
cotton (Material)
polyester (Material)
quilting (Technique)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
On back with brown embroidery paint: "SECOND FRIENDSHIP QUILT FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL EXPO '74 SPOKANE, WN. MAY-JULY 1974"
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| Credit Line: | Gift of the Expo '74 Corporation |
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