Collections

Kaleidoscope: Quilts and Coverlets from the Permanent Collection

Date From: 5/3/1984
Date To: 9/3/1984
Summary: A selection of 50 quilts and coverlets from the Eastern Washington State Historical Society collection, including jacquard, double cloth and overshot coverlets as well as crazy quilts, samplers, mosaics and many different patterns of pieced quilts. Exhibit was complimented with lectures, workshops and demonstrations.
Description: A printed brochure accompanied this exhibition with a short essay by Larry Schoonover, Curator of History. Scan of brochure is attached to this record on the multi media tab.
Related Objects:
1120.1 (Quilt, "Silk Log Cabin Quilt", 1895)
1230.1 (Quilt, "Single Irish Chain Quilt Top", 1800-1820)
1240.97 (Quilt, "Lone Star Quilt", 1925-1935)
1240.98 (Quilt, "Sunflower Quilt", c. 1930s)
1320.2 (Coverlet, "Sarah Easton Jordan's Woven Coverlet", 1825-1865)
1483.7 (Coverlet, "Overshot Coverlet", 1820-1860)
1533.1 (Quilt, "Pratt Bear Paw/Duck's Foot Quilt", c. 1876)
1533.2 (Quilt, "Flying Geese Variation Quilt", 1870-1890)
1601 (Quilt, "Honey Bee Quilt", 1880-1900)
1678.2 (Coverlet, "St. Peter's Woven Coverlet", 1841)
1744.3 (Quilt, "Applique Rose Quilt", 1840 - 1860)
1918.9 (Quilt, "Star of Bethlehem Quilt", 1860-1880)
2014.1 (Coverlet, "Sarah Jane Farmer Ellis Doublecloth Coverlet", c 1830)
2124.2 (Quilt, "Eight-Pointed Star Quilt", circa 1894)
2133.3 (Quilt, "Katie Gifford Crazy Quilt with Triangle Border", c. 1900)
2149.2 (Quilt, "Log Cabin Quilt", 1880-1890)
2158.1 (Quilt, "Sunburst Quilt", 1825-1860)
2173.2 (Quilt, "Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Quilt", 1909-1910)
2191.1 (Quilt, "Lone Star Quilt", c.1860-1890)
2192.1 (Quilt, "Royal Presentation Quilt", 1868)
2214.1 (Quilt, "Expo '74 Folklife Festival's "Second Friendship Quilt"", 1974)
2246.1 (Quilt, "Expo '74 Folklife Visitors and Quilters Sampler", 1974)
2384.1 (Coverlet, "James William Ellis Doublecloth Coverlet", c 1830)
2387.2 (Quilt, "Quilt", 1930-1950)
2387.3 (Quilt, "Whole Cloth Quilt", 1880-1940)
2418.8 (Quilt, "Lone Star Quilt", 1930-1940)
2431.1 (Quilt, "Cigar Band Quilt", ca. 1900)
2477.4 (Quilt, "Grandmother's Fan Quilt", 1890-1910)
2572.1 (Quilt, "Josie Hamilton Quilt", 1876-1900)
2761.1 (Quilt, "Ella Mackey Crazy Quilt", 1886)
2835.1 (Quilt, "Cake Stand Quilt", 1880-1900)
2931.1 (Coverlet, "Figured and Fancy Woven Coverlet", 1857)
2962.151 (Quilt, "Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt", 1936)
2962.152 (Quilt, "Double Nine Patch Quilt", 1860-1870)
2962.153 (Quilt, "Chinese Block/Broken Dish Quilt", 1880-1920)
2962.154 (Quilt, "Kaleidoscope Quilt", 1925 - 1935)
2962.155 (Quilt, "Nine Patch and Shoo Fly Quilt", c 1950)
2962.156 (Quilt, "Jessica Brockway Kulp Quilt", ca. 1895)
2962.157 (Quilt, "Mosaic Quilt with Tasseled Edge", c 1900)
2962.158 (Coverlet, "John Mellinger Woven coverlet", 1839)
2962.160 (Coverlet, "Heilbronn Woven Coverlet", 1841)
2962.161 (Coverlet, "Orange Peel Overshot Coverlet", 1800 - 1850)
2962.163 (Coverlet, "Overshot Coverlet", 1800-1850)
2962.336 (Quilt, "Dove at the Crossroads Quilt", 1920-1940)
2962.337 (Quilt, "Burgoyne Surrounded Quilt", 1890-1900)
2962.338 (Quilt, "Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt", 1930)
2971.1 (Quilt, "Album Quilt", c. 1880)
2990.1 (Quilt, "Big Dipper Quilt", 1900-1930)
888.1 (Quilt, "Bengali Quilt", 1600-1700)