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Album Quilt

Date1991
MediumHand-stitched and machine-stitched plain-woven cotton; felt; yarn; burlap; ink
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width): 58 x 57in. (147.3 x 144.8cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionAlbum quilt, or tied comforter, consisting of a pieced top, thick batting, and a white plain-woven cotton backing; the three layers are joined with hand-tied, white yarn tied. The top consists of sixteen separate blocks; all but the lower right block are appliqued with a different Connecticut-related scene or symbol. Each of the fifteen appliqued blocks are labeled with the name of a local elementary school. The lower right block is embroidered in red yarn with the inscription "Made by/ Connecticut Schools/ Assembled by the/ Greater Hartford Quilt Guild/ 16 March 1991/ For the Education Department/ of/ The Connecticut/ Historical Society". Each of the blocks are separated by a grid of red, plain-woven cotton; the hand-tied yarn is located on this grid. The blocks are hand-stitched and machine-stitched, then machine-stitched together.
Object number1991.148.0
NotesHistorical Note: This quilt was made by the Greater Hartford Quilt Guild at the Connecticut Quilting Bee, held at the Connecticut Historical Society on 16 March 1991. The squares for the quilt were made by children from several schools across Connecticut. The participating schools were: East Windsor Intermediate School of Broad Brook; Charles Wright School of Wethersfield; Crystal Lake School of Ellington; Daisy Ingraham School of Westbrook; Kennelly School of Hartford; Long Ridge School of Stamford; St. Hedwig School of Union City; Teresa Mulvey School of Westport; Town Hill School of Lakeville; Voluntown Elementary School of Voluntown; Woodstock Public School of Woodstock; and Mary Aiken School of West Hartford. (Hudson 8/8/2006) The object file contains: a page with the inscriptions on each quilt square, and a key with the location of each square on the quilt; a notebook of descriptions of quilt squares prepared by contributing schools; a list from each participating school with the names of the children who helped make each square; a brochure for the Connecticut Quilting Bee; a color photo of of quilt being assembled; and copies of articles advertising or describing the Connecticut Quilting Bee.
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Comforter
Ellen Allen Pratt
about 1885
Comforter
Eliza Maria Punderson
1840-1875
Crazy Quilt
Diantha Thompson
1890-1910
Four out of six rows of the quilt (the top two rows of squares are not visible in this detail).
Marion Cheever Whiteside
about 1941
Gift of the Ladies Aid Society of Windsor Avenue Congregational Church, 1950.53.0  Photograph b…
Ladies Aid Society of Windsor Avenue Congregational Church
1918
Museum purchase, 1982.97.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Susan Melissa Lewis
1860-1880
Gift of Helen E. Royce, 1959.32.4, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Lucy Atwater
1860-1880
Pieced Quilt
Lucy Atwater
1859
Museum purchase, 1982.97.3, Connecicut Historical Society, Copyright Not Determined
Susan Melissa Lewis
1880s