Four out of six rows of the quilt (the top two rows of squares are not visible in this detail).

Appliqué Quilt

QuiltmakerQuilted by Marion Cheever Whiteside (American, 1902 - 1965)

Dateabout 1941

MediumHand-stitched plain-woven cotton; printed plain-woven cotton, or calico

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width): 100 x 67in. (254 x 170.2cm)

ClassificationsTextiles

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

Object number2003.1.1

DescriptionAppliqué quilt in a Story Book quilt showing a Yale-Harvard football game. The quilt consists of a pieced top, batting, and white cotton backing; these three layers are joined with a hand-stitched diamond grid quilting pattern in blue thread. The quilt top is machine-stitched of twenty-four large square blocks alternating between blue and khaki fabric. The kahki blocks have appliquéd scenes from a football game. One team wears blue jerseys and white pants, and the other team wears crimson jerseys and brown pants. The top left block shows a football player kicking the football. The lower right block shows a football player carrying the football and running toward the goal, possibly for a touchdown. Each edge of the quilt has machine-stitched, straight grain blue fabric binding.

Condition: The top is lightly stained. The backing is creased heavily.

Collections

Football in Connecticut

NotesArtist Note: Marion Cheever Whiteside Newton (1902-1965) made her first story quilt for her nephew in 1940; he liked it so well that she started a cottage industry, Story Book Quilts. The business made over 3000 quilts, primarily based on classic children's stories, before Marion Newton's death in 1965.

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