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Appliqué Quilt
Appliqué Quilt

Appliqué Quilt

Quiltmaker (American, 1800 - 1862)
Date1848
MediumHand-stitched plain-woven cotton, woven tape, cotton thread
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width): 93 3/4 x 89 1/2in. (238.1 x 227.3cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionAppliquéd quilt in the Eight of Hearts pattern using deep red, or Turkey red, cotton. The quilt consists of a plain-woven white cotton top, batting, and backing that are joined with a quilted pattern. In a white block at one corner of the top is the inscription "Laura Grant/ Hartford/ Ct./ 1848"; this is hand-stitched in pink thread using a chain stitch. The appliquéd pattern consists of a field of eight-petal flowers surrounded by four arrows; this applique pattern is hand-stitched onto the quilt in alternating rows leaving white squares of the quilt top visible. The quilting pattern consists of a wreath in the plain squares and a flower in the appliqued squares. All four sides of the quilt have a pieced triangular border. Each edge of the quilt has a woven basketweave tape binding.

Condition: The quilt has overall yellowing, plus light stains in the crease lines.
Object number1990.114.0
NotesObject Note: Pattern; this pattern is known as Eight of Hearts, pattern number 948.2 in Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Applique.
On View
Not on view
Gift of Mrs. Calvin C. Balles, 1965.30.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
1840-1860
Reverend Charles Backus McLean
October 1850
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
Appliqué Quilt
Edith Chase
1930s
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
Pieced Quilt
Ellen M. Hills
about 1860
Gift of Margaret Holley Tuck, 1971.16.5, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Lois Fenton
about 1890
Gift of Mary Seelye Rosevear, 1958.24.2  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth  © 2008 The Connecticut H…
Amos Platt family
1820-1840
Gift of Helen E. Royce, 1959.32.4, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Lucy Atwater
1860-1880
Gift of Miss Mary Seelye Rosevear, 1958.24.1  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connect…
Amos Platt family
about 1835
Museum purchase, 1982.97.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Susan Melissa Lewis
1860-1880
Gift of Marion F. Leeds, 1975.24.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth  © 2008 The Connecticut Histor…
Esther Lockwood
1817