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Gift of Clifford T. Alderman, 2011.330.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Signature Quilt
Gift of Clifford T. Alderman, 2011.330.0 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Signature Quilt

Date1896
MediumCotton, ink
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Clifford T. Alderman
Description[Signature quilt, red on white, drunkard's progress pattern with inscribed names, both men and women, in black ink. Backing is white, there is a red edging, possibly replaced. Inscribed in one of the squares: "Nepaug Ladies Social Circle 1896"]
Object number2011.330.0
InscribedSeveral names inscribed in ink. Also inscribed in ink: "Nepaug Ladies Social Circle 1896"
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    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
    Ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Society of Voluntown, Connecticut
    1848
    Signature Quilt
    Ladies of Moosup and Central Village
    1876
    Crazy Quilt
    Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Winsted, Connecticut
    August 1892
    Reverend Charles Backus McLean
    October 1850
    Gift of Helen E. Royce, 1959.32.27, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
    Unknown
    1847-1875
    Gift of Helen F. Newton, 1962.2.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
    Starr family
    about 1825
    Gift of Dr. Robert M. Yergason, 1922.4.1  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    W. H. Horstmann & Sons
    1864
    Pieced Quilt
    Ellen M. Hills
    about 1860
    Gift of Helen E. Royce, 1959.32.4, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
    Lucy Atwater
    1860-1880