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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"
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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
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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