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Appliqué Quilt
Appliqué Quilt

Appliqué Quilt

QuiltmakerAttributed to Edith Chase American, 1883 - 1972
Date1930s
MediumHand-stitched and machine-stitched plain-woven cotton
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width): 85 x 55 1/2in. (215.9 x 141cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Barbara Mayer
DescriptionAppliquéd quilt for a twin bed in a Colonial Revival Whig Rose pattern. The quilt consists of a plain-woven white cotton top and backing that are joined with a quilted pattern and with green fabric binding hand-stitched at the scalloped edges of the quilt. The appliquéd pattern consists of a pair of flowers surrounded by four pairs of flowers on green stems; these are located inside a vine arranged in a rectangle with a flower in each corner and at the center of each long side. The hand-stitched quilted pattern is geometric with floral embellishments that complement the appliquéd pattern. Each side of the quilt is edged with green, bias-cut fabric.

Condition: The top has scattered brown and light pink spots with a darker spot in the center and at one short side. There is an L-tear in the white cotton near one corner of the top.
Object number1990.38.4
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Appliqué Quilt
    Laura Crittenden
    1848
    Gift of Mrs. Calvin C. Balles, 1965.30.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    1840-1860
    Museum purchase, 1982.97.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Susan Melissa Lewis
    1860-1880
    Gift of Miss Mary Seelye Rosevear, 1958.24.1  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connect…
    Amos Platt family
    about 1835
    Pieced Quilt
    Edith Chase
    1890-1910
    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
    Pieced Quilt
    Edith Chase
    about 1940-1955
    Gift of Helen E. Royce, 1959.32.10  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Unknown
    1920-1930
    Pieced Quilt
    Grace Emeline Parker
    1860
    Gift of Gerald and Rebecca Sisson, 2004.77.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth  © 2008 The Connecti…
    Sisson family
    1820-1840
    Gift of Marion F. Leeds, 1975.24.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth  © 2008 The Connecticut Histor…
    Esther Lockwood
    1817
    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