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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
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Appliqué Quilt
Laura Crittenden
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Gift of Mrs. Calvin C. Balles, 1965.30.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
1840-1860
Gift of Miss Mary Seelye Rosevear, 1958.24.1  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connect…
Amos Platt family
about 1835
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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
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
Gift of Gerald and Rebecca Sisson, 2004.77.0  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth  © 2008 The Connecti…
Sisson family
1820-1840
Pieced Quilt
Edith Chase
about 1940-1955
Wholecloth Quilt
Phelps family
1825-1840
Gift of Helen E. Royce, 1959.32.10  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
1920-1930
Gift of Mrs. J. Chandlee Ergood, 1980.9.1  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connecticu…
Sylvia Punderson
1800-1825