Name/Title
Hughes Handmade Comfort QuiltDescription
Block patterned, multicolored quilt, with knotted yarn in the middle of each block.Context
Made by Frances Ellen Hooper Hughes (1857-1930), this comfort quilt was made to be used. A block pattern, the fabric suggests she may have had access to a manufacturer. Born in Platte County near present-day Parkville, Hughes married her cousin, Peter W. Hughes, when she was 18 and he was 36. She survived him by 19 years.Made/Created
Artist
Frances Ellen Hooper Hughes