Name/Title
QuiltEntry/Object ID
2009.20.1Description
Bed-sized quilt, yellow and white cotton. Appliqued yellow pansies in white blocks with embroidered background. Sashing is bright yellow. Hand-quilted with waffle quilting in blocks and feather quilting in sashing. Backing is same fabric as sashing. Binding is white cotton. Needlework is excellent. The quilts were passed down to donor by her mother (S. Louise Bell of Marshalltown, Iowa). The quilts were made by donor's great-aunt Calista Hufford who was born in 1862 in Toledo, Iowa and died in 1943 at the age of 81.Provenance
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Last Owner: Calista Hufford of Toledo, Iowa