Quilt

Object/Artifact

Ripon Historical Society

Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

2005.0247.0001

Description

Part of a quilt measuring 40" x 82". One side is unfinished and length suggests it was wider. Front side is made of red and blue squares of a coarsely woven fabric, probably hand woven wool. Back is covered with tan fabric which also is probably hand woven wool. All hand stitched including quilting over squares. Fabric worn and patched. The "coverlet" was made by Polly Nickerson Maxwell for her "spare room" according to a note with the coverlet. Using the Pedrick Genealogy information it appears she was the grand mother of Henry J. Maxwell of 708 Watson Street who was b. 1872 and d. 1951 in Ripon. The quilt probably dates to the early 1800's.

Collection

Artifact General Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2005.0247

Source or Donor

Corliss, Adelaide

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Quilt

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Needlework

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Quilts

Search Terms

Quilt, Bedding, Polly, Nickerson, Maxwell, Ann, Pickett