Quilt

Object/Artifact

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Saco Museum

Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

1987.8.1

Description

Cotton quilt, pieced and appliqued. Solid pinkish red with printed double pink fabrics on white. Pinwheels, stars, flying geese. No batting. Quilting pattern outlines the main appliqued motifs, with lines of running stitches in the non-appliqued areas.

Context

Made by Mrs. Charles Duchesney, an immigrant from Quebec, for her great grand-daughter Augusta La Fleur Houle's wedding in 1888.

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1880

Dimensions

Height

72 in

Width

73-1/2 in

Material

Cotton