Quilt

Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

8056

Description

Blue, Red Minnesota Theme, Appliqued Symbols. Material: textile. Size: 51 1/2" W. x 72" L. Description: dark blue cotton quilt top - red cotton center rectangle 24" W. x 36" L. forms background for a white cotton state of Minnesota shape attached with red blanket stitching - counties are outlined - multicolored cotton appliques glued and sewn onto blue background from top center clockwise: Northwest Mountie, pioneer family, oxcart, wheel, steamboat, train engine, farmer, woodsman, miner, miller, loon, lady slipper flower, walleye, Norway pine tree, the North Star, Indian in a canoe and a trapper - white cotton flannel backing - quilt edges fold over backing and are secured with red basting.

Context

Note: "Made by Girl Scout Troop 198 - Danette Schlosser, Kathy Kohnert, Carrie Rethwill, Sue McGuire, Cheryl Means, Jane Fitzsimmons, Lisa Elliott."

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Quilt

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Needlework

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

July 26, 1989

Update Date

November 21, 2024