Collections record Beta
Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Quilt Top
Object Number
1980-09-0
Description
Patchwork quilt top, friendship style, alternating red and white cotton trapezoidal patches, each white patch embroidered in red with a different persons' signature. The center with "Made in 1925/for the Benefit of/the Ladies Aid of/Milton, from the/Proceeds of Ten Cents" In the upper left hand corner in a white patch "This quilt bought the sum of $22.50 for the Ladies Aid" Sewn together by hand, edges bound by machine. Material take from flags or banners - red squares are various shades of red
Comment
Presumably one paid 10 cents to sign the quilt - fundraising effort by Milton Ladies Aid Society.
Category
Date Made
1925
Dimensions
76" x 69 1/2"
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
