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Signature Quilt

1990-12-0

Patchwork quilt, friendship style comprised of 42 patches of alternating printed and white cotton triangles, each one signed in iron gall ink by a different woman from Morris, Litchfield, Northfield, Watertown, Plymouth in CT, and several with Wisconsin. Bound with green and yellow polka dot on brown ground cotton, edge in saw tooth pattern. Backed with red and white stripe printed cotton. Names: (illegible) Benton, Watertown Augusta C. Smith, Northfield Mrs. Lydia Gilbert, Northfield E Gilbert, Northfield Mrs. Maria Loveland, Morris Augusta C. Aumon, Northfield Eliza Bassett, Northfield (illegible) Watertown, Conn Miranda Johnson, Wisconsin J. Loveland, Morris Lucy Ann Russell, Watertown Hannah Hubbard, Watertown Mrs. Martha Loveland, Watertown Bennet Johnson, Northfield Mrs. Maria Woodward, Plymouth Emili Gilbert, Litchfield E (illegible), Watertown (illegible/signature torn) -------- Gilbert, Litchfield Harriett Bassett, Northfield Addie Johnson, Wisconsin Catherine ______, Watertown, Conn Mrs. Bella Seymour, Watertown ________ Barnes, Plymouth Harriet Loveland, Morris Emma Curtis, Watertown Mrs. Fidelia DeForest, Litchfield Sarah Kellogg, Wisconsin _______ Gilbert, Litchfield ____________, Northfield ____________, Watertown, Conn _______ Kilbourn, Watertown _____ Lake, Northfield Willis Loveland, Morris Francis Hichcock, Watertown _______ Johnson, Litchfield Sarah J. DeForest, Litchfield Mrs. Susan Curtiss, Northfield Mrs. Mary Kellogg, Wisconsin Julia E. Chapin, Watertown Mrs. Maria Gilbert, Northfield Orelia Thomas, Plymouth

ca. 1860-1880

• cotton