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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2011.08.06 |
Object Name |
Quilt |
Date |
1913 |
Features |
Quilt, inked signatures; red and white pinwheel pattern; dated "1913", also indicates funds raised was $100.50; signatures include local names from the Yarker, Colebrook and Newburgh areas; hand- stitched; very little batting; white backing; fold-over binding. |
Object Story |
This quilt was made by Melissa Garrison-Warner, and includes the names of Yarker, Colebrook and Newburg area residents scribed by her hand. As with most signature quilts, money was raised with each signature, and at the centre of the quilt is written Ladies Aid, $100.50, 1913, and Colebrook, suggesting that this quilt raised $100.50 for the Colebrook area Ladies Aid in 1913. Melissa's granddaughter Doris Warner Anderson of Napanee had a great fondness for this quilt, which, once passed down to her, was always kept on her bed with great care, and never taken on family picnics like other quilts of hers. |
People |
Garrison, Melissa Warner, Coleman Warner, Florence L., 1886-1990 Warner Anderson, Doris Miller, Mary |
Subjects |
Textile art Textiles Quilting Quilts Sewing Fundraisers Fund raising |
Search Terms |
1910's Yarker Newburgh Colebrook Napanee Ladies' Aid |