Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1870 and 1879
Cotton quilt made in the Star of Hope or Variable Star pattern. Quilt top incorporates 36 hand-pieced stars, alternating with blocks of navy blue calico. The calico is a Centennial…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1910 and 1935
Checkerboard pattern quilt pieced with pale pink and blue cotton fabrics. The pieced blocks are shirting prints and gingham checks. This bedcover was used in the Hamilton home in north…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1913
Red, white, and blue quilt in Union Square pattern. This quilt was pieced by Eliza Hobart Austin, and given to Benjamin and Marietta Weaver on their wedding day, June 18,…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1945 and 1950
After returning home at the end of World War II, several German POWs sent wood carvings to Ernest Sibberson, a local Lutheran pastor, in thanks for his kindness to them…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1945 and 1950
After returning home at the end of World War II, several German POWs sent wood carvings to Ernest Sibberson, a local Lutheran pastor, in thanks for his kindness to them…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1890 and 1925
Small rectangular toy quilt in a Crazy Quilt pattern. Made of cotton print fabrics, with the predominant colors being black, pink, blue, and red. White shirting prints are incorporated into…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1988
Small quilted wall hanging featuring pieced cedar trees alternating with Nine Patch squares. Three strips of solid fabrics form the borders. Dark green binding. Backing of pink sprigged fabric. Hand-quilted…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1988
Commemorative quilt incorporating a variety of pieced and appliqued figures, blocks, and text. The unique design includes appliquéd and pieced angels flanking a small banner reading “OVER 13,000 QUILTS DOCUMENTED.”…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1988
Quilted banner embroidered with names of all people who stitched a much large quilt commemorating the Potwin Place centennial in 1988. The banner is a single uncut panel of turquoise…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1912 and 1920
Red flannel throw decorated with tobacco premiums. These printed flannel patches were distributed with tobacco products in the early decades of the 20th century. They were collected as sets by…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1890 and 1899
String quilt made up of 64 small striped squares in a variety of wool and silk fabrics. Each small block incorporates eight to nine narrow parallel strips pieced to an…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1840 and 1865
Red and green on white appliqué quilt in variation of Rose of Sharon pattern. The quiltmaker was Jane McCurdy Brooks, born in Ohio in 1834. She married Daniel Brooks, the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1890 and 1925
Dark wool utility comforter with Crazy Quilt stylings. Made of heavy fabrics, predominantly wool twills, in shades of brown, blue, red, and purple. Quilt belonged to Anna Runnels, who died…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1870 and 1889
Quilt in Roman Stripe pattern, also known as Rail Fence. Made up of many small blocks, each formed of four strips of fabric in alternating light silks and dark velvets.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1880 and 1930
Cotton quilt in Double Irish Chain pattern. Fabrics include pinks and browns on a white ground. Hand quilted in a grid overall. The fabrics in this quilt are typical of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1890 and 1950
Quilt pieced in Shoo Fly or Double Monkey Wrench pattern, divided into three panels joined by fabric ties. The pieced blocks have been cut down from another quilt. The quilt…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1880 and 1930
Blue, white and pink cotton quilt in Broken Star pattern, with close and fine quilting overall. The binding is marked with the initials “M E T” on the back. According…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1890 and 1925
Cotton quilt pieced in the pattern known as Old Maid’s Ramble. Little is known about this bedcover except that it was made by Isabel Hitchcock Miller in Iowa. Its vibrant…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1880 and 1900
Crazy quilt featuring elaborate embroidered designs, including a horseshoe, fish, frog, and flowers. Numerous embroidered rings probably indicate it was made for a wedding. It was passed down in the…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1895
Album Patch quilt with numerous handwritten signatures inked on the top. Marks on the center block include the name of Rev. L. C. Schnacke, the notation he was pastor of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: 1912
Purple wool blanket that references the Aggies of the Kansas State Agricultural College (KSAC), in Manhattan, Kansas. The blanket belonged to Frank Haucke, who probably acquired it while playing football…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1830 and 1860
Brown and white cotton quilt in Lightning or Zigzag pattern. Design is formed by large alternating triangles of brown/blue print and plain white fabric, set into strips and seamed together…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1880 and 1899
Crazy quilt with ornate embroidery and painted designs overall. Many of the fabrics are silk sateen and silk velvet. All fabric pieces are outlined in feather stitch embroidery, and there…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1830 and 1860
Quilt made of alternating strips of two different vibrantly printed fabrics. Closely quilted in alternating chevron and grid designs. This quilt belonged to John Smith of Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. It…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Date: between 1840 and 1860
Hexagon mosaic quilt featuring many different printed cotton fabrics on a white ground. Pattern is an unusual variation of Mosaic, Honeycomb, or Grandmother’s Flower Garden. Vibrant red cotton binding. Hand-pieced…
