Monkey Wrench quilt by unknown quilter

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Title Monkey Wrench quilt by unknown quilter
Contributor Utah Quilt Guild;Kathy Waters
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1840; 1841; 1842; 1843; 1844; 1845; 1846; 1847; 1848; 1849; 1850
Date Digital 2012-07-23
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Subject Quilting--Utah--History; Quilts--Utah--History
Description Image of Monkey Wrench quilt created in 1840-1850 by unknown quilter. Also includes questionnaires describing the quilt completed by Kathy Waters as part of the Utah Quilt Guild's documentation days held from 1988-1994. A young, single mother, who was traveling thru (from out of State) Utah, and was homeless sold this quilt top to the antique shop for money to feed her family. She told the shop owner that (quilt tops) they had been made by her grandmother.
Collection Number and Name 1878; The Utah Quilt Heritage Records
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Rights
Relation http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv99929
File Name 1878_02_06_AW22.pdf
Conversion Specifications Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm
ARK ark:/87278/s6cc1s7r
Setname uum_uqhr
ID 1062462
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cc1s7r
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