Title |
Embroidery Signature quilt |
Creator |
Utah Quilt Guild |
Contributor |
Christensen, Jean C. |
Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Date |
1883 |
Date Digital |
2012-07-23 |
Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah); Virden (Ill.); Macoupin County (Ill.) |
Subject |
Quilting--Utah--History; Quilts--Utah--History |
Description |
Image of Embroidery Signature quilt created in 1883 by an unknown quilter. Also includes questionnaires describing the quilt completed by Jean C. Christensen as part of the Utah Quilt Guild's documentation days held from 1988-1994. Estimated date of fabric in quilt-1883; Jean purchased the quilt at a antique shop, Salt Lake City, Utah in 1980; this quilt is an autograph quilt with 514 signatures. Jean found the signatures of two Presidents of the United States (Benjaman Harrison and Grover Gleavland). It is 111 years old |
Collection Number and Name |
1878; The Utah Quilt Heritage Records |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Language |
eng |
Rights |
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Relation |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv99929 |
File Name |
1878_12_05_JC6.pdf |
Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6jt0gz3 |
Setname |
uum_uqhr |
ID |
1065027 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jt0gz3 |