Crazy Patch quilt by MaryAnn Elizabeth Dyas Watmough

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Title Crazy Patch quilt by MaryAnn Elizabeth Dyas Watmough
Creator MaryAnn Elizabeth Dyas Watmough
Contributor Utah Quilt Guild; Joan Blackhurst Spencer
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1876; 1885
Date Digital 2013-03-12
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Subject Quilting--Utah--History; Quilts--Utah--History
Description Image of Crazy Patch quilt created in 1876-1885 by MaryAnn Elizabeth Dyas Watmough. Also includes questionnaires describing the quilt completed by Joan Blackhurst Spencer as part of the Utah Quilt Guild's documentation days held from 1988-1994. Made as a "status" symbol during Victorian popularity in Utah, since absence of one in the home indicated "poverty". Quiltmaker was an active needle woman, doing lace curtains and attire cloths for the SL Temple.
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_28_02_WJ25.pdf
Conversion Specifications Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm
ARK ark:/87278/s6q825rg
Setname uum_uqhr
ID 1078507
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q825rg
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