Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2008.56.001
Accession#:
2008.56
Credit Line:
Donated by the Eve R. Collais Estate
Object Name:
Quilt
Title:
Patch Work Blanket
Artist — Creator:
Allen, Lou Virdie
Year Range from:
1902
Year Range to:
1907
Description:
Patchwork blanket with brown and yellow border.
Hand quilted with a nine patch block, at center is a solid colored block. Triangles of color are arrayed around the center block, these triangles are of patterned textile. Back of quilt is plain white cotton.
Hand quilted with a nine patch block, at center is a solid colored block. Triangles of color are arrayed around the center block, these triangles are of patterned textile. Back of quilt is plain white cotton.
Notes:
According to the documentation it was made by Lou Virdie Allen (Patrict) between 1902 and 1907 when she was 25 — 30 years old and living in Pella, Iowa.
Possibly dress fabric, using a pattern from a magazine.
The number 14 refers to the quilts identifier in the 1992 Alaska Quilt Survey.
Possibly dress fabric, using a pattern from a magazine.
The number 14 refers to the quilts identifier in the 1992 Alaska Quilt Survey.
People:
Collais, Allen
Collais, Eve
Allen, Lou Virdie
Collais, Eve
Allen, Lou Virdie
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Quilted Blanket
Quilted Blanket