HMH Material Culture Collection - Quilt - 1977.3.F1

Title

HMH Material Culture Collection - Quilt - 1977.3.F1

Description

Quilt: applique with green and pink tulip and leaf design.

Embroidered onto quilt is the border inscription: "Presented by the Ladies of the South Portion of Glade Run/Church to the Rev. C. Forbes and Lady in the Year of/ our Lord 1853". Fine x-stitch. Also embroidered - "W.E. (?) W. & E. McCormick" written in another place.

Forbes Family Collection.

Date

1853

Contributor

Forbes, REv. and Mrs. Cochran

Quilt was given to Rev. and Mrs. Forbes after they had returned from Hawaii and were serving a church in the United States.

01/01/1989 - According to the museum album, the Forbes served "at various churches in Pennsylvania and Indiana after their return to the U.S. in the late 1840s.

01/09/1993 Retissued and # attached; quite fragile and browned

Condition: poor - the fabric that was originally white is now tan due to age; piping around edge is coming off.

Acquired from Mrs. Harvey M. Vollrath (Fances Forbes) as a gift

Rights

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Format

H-86 W-86 inches
image/jpeg

Type

image

Files

1977.3.F1.jpg
1977.3.F1 detail 1.jpg

Citation

“HMH Material Culture Collection - Quilt - 1977.3.F1,” Hawaiian Mission Houses Digital Archive, accessed November 23, 2024, https://hmha.missionhouses.org/items/show/13539.

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