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.
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
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
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Type
image
Files
Citation
“HMH Material Culture Collection - Quilt - 1977.3.F1,” Hawaiian Mission Houses Digital Archive, accessed May 7, 2024, https://hmha.missionhouses.org/items/show/13539.