Album Quilt

Textiles

1857

Made by the ladies of the United Presbyterian Church in West Alexandria, Pennsylvania, for their pastor, Rev. James Chauncey Murch (d. 1879)
West Alexander, Pennsylvania, United States

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Album Quilt
Place: Pennsylvania (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1857
Medium: Cotton, plain weave, pieced; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave, printed, embroidered in cotton threads in buttonhole and chain stitches; quilted; backed with cotton, plain weave
Dimensions: 262.8 × 261.8 cm (103 1/2 × 103 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift from Frank D. Loomis
Reference Number: 1959.336
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