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Date Created1950-2015

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Date Created1800-1861

DescriptionMade from strip sets, in which long pieces of scrap bag fabric are pieced together and separated by sashing strips of a contrasting color. Although the exact date is , this technique was common from...

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TitleGrandmother's Flower Garden

Date Created1950-1959

DescriptionThis quilt pattern has origins in hexagonal quilts from 18th century England. Very popular in the first half of the 20th century

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TitleLog Cabin Quilt

Date Created1850-1899

DescriptionDonated by Mrs. Brock in 1995. Tied with silk tufts in reverse.

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TitleCourtyard Steps

Date Created1700-1799

DescriptionTraditionally made with red square in the center of the blocks. This quilter used an embroidered red X to denote the center.

Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)

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TitleLeMoyne Star

Date Created1950-2015

DescriptionBelieved to pay homage to the LeMoyne brothers who settled in Louisiana in 1699. Known as the Lemon Star in New England, first published in 1911 but made prior to that.

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TitleWhole Cloth Quilt

Date Created1950-2015

DescriptionDonors parents were NJ residents. Spectacular quilting of wreath designs.

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TitleSawtooth Star

Date Created1840-1849

DescriptionMaria Searings married Zenas Crane, a member of a prominent NJ family that were among the first English settlers in Northern NJ

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TitleString Quilt

Date Created1850-1899

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TitleBurgoyne's Surrounded

Date Created1847

DescriptionTraditional quilt pattern that commemorates Br. General John Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, NY. Traditionally made in blue and white rather than red and white. Beautiful hand quilting on all white...

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)