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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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TitleLog Cabin Quilt

Date Created1850-1899

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

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TitleFeathered Star

Date Created1800-1899

Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)

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TitlePineapple Quilt

Date Created1850-1899

DescriptionStrikingly similar to the Log Cabin quilt by Sophia Chendell Bensen in Montclair Historical Society Collection

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TitleOde to Gee's Bend

Date Created2015

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TitleOde to Gee's Bend II

Date Created2014

DescriptionThis quilt was inspired by the improvisational quilts of Gee's Bend, Alabama.

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TitleJewel Box Pillow

Date Created1993

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TitleUnderground Railroad Sampler

Date Created2010

DescriptionThe Underground Railroad sampler quilt is part of a trunk show of African American themed quilts.

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TitleIdle Hands

Date Created2006

DescriptionMy mother was a quilter. Her quilts were not the traditional wedding ring or pinwheel designs; they were utilitarian but also pretty and unique. She made her quilts by hand using any and all kinds of...

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TitleJoy

Date Created2010

DescriptionImagine making quilted words!?! Using log cabin piecing techniques, letters can be constructed from scraps of fabric.