A Quilt Sampler Gallery

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9 Patch Variation Pieced Quilt, second half of the 19th century
Probably Chester County, PA
1988.20.1
Irish Chain Large Quilt and Crib Quilt, 1844 - Chester County, PA
Made for Rachelle Ely Randall Watson and her daughter Ellen Jane
Gift of Betty S. Ramsland
1999.30.1-.2
Honeybee Appliqué Autograph Quilt, 1846 - Chester County, PA
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Pererra (Ruth Brinton)
1987.8.2
Garden Maze Pieced Quilt, mid-1800s - Probably Pennsylvania
Q169
"Bertie" Marshall's Crazy Quilt, 1884-85 - Roberta B. Marshall Rankin
Gift of Mary Alice Rankin
Q136
Brunswick Square Friendship Quilt, 1854 - Kennett Square, Chester County, PA
Hannah A. Warner Forwood (1811-1886) for her daughter Sallie Annie Forwood
Gift of Mrs. Leonard W. Coleman for Katie Isabel Hoopes
Q36
Pieced and Appliqued Reel Variation Friendship Quilt, 1841-43 - Philadelphia, PA
Gift of Mr. And Mrs. Irving McKesson
Q48
Princess Feather Appliqué Quilt, 1850 - Probably near Phoenixville, Chester County, PA
Gift of Mrs. Robert C. Liggett
Q49
Four Patch Fundraising Quilt, 1896 - The Hayseed Club of Philadelphia, PA
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Hadfield
Q50
Album Patch Friendship Quilt, 1848 - Chester County, PA
Gift of Miss Frances W. Pennypacker
Q57
Pieced Signature Quilt, ca. 1845 - Probably Pennsylvania
Gift of Beatrice G. Fairman
Q166
Star of Bethlehem Pieced Silk Quilt, 1850 - Rebecca Jeanes Holt (born 1811) Displayed at the Great Central Fair held in 1864 in Philadelphia by the US Sanitary Commission to raise money for the care of Union troops during the Civil War - Gift of Ida Jane Seals Sharpless
Q12