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Metadata
Object Name |
Quilt, Bed |
Collection |
Lambton Heritage Museum Collection |
Accession number |
LHM 2014.003 |
Catalog Number |
LHM 2014.003.001 |
Other Name |
Quilt, Signature |
Date |
1925 |
Description |
White and blue signature quilt. The quilt features thirty blocks adorned with a total of 480 signatures. Each block is adorned with a small applique circle created using a piece of blue pinstripe fabric. The circles have been placed in the center of the block, set against a white background. Around the circle, there are sixteen handwritten embroidered signatures using blue thread that have been arrange to form a cross. The blocks have been defined using a wide blue pinstripe border and finished with a a crosshatch quilted design. The quilt also includes border a narrow blue trim and cotton batting. The back of the quilt remains white and includes a strip of fabric sewn along the top edge for hanging. |
Provenance |
This signature quilt was made around 1925 in a one-room elementary school (Jura S.S.#10) located in Bosanquet Township. It was made as a fundraiser. A fee of possibly 10¢ to 25¢ was charged to have your name embroidered on it and then it was raffled. It was won (we believe) by a cousin Clay Thomas in Forest/Petrolia and when he passed away the quilt was passed on to his brother, Dr. Stan Thomas of Medina, New York and then passed to another cousin, John Russell, of Bosanquet Township, and ended up in Streetsville Ontario with his daughter, Wendy (Russell) Johnson, who owned it until donating the quilt to the Lambton Heritage Museum. The family names of grandparents Smith and McBryan are found in block 4. Also the names of many aunts, uncles, great aunts, great uncles and other relations of the Smith - McBryans are found throughout the blocks of this quilt. |
Dimensions |
W-167 L-211 cm |
Search Terms |
Quilt Signature Quilt Textile Jura S.S. #10 Bosanquet Township Bosanquet Jura |