Crazy Quilt Preble House
Catalogue #:
2014.270.2007
Title:
Crazy Quilt Preble House
Subject:
Description:
Quilt. Colorful wool, cotton, flannel, and jersey fabrics made of geometric and freeform shapes and patterns including plaids, tweeds, and solid colors. Reverse side is a solid rough beige cotton with pale blue stripes; there are decorative beige yarn ties along the blue stripes with a few pink yarn ties interspersed. Edges are folded in and machine (?) hemmed, there is no border. Possible ornate script initials - one of which is may be an "L". Some discoloration and stains. This quilt is one of two recovered from the Preble House. (See also quilt 1000.140.1138 from the same donor.) (Note: Lynne Birlem (donor 343) has a very similar framed crazy quilt at her home that is from her great grandmother Hamor's house on GCI.)
Materials:
Fabric
Size:
75" x 76"
Place:
Cranberry Isles
Part of
Includes
See Also
Preble - William Pitt (1811-1905)
Tags
Citation
“Crazy Quilt Preble House,” Great Cranberry Island Historical Society, accessed November 21, 2024, https://gcihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/2020.Catalogue # 2014.270.2007