Quilt
- Object Name:
- Quilt
- Object ID:
- 2026.012.01
- Creator:
- Garland, Laurenza (1828-1913) -- Quilter
- Place of Origin:
- Kingston, NH
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Quilt with a colorful map of the United States on a black ground with a scalloped edge by Laurenza Garland (1828-1913) of Kingston, NH, c. 1890.
- Material:
- Cloth
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-48 W-60 inches
- Provenance:
- Quilt descended in the family from the maker, Laurenza Uretta Garland (1828-1913) to the present donor, her great great granddaughter.
On November 7, 1900 the Manchester Weekly Union reported that Garland, then 72 years old, had just finished her 108th quilt, and on her recent birthday had given her first and her hundredth quilt to her granddaughter Mabel Kendall (1886-1978) of Raymond, NH. "the latter containing pieces from every State and territory in the Union, also from Alaska." A - Credit Line:
- Gift of Diane Fellows Smith
- People:
- Garland, Laurenza (1828-1913)
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