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Signature/Friendship/Album Quilts- 72 BLOCK FLORAL ALBUM APPLIQUE
- ALPHABET POSTAGE STAMP ANTIQUE QUILT red and white
- EASTON, PA. LADIES AID SOCIETY VINTAGE QUILT, signed MT CHESTNUT CHURCH
- HABERDASHERY RIBBONS LOG CABIN ANTIQUE QUILT
- SAMPLER ANTIQUE QUILT 150 geometric silk blocks
- SAMPLER VINTAGE QUILT
- SCHWENKFELDER EMBROIDERED ALBUM ANTIQUE QUILT
- SIGNATURES ANTIQUE QUILT, signed C.W.B.M 1896, black ground
- SINGLE IRISH CHAIN ANTIQUE QUILT, indigo and white
- SUITING 'TITHING' SIGNATURES ANTIQUE QUILT signed Dial family and others
- TEACHING QUILT - LETTERS AND KID'S MOTIFS
- AMISH INDIANA FRIENDSHIP VINTAGE QUILT, HELMUTH FAMILY 1932
- CONTAINED 'CRAZY' SIGNATURES ANTIQUE QUILT
- DRESDEN PLATE FRIENDSHIP QUILT-- solids, signed, cone border
- FLORAL APPLIQUE ALBUM VINTAGE QUILT
- MARRIAGE SENTIMENTS ANTIQUE CRAZY QUILT
- NEW YORK STATE 'ALBUM' ANTIQUE APPLIQUE QUILT
- RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY CIVIL WAR ALBUM SAMPLER ANTIQUE QUILT
- SAMPLER ANTIQUE PIECED QUILT
- SAMPLER ANTIQUE QUILT, signed ELMER, ANNIE ROLLO
- SIX- POINT STARS SIGNED FRIENDSHIP VINTAGE QUILT
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METHODIST EPISCOPAL NEW JERSEY LADIES AID SOCIETY SAMPLER QUILT
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| The stencilled name ABRAM HENNION is clue to the NEW JERSEY origin of this bold sampler quilt. Though some might think it was made in Maine because of the boats and the initials M.E., in fact the letters stand for Methodist Episcopal Ladies Aid Society. There is no indication as to the location of the congregation responsible for its origin, so geneology on Hennion will likely provide the answers. The M.E. Church was responsible for the creation of many fund raising quilts originating in their summer colonies in Oak Bluff MA, Ocean Grove NJ, Chataqua NY and elsewhere. Perhaps the motivation behind this one was to make a gift for the minister or to raise funds for the group through raffling it off. research is underway into the history of the types of Methodist Episcopal red quilts to learn when and how they developed, and who may have devised the design and format adopted by various congregations throughout the country. The 49 squares give the quilt a visual richness and contain a variety of pieced and applique motifs, Many of the pieced or applique blocks are motifs seen in other red and white quilts located to New Jersey in the late 19th century. SOLD
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