Commemorative quilt
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1933
- Description
Yellow quilt. Center of quilt marked in purple lettering CENTURY OF PROGRESS/I WILL/1833-1933/CHICAGO ILLINOIS. Embroidery and decorative patches of flowers, cattails, swans and frogs. In center embroidery of Century of Progress symbols. Rounded corners. First Prize ribbon attached.
- Creator
Hurless, Dora (creator)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Furnishings (works)
Coverings and hangings
Quilts
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
World's fairs (exhibitions) - Location
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height 80 inWidth 88 inEmbroideringQuiltingAppliqué (technique)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Hurless, Dora (creator). Commemorative quilt. 1933. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/3200. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Hurless, Dora (creator), (1933) Commemorative quilt. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/3200
- MLA citation style
- Hurless, Dora (creator). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/3200>.