Commemorative quilt
- Image
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- Created Date
- circa 1870
- Description
Applique quilt with the names of Civil War generals. White background. Central portion of quilt contains in red and blue applique the motto It's/Old Abe/Forever between crossed blue applique American flags and leafy green branches with red berries. In each corner in blue applique are the words Love, Truth, Union, and Peace within red borders. Around the central inscription in a block pattern in red and blue applique is Nunda Lodge/No. 86, McH...
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Location
- Nunda (Ill.)
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Length 82 inWidth 82 inCotton (textile)Appliqué (technique)Quilting
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Commemorative quilt. circa 1870. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/3198. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (circa 1870) Commemorative quilt. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/3198
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/3198>.