QUILT INDEX RECORD

33-29-49

Description of quilt:

Commemorative Quilt at the 1934 Exhibit (Sears Archives).

Essay:

The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project

Who documented this quilt?

Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project Number:

101

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Commemorative

What is inscribed on the quilt?

The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: "I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously" to which the quilter signed her name.

Method used to make the inscription:

Attached label

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

1933

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Subject of the quilt:

Century of Progress

Quilt top made by:

Unknown

Quilted by:

Unknown

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

The only record of this quilt is a b/w photo taken by Sears Roebuck & Co. probably at the time of the 1934 exhibit at the Sears Pavilion.

Why was the quilt made?

Challenge or Contest entry

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

Contests entered:

Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Who photographed this quilt?

Sears Roebuck & Co. Archives

Access and copyright information:

Restricted