QUILT INDEX RECORD

33-29-77

Description of quilt:

The third prize winner in the Boston Regional Round was a "Friendship Ring" also known as Dresden Plate made by Mabel Hammond.

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. The Boston Regional round winners went on to Chicago for the final judging. The third place winner entered by Mabel Hammond of Plattsburg, New York was a Dresden Plate quilt, described by Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr. as "Friendship Ring, no border, modern prints." In an interview with family members, they described it as "Dresden Plate."

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:

137

Person filling out this form is:

Relative of quiltmaker

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Friendship Ring

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Dresden Plate

What color is the quilt?

Pink

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

1933

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print; Solid/plain

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid diamond

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

The actual quilt has not been examined by Waldvogel. She talked with grand-daughters about the quilt and the quiltmaker.

Quilt top made by:

Hammond, Mabel

Quilted by:

Hammond, Mabel

Where the quilt was made, city:

Plattsburg

Where the quilt was made, state:

New York (NY)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

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

Quiltmaker gave the quilt to her son's wife (Marge). Marge gave it to current owner."

Why was the quilt made?

Challenge or Contest entry

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Pattern

Contests entered:

Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Entered in the Boston Regional Round where it won third place.

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 108.

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Grand-daughter has news clipping from Plattsburg newspaper which mentions the prize. Grand-daughter also has the ribbon.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1909

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1992

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's city:

Plattsburg

Quiltmaker's state:

New York (NY)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

Quiltmaker was also an excellent rugmaker. She collected old wool and made them into strips for her rug hooking. She sold rugs to well-known people. She married in 1934. She died in Glen Falls, NY in 1992.

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