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Title:
Nightgown
Date Made: ca. 1930
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #1590.29
Photo Credit: Pearl Yee Wong
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Title:
Apron
Date Made: ca. 1910
Dimension(s): 38" x 36"
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2001:160.27,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
Photo Credit: Pearl Yee Wong
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The Redwork designs on this apron may have originally been a pattern intended for drapery.
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Title:
Pillow Sham
Date Made: ca. 1880
Dimension(s): 30" x 28"
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2004:157.6,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
Photo Credit: Pearl Yee Wong
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Title:
Pillow Sham
Date Made: ca. 1880
Dimension(s): 30" x 28"
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2004:157.7,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
Photo Credit: Pearl Yee Wong
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Title:
Pillow Sham
Date Made: ca. 1880
Dimension(s): 28" x 33"
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2004:157.1,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
Photo Credit: Pearl Yee Wong
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Title:
Pillow Sham
Date Made: ca. 1880
Dimension(s): 28" x 33"
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2004:157.2,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
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Title:
"Clean Hearts and a Pure Heart" Splasher
Date Made: ca. 1900
Dimension(s): 29 7/8" x 20 3/4"
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2001:160.14,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
Photo Credit:Pearl Yee Wong |
Water-related motifs, such as swans, cranes, cattails, frogs, lily pads, or children engaging in activities like boating, fishing, or swimming were usually intended to be used on splashers.
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Title:
Tea Towel
Date Made: ca. 1910
Dimension(s): 14 3/8" x 20"
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2001:160.19,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
Photo Credit:Pearl Yee Wong |
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Title:
Redwork Embroidered Wall Hanging
Date Made: ca. 1880
Dimension(s): 29" x 17 1/2"
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2001:160.26,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
Photo Credit:Pearl Yee Wong |
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Title:
Redwork Embroidered Damask Tray Cloth
Date Made: ca. 1910
Dimension(s): 19 1/2" x 28"
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2001:160.24,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
Photo Credit:Pearl Yee Wong |
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Title:
Cloth or Curtain
Date Made: ca. 1910
Dimension(s): 24" x 46"
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2001:160.23,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
Photo Credit:Pearl Yee Wong |
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Title:
"Sit Thee Down" Chair Back
Date Made: ca. 1886
Dimension(s): 16 1/8" x 17 1/2"
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2001:160.15,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
Photo Credit:Pearl Yee Wong |
Depictions of chairs were designed to be stitched onto tidies for chair backs.
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Title:
Doily
Date Made: ca. 1900
Dimension(s): 7" diameter
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2001:160.18,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
Photo Credit:Pearl Yee Wong |
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Title:
Reversible Laundry Bag
Date Made: ca. 1888
Dimension(s): 11" x 12 3/4"
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2001:160.17,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
Photo Credit:Pearl Yee Wong |
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Title:
Pocketed Comb and Brush Case
Date Made: ca. 1900
Dimension(s): 10 3/4" x 16 3/4"
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2001:160.21,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
Photo Credit:Pearl Yee Wong |
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Title:
Unfinished Quilt Blocks
Date Made: ca. 1900
Dimension(s): 17" x 18"
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2001:160.34,
Deborah Harding Redwork Collection
Photo Credit:Pearl Yee Wong |
Pre-stamped muslin squares known as "penny squares" because they could be purchased for one cent at local department stores, became widely available. Penny squares were often designed as a themed series.
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Title:
Card Table Cover
Artist(s): Friends of Minnie Dewhurst
Date Made: 1966
Dimension(s): 54" x 83 1/4"
Place Created: Redford, Michigan
Collection: Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, #2001:160.34,
Collection of C. Kurt Dewhurst and Marsha MacDowell
Photo Credit:Pearl Yee Wong |
When Minnie Dewhurst moved back to her home state of New Jersey, the friends she had made while living in Michigan made her this card tablecloth. Each person traced her hand and then signed her name.
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