Appliqued Adam and Eve quilt

Titles: Appliqued Adam and Eve quilt (Supplied title)

Description: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden red and green appliqué cotton quilt. The quilt has a center medallion showing the sun, stars and four phases of the moon. In the four quadrants of the quilt are scenes from the Old Testament story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. A meandering grapevine borders the scenes. Made by Mrs. Dorothy Redding’s grandmother, Mrs. Mary Worthington Walker (Mrs. Samuel Foster) in Belchertown, Massachusetts, circa 1850.

Dates

• Approximately 1825 - Approximately 1850 (Creation)

Creation

• made by: Foster, Mary Worthington Walker

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 2620

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 83.5 inches length
• 82 inches width

Subjects

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