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La Bellissima Trapunta (Most Beautiful Quilt)

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

14-10-203

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Who documented this quilt?

Lands' End All-American Quilt Collection

American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Documentation Number:

AFC 1997/011: Folder 9060 P1

Alternate inventory number for this quilt. This might be a museum accession number.

afcqltle le141

Person filling out this form is:

Quiltmaker

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Quiltmaker submitted information with quilt.

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

La Bellissima Trapunta (Most Beautiful Quilt)

How wide is the quilt?

64 inches

How long is the quilt?

64 inches

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Time period:

1976-1999

Quilt top made by:

The Children's School / Baer, Cheryl

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Challenge or Contest entry

Contests entered:

This quilt was part of the Lands' End All-American Quilt Contest. 1996 Kids Quilt

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

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/qlt:@FIELD(DOCID+@LIT(le141))

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Description of quilt:

This quilt is part of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress "Quilts and Quiltmaking in American: 1978-1996 exhibit. It was winner in the Lands' End All-American Quilt Contest.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Email: folklife@loc.gov

Cite this Quilt

The Children's School / Baer, Chery. La Bellissima Trapunta (Most Beautiful Quilt). 1976-1999. From American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Lands' End All-American Quilt Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=14-10-203. Accessed: 03/29/24