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02-044; Portrait of Baby Allen
1880-1889
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Assumption, Illinois, United States
Cabinet Card, dated 1884
Photographer: H.W. Bray, Assumption, Illinois
Size: 4.25" x 6.5"
Nestled against a highly decorated Crazy quilt, Baby Allen is dressed in his christening gown for his first portrait. This is his great-grandmother's Crazy quilt embellished with embroidered eight pointed flowers, vines, and leaves. Arranged in plain sight for posterity to record is a signature block, whose writing states, "Made for Baby Allen by his great grandmother aged 75. Made in 1884." On each side of the signature quilt are found odd-shaped fabrics applied to the quilt with a blanket stitch around the outside edges. The images depicted in embroidery thread are the popular Kate Greenaway children.
-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
Photographer: H.W. Bray, Assumption, Illinois
Size: 4.25" x 6.5"
Nestled against a highly decorated Crazy quilt, Baby Allen is dressed in his christening gown for his first portrait. This is his great-grandmother's Crazy quilt embellished with embroidered eight pointed flowers, vines, and leaves. Arranged in plain sight for posterity to record is a signature block, whose writing states, "Made for Baby Allen by his great grandmother aged 75. Made in 1884." On each side of the signature quilt are found odd-shaped fabrics applied to the quilt with a blanket stitch around the outside edges. The images depicted in embroidery thread are the popular Kate Greenaway children.
-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
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