Leah thanks Maria for her long letter and hopes that with the help of her new gold pen she can do the same. She misses her old home, but comments that her new home is satisfactory. She writes about her new friends and requests some of her things,...
Scrap fabric cotton "Log Cabin" quilt consisting of rows of light and dark toned fabrics. The centers of each block is red, symbolizing the fireplace of a log cabin home.
This is a photograph of three ladies working on a quilt circle. One lady is sitting down at a quilting circle rim. There are women on either side of her. There is a table on the right-hand side of her with a quilt spread out on it.
Hand drawn hexagon quilt piecing diagram on ruled paper. Several of the hexagons have handwritten notes denoting specific color, the notes read ""some light colour"", ""blue or such colour"", ""pink or red or some gay colour"" written twice,...
Nineteen hexagon patches (with paper still inside) have been sewn together to form this pincushion which has been finished off with silk fringe similar to that used on women's clothing in the 1850s and '60s. The color combination and patterns seem...
Discussion includes building the adqueduct from the Ashokan Resevoir to New York City, Barnhart family history (French Huguenots, descendants of Abraham Hasbrouck), dances and musicians, quilting, Ladies Aid, movies, picnics, and hayrides.
Hand pieced "Crazy" quilt composed of velvet and silk pieces of fabric (30 squares). There is extensive embroidery covering the front of the quilt. Predominant colors are dark blue and brown, in solid, plaid, striped and figured fabric. The border...
Applique quilt in a variation of the Rose of Sharon pattern. The green, red, orange and pink flowers and leaves are appliqued on a white background. The documentation on this quilt states that it was given to Peter Elting Lefevre from his mother,...
Hand sewn cotton quilt consisting of 20 compass blocks made of gold, red and green fabric. The corners of each block consists of red and green acorn leaves. The quilt is hand pieced.
Hand sewn cotton quilt in green and white oak leaf pattern. "Ann D. Ostrander, Quilt. March 31, 1849" is embroidered on the quilt top. There are several areas where a substitute green fabric has been appliqued in the oak leaf design.
Pieced cotton friendship quilt. Predominant colors are red, yellow, brown and pink. There are 43 ledgeble signatures inscribed on the quilt. The names are as follows:
Armstrong, Eliza A; Armstrong, Josephian; Beckworth, Betsy; Beckworth,...
