Crazy Quilt
Artist: Catherine McDonald McMurtrie; Artist: Jennie McMurtrie Moore
names in the quilt include Katie, born 1881, Jennie's daughter from her first marriage; Annie, the faithful hired girl in the McMurtrie household in Chicago; and GRM- the initials of George R. Moore who was engaged to marry Jennie at the time the quilt was made; the women are the great-grandmother and grandmother of the donor
- Date
- c. 1885
- In our collection
- since November the 23rd, 2014 up to now
- Dimensions
- 71 1/2 x 63 in. (181.61 x 160.02 cm)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Silk; pieced and embroidered; quilted
- Price
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- Composition
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cadmium 5% copper 92% oxygen 1% atium 2%