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Chintz friendship quilt in Broderie Perse style. Blocks are appliquéd with chintz cut-outs of floral sprays, wreaths, garlands, and a few animals. Hand-stitched, appliqued, and quilted. Each block is inked with a signature; most of these people were listed as residents of James Island, South Carolina, in the 1860 census. Reverend George T. Holyoke found this quilt in a Union army camp during the Civil War when he was a private in the 45th Illinois Infantry. This may have occurred in South Carolina where the 45th closed out the war on Sherman's March. After the war, Holyoke became a Congregational minister and moved to Kansas with his wife.
Date: between 1845 and 1865
Item Number: 208306
Call Number: 1924.22.1
KSHS Identifier: 1924.22.1
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Decorative arts - Quilting
Date - 1840s
Date - 1854-1860
Date - 1861-1869
Home and Family - Daily life - Housework - Quilting
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Hobbies - Quilting
Military - Wars - Civil War
Objects and Artifacts - Furnishings - Bedding - Quilt
Places - Other States - South Carolina
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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