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Quilt

Quilt

PeriodCirca 1875
Place MadeProbably Middletown, New Jersey, U.S.A.
MediumCotton
ClassificationsQuilts and Coverlets
Object numberT1974.108.2
DescriptionA Flying Geese pattern quilt, comprised of seven vertical rows of various cotton prints, alternating with vertical bands of green and lavender picotage print. The quilt backing is a printed "seaweed" motif cotton, with the narrow straight grain binding of the same. The quilting is hand sewn following the triangular pieced scraps. The fabrics range from mid-century to later 19th century cotton prints in browns, pinks, blues, greens, tans, reds, and whites.
NotesThis quilt is one of two attributed to Middletown resident Elizabeth Curtis Walling. Born in 1853 in Holmdel, Elizabeth married New Monmouth farmer FitzRoy Walling (1849-1920) in 1873. The couple had nine children, including daughters Clara (1874-1952), Mary Etta (1875-1957), Eva Lena (1879-1963), Georgianna (1881-1973), Agnes E. (1883-1970), Annie H. (1885-1962), Edith Roy (1887-1892), Geraldine (1889-1968), and son Curtis John (1892-1981). Somehow, Elizabeth found time to make quilts. Elizabeth Curtis Walling died in 1939 at the age of 86. She was buried in Fair View Cemetery in Middletown.
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