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Collection
Heritage Center Collection: Esprit Quilts
Object ID
P.02.51.41
Date Range
c. 1935
Collection
Heritage Center Collection: Esprit Quilts
Description
Lancaster Amish Bars quilt, circa 1935
Top: Plain- and twill-weave wools and crepe rayon. Purple inner border with one end of rayon in a brighter purple.
Back: Tan plain-weave cotton.
Quilting: Cross hatch at center, overlapping ovals in inner boder and baskets with little bows in outer border interspersed with triangular groupings of clamshells. Double-quilted floral motif in outside corners.
Provenance
Esprit purchased from the Hosteins on 6/12/86 fo $7,000. Holsteins purchased the quilt in the 1960s directly from maker, Katie Lapp, who was "then an elderly woman living in the mountainous and wooded Honey Brook area of Lancaster County". (Esprit book, plate 42)
Date Range
c. 1935
Creator
Lapp, Katie
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 27
Subcategory
Bedding
Object Name
Quilt
Material
Fabric
Height (in)
83
Width (in)
76
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2014-10-03
Condition Notes
Two condition reports in file for details of stains/ soil. A 1.5" long macine stitched repair in one bar.
Object ID
P.02.51.41
Place of Origin
Lancaster County
Role
Quiltmaker
Credit
Heritage Center Collection (SEE FILE)
Accession Number
P.02.51
Other Number
585.274
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