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Collection Highlights

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1916-1922
1954.164
Painted plaster
Artist/Maker: Daniel Chester French

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Crazy quilt

Crazy quilt
Object name 
Crazy quilt
Date 
1885-1890
Related People 
Named in Inscription: Grover Cleveland
Related People 
Named in Inscription: Thomas Andrews Hendricks
Medium 
Silk, velvet, paint
Dimensions 
Overall: 57 x 75 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 144.8 x 191.1 x 0.6 cm )
Description 
Embroidered silk crazy quilt; 36 pieced rectangular blocks with appliqu
Object Number 
INV.11771
Marks 
plate-printed: on piece of light peach-colored silk: "Cleveland & Hendricks / ELECTED PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT" plate-printed: on piece of light gray silk: "TRADE / C & L [L & C?] / MARK (part of insignia with lion and crown)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.