Quilt
Object number2016.123.1
Artist
Susan Burns Lee
Datec. 1900
MediumFabric
Credit LineGift of Susan Anderson-Krieg
DescriptionLog cabin pattern quilt. Nearly square. Forty-nine squares (7x7) in various patterned fabrics of all colors. Green border with red edging. Alternating darker diamonds of fabrics and lighter diamonds of fabrics form an overall pattern in the quilt. Reverse is paisley-patterned fabric.DimensionsLength x Width x Depth: 75 × 74.5 × 0.25 in. (190.5 × 189.2 × 0.6 cm)MarksLabel on white cotton twill tape on reverse in one corner has text "POCONO MOUNTAIN QUILT [illegible] / DOCUMENTATION # _______ / BU14".
Historical NotesAn early 1900s “log cabin” quilt made by Susan Burns Lee. The Lee farm was/is in Cross Creek, Pennsylvania. It was a Land Grant farm for over 250 years. Susan Burns Lee is the grandmother of the donor Susan Anderson-Krieg.
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c. 1875
c. 1930
Amy DeLancey Selders
1860-1890
