Full view of handmade applique quilt, 1850-1870 |
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Object Description
| Title | Handmade applique quilt, 1850-1870 |
| Subject |
Handicraft Quilting Quilts Sewing Textiles |
| Subject (local) |
Finch, Lilla Law Hixon House Hixon, Alice Green |
| Description | All cotton applique quilt, with fine, dense hand quilting. The motifs in this quilt have been cut out of colored cotton fabric and sewn down with tiny, near-invisible stitches. Label on back states: “L. L. Finch, over 100 years old.” The Finches had been friends of the Hixon family, and when she was widowed, Lilla Law Finch was allowed to live in the old Hixon House at Badger and 7th Streets during the late 1940's or early 1950's. She died in 1957. This example of red and green applique was probably handed down in her family and she may have given it to Alice Green Hixon in gratitude for use of the house, or it was left there after her death. The Hixon House collection consists of artifacts used by the Hixon family of La Crosse, Wisconsin around the turn of the twentieth century. Constructed in 1858 by lumber baron Gideon Hixon, the Hixon House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
| Date | 1850-1870 |
| Type |
Physical object |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Identifier | 1965.001.0226 |
| Collection | Hixon House |
| Rights | Copyright to this resource is held by the La Crosse County Historical Society and is provided here for educational purposes only. Commercial use or distribution of this image or content is not permitted without prior permission of the La Crosse County Historical Society. Please contact the La Crosse County Historical Society at admin@lchshistory.org for permission to use the digital image or content. |
| Community | La Crosse |
| County | La Crosse County |
| State | Wisconsin |
| Submitter | La Crosse County Historical Society |
| Materials | Cotton |
| File name | index.cpd |
| Date imported | 11-13-2014 |
Description
| Title | Full view of handmade applique quilt, 1850-1870 |
| Subject |
Handicraft Quilting Quilts Sewing Textiles Sewing |
| Subject (local) |
Finch, Lilla Law Hixon House Hixon, Alice Green |
| Description | Full view of all cotton applique quilt, with fine, dense hand quilting. The motifs in this quilt have been cut out of colored cotton fabric and sewn down with tiny, near-invisible stitches. Label on back states: “L. L. Finch, over 100 years old.” The Finches had been friends of the Hixon family, and when she was widowed, Lilla Law Finch was allowed to live in the old Hixon House at Badger and 7th Streets during the late 1940's or early 1950's. She died in 1957. This example of red and green applique was probably handed down in her family and she may have given it to Alice Green Hixon in gratitude for use of the house, or it was left there after her death. The Hixon House collection consists of artifacts used by the Hixon family of La Crosse, Wisconsin around the turn of the twentieth century. Constructed in 1858 by lumber baron Gideon Hixon, the Hixon House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
| Date | 1850-1870 |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Identifier | 19650010226.jpg |
| Rights | Copyright to this resource is held by the La Crosse County Historical Society and is provided here for educational purposes only. Commercial use or distribution of this image or content is not permitted without prior permission of the La Crosse County Historical Society. Please contact the La Crosse County Historical Society at admin@lchshistory.org for permission to use the digital image or content. |
| County | La Crosse County |
| State | Wisconsin |
| Submitter | La Crosse County Historical Society |
| File name | 19650010226.jpg |
| Date imported | 11-13-2014 |
