QUILT
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CIGARETTE SILKS
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- LINEN, SILK
- Catalogue Number
- P19739445000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CIGARETTE SILKS
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- LINEN, SILK
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 210.8
- Width
- 173.3
- Description
- FLOWERS AND ENSIGNS IN RED, BLUE, PURPLE, YELLOW, BROWN, GREEN, BLACK. HAND MONOGRAMMED. WHITE LINEN BACKGROUND. SEVERAL BROWN STAINS ON RIGHT, MIDDLE, AND BOTTOM LEFT. GENERAL YELLOWING HAS BEGUN SLIGHTLY.
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- PRIOR TO 1925, TOBACCO COMPANYS PLACED SILK & SATIN INSERTS IN CIGAR, CIGARETTE & TOBACCO PACKAGES AS BONUSES. THE SILK DECALS USED IN THIS QUILT ARE EXAMPLES. UPDATE 16 JUNE 2014: ON 4-5 JUNE 2014, ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM (RAM) CURATOR LUCIE HEINS VISITED THE GALT AS PART OF THE RAM’S INITIATIVE TO DOCUMENT QUILTS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN ALBERTA. THE DOCUMENTATION WORK IS KNOWN AS THE ALBERTA QUILT PROJECT. IN ADDITION TO HEINS’ PROGRAM, THE DATA IS ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE NORTH AMERICAN QUILT INDEX. THIS QUILT HAS BEEN ASSIGNED NO. “AQP 2-0270” BY THE ALBERTA QUILT PROJECT.
- Catalogue Number
- P19739445000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-05
- Collection
- Museum
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