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Boston Commemorative quilt

Boston Commemorative quilt

(American)
1976
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniquePieced, appliqued, and embroidered quilt with polyester/cotton plain weave and cotton plain weave top, cotton plain weave back, quilted
DimensionsLength x width: 198.1 x 198.1 cm (78 x 78 in.)
Other (hexagonal pieces): 26 x 31.8 cm (10 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
Credit LineArthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession number2015.986
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ClassificationsTextiles
InscriptionsPatch in lower right corner embroidered with "Bay Colony Society of Embroiderers 1965/ M. P. Shaw" Names of makers embroidered in each patch, including P. Wiloughby; Mrs. Donald M. Muirhead Jr.; C. Purcell; S. Stimpson; Anita Franks; G. Clark; C. Freeman; Carely H. Paulson; L. Walker; J. Clay; E. Shulam; C. D. Sullivan; J. Donovan; Rene Fell; S. Britton; K. Birmingham; Ruth Mann; Florence Gordon; C. D. Sullivan; F. Weiss; K. Martin; A. Gibbs; M. P. Shaw
Provenance1976, designed by Ethel Shulam and made by Rene Fell (b. 1920 - d. 2002) and other members of the Bay Colony Society of Embroiderers; after 1976, in the collection of Rene Fell, Arlington, MA; 1994, sold by Fell to her daughter Veronica Wilcox, Edmond, OK; 2015, sold by Wilcox to the MFA. (Accession date: April 22, 2015)