$82,250
Appliquéd Cotton Civil War Era Quilt, made by Margaret Hazzard, Bainbridge Township, Berrien County, Michigan, 1864, appliquéd quilt top composed of twenty blocks depicting several buildings with figures and animals including a school, log cabin, barn, farmhouse, church, homes, and cottages, made of printed calico and solid colored woven cotton, in shades of brown, green, black, and red, with a tan grid separating the blocks, embroidered details, white cotton backing, (wear, imperfections), 68 x 74 in. in. Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Pennsylvania Quilt and Textile Museum, Lititz, Pennsylvania. Note: The history of the quilt passed down through the Hazzard (later changed to Hazard) family and verified through the Berrien County Historical Society, relates that the quilt was made by Margaret Hazzard for her husband Philetus to take with him when he left home to join the Union army in February of 1864. Philetus died within a couple of months of joining the army in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was buried, and the quilt was returned to Margaret. It features buildings that were familiar to Philetus. Most of them were in Barrien County, as was the schoolhouse which is still standing, and the largest house portrayed, the home of Philetus' married sister Mrs. Nathaniel Brant, which is pictured in an 1880 history of Berrien County. The house with a water pump beside it is stitched on both sides of the quilt and may have been Philetus' own home. A few buildings were probably
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-02-20
