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Red and Green Floral Applique Quilt and Double Saw Tooth Quilt

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Title	Red and Green Floral Applique Quilt and Double Saw Tooth Quilt
Subject	Ohio Women Quilts Quilting Textiles
Place	Laramie Township (Ohio) Shelby County (Ohio)
Description	These two quilts were made by Hannah Johnston Aiken (1825-1888) of Shelby County, Ohio. First is an 81" x 98" (205.74 x 248.92 cm) red and green floral applique quilt. This type of quilt was very popular in Ohio between 1840 and 1860, although they were made until the end of the nineteenth century. Unlike pieced quilts where scraps of fabrics were used, these quilts required a special purchase of yardage so that all the colors would match. The colored shapes were sewn on top of the white ground, often in floral motifs. Due to the added expense and sewing required, many of these pre-Civil War appliqued quilts were regarded as special and have been handed down through generations. Women often made these quilts for important occasions such as weddings. The second quilt is a white patchwork quilt made in a double saw tooth pattern using brown, white and red patterned squares with a green border. It measures 79.5" x 93.5" (201.93 x 237.49 cm). Hannah Johnston Aiken lived her entire life in Laramie Township, Shelby County. She married James W. Aiken on November 6, 1851. They had three children, William, Maggie E. and Clara B. The quilts are part of the Feth Quilt Collection, which was donated to the Shelby County Historical Society by Josephine Feth, a descendant of the Cain and Aiken families.
Creator	Aiken, Hannah Johnston
Date of Original	1840 - 1888 circa
Collection	Feth Quilt Collection
Source	Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
Submitting Institution	Shelby County Historical Society
Type	StillImage
Format	picture; objects

Title	Om389_785973_002
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om389_785973_002.tif
Image Height	1960
Image Width	2204
File Size	930.983 KB

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