1932 - 1933 Hattie L. Gass's Royal Neighbors of America Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1932 - 1933
name: label: maker
content: Gass, Harriet Logan
notes: label: Description
content: Quilt, dated March 1932 - March 1933. Virden, IL Chapter 1719. Cotton; blue and orange spoke/circle quilt; hand-quilted and embroidered. Made by Royal Neighbor of America member, Hattie I. Gass, who embroidered the names of Royal Neighbors of America members in Virden Illinois, and the names of local businesses that the quiltmaker felt were supportive of her community. It was a gift to the Royal Neighbors of America old-age (later retirement) home in Davenport, Iowa, which opened to members in 1931. Royal Neighbors of America was founded in 1895, the first woman-led insurance association in the US.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Virden
topic: label: Subject
content: Community
label: Subject
content: Insurance
label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Royal Neighbors of America
content: Women's History
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Royal Neighbors of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0232.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0232
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0232.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pieced; embroidered (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 91 in x 71 in; 231 cm x 180 cm