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CRAZY QUILT WEDDING QUILT “TOPPER” RESTORATION

Our client has a Kentucky-born crazy quilt top dated 1900, shown above left, and brought it to us for repairs.  It was made to be a wedding quilt for her grandmother, Lula Shirrell, and her grandfather, Pleasant Melvin Cook, but … Continue reading

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Quilts as a Microcosm of History

I am sure that more eloquent history writers than I have written on the role of quilts as historical objects.  I want to share my perspective on the single object that we: see the most distress over condition issues, even … Continue reading

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