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1906 Sarah Butler's "Log Cabin" Pieced Quilt
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1906 Sarah Butler's "Log Cabin" Pieced Quilt

unknown · 1906 · fabric, cotton (overall material)

From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The central inscription on this variaton of a “Log Cabin”quilt states that it was “Presented by Mrs. Sarah Butler, February the fourteenth One Thousand nine hundred and six,” followed by the names of four ministers. No occasion, church, or place was indicated in the inscription, but the “Log Cabin” quilt included nearly 400 names written on the “logs”.

National Museum of American History’s own description
Credit line1906 Sarah Butler's "Log Cabin" Pieced Quilt. 1906. unknown. National Museum of American History, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood. CC0.

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