Traditions in Color and Comfort: : Montana's Quilting Heritage
Title:
QUILT - FAN
Date:
ca. 1930-1940
Source:
The quilt was made by ladies of Benchland, Montana as a gift for my grandmother Nellie Torrison. Her husband (my grandfather) was Gunder Torrison -- parents of my father Thomas L. Torrison -- all residents of Benchland in the early 1900s.
Object ID:
2008.02.01
Description:
Nellie Torrison, the donor's grandmother received thsi quilt as a gift from the dryland wheat farming women of Benchland. Embroidered on the quilt are all the names of the women who worked on the quilt together.
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Friendship Quilt - Fan Design, 2008.02.01Friendship Quilt - Fan Design, 2008.02.01