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Lot 103

Sale 5505 - American Furniture, Decorative & Folk Art
Apr 19, 2016 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$4,000 - 6,000
Price Realized
$16,000
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Pieced and appliquéd presentation album quilt probably made by mary worrall parry (1824-1905), ridley, delaware coun

ty, pa, 1844-1845 Comprised of seventy-six squares enclosing larger central square, worked with variously printed red and green cotton pieces arranged in floral, geometric or figural patterns and inscribed and decorated in ink with flourishes, various drawings, and the names of family and friends of the Parry family. The square for Parry's father, Jacob, is political, inscribed with the name of Henry Clay and his campaign's log cabin. Other surnames, many Quaker, include: Johnson, Bonsall, Hill, Worrall, Ivadell, Patterson, Nobel, Lane, Trimble and Miller. Accompanied by a copy book owned by Mary W. Parry, dated "1847," for the Ridley School, which includes the names of pupils, attendence, and poems, including "On the return of Honorable John Quincy Adams to his seat in Congress, Feb 13th 1847," and a list of expenditures.

92 1/2 in. x 108 in. (without fringed border)

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