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Quilt by Leah Jeanette (Sawyer) Stanley (1874-1944)
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
  • People
  • Leah Stanley
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Quilt by Leah Jeanette (Sawyer) Stanley (1874-1944)
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Quilt. Red and white (or beige) squares, 73" x 81" with solid white (or beige) reverse; filled with cotton batting. 14 5" x 6" squares long by 15 5"x6" squares wide. Each white square has a red embroidered flower, vegetable, bird, human figure, or animal in it. Donor states quilt was found in house when the property was bequeathed to the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation by Robert LaHotan's will and trust. Donor believes the quilt was made by Leah Stanley (Leah Jeanette (Sawyer) Stanley 1874-1944) who lived in the house with her husband Lewis Stanley. Quilt was displayed in 2006 GCIHS quilt exhibit. [show more]
Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
  • Other
  • People
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif on front, all white reverse. Pink border around three sides, one end with folded inward seem, no pink border. Sculpted in broad T shape on one end. Note from donor, Susan Bunker, reads: "This quilt was made by my father's, Raymond Bunker who was born in 1906, grandmother. She could have been a Bunker or a Spurling."
Patchwork quilt
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
  • People
  • Cranberry Isles
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Patchwork quilt
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Quilt. Patchwork of browns, blues, greys, and black tweeds, wool, and polyster 4.5" x 4 3/4" squares with a 4.75"-5" grey border. Reverse is same grey fabric as border stitched to border on seams. This quilt may have been a gift of Sue Lyman, allegedly made of fabric from old men's suits.
Remembrance token made of human hair
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Art, Hairwork
  • People
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Remembrance token made of human hair
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Pin, bouquet of flowers made of human hair. Possible "sailor's treasure" - token of remembrance. Large daisies and smaller flowers on black wrapped stem.
Spurling - Julia Marie Spurling's hand-laced handkerchiefs and needlepoint pillow.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
  • People
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
Description:
Eight hand-laced handkerchiefs: two with purple, stamped name "Mrs. J. M. Spurling" Julia (Marie) Spurling. Two hand-made crocheted, lace pieces (one long strip, one square). One needlepoint pillow. One needlepoint sampler. From Whitney's grandmother's room in his present house, likely rescued from the house across the street when it burned 1928. Donor requests they be kept in the old pink chocolate box as that's where they've been stored in for years. [show more]