Dunn Album Quilt1852100 x 99 1/4 " (254 x 252.1 cm)Cotton and ink with cotton embroideryGift of Phyllis Haders1980.1.10Backing turned over front, 1/2 inch, and wipstitched. Sparse outline quilting with accent such as leaves, diamonds, stars, hearts, rectangles or ovals framing inked signatures in some blocks. Signature Quilt1532351600Sewing Society of the Fulton Street United Methodist Episcopal ChurchTextilesThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.ElizabethportElizabethportUnited StatesNew JerseyTextilesElizabethportTEXTILEalbumAn inscription on this quilt states that it was presented in 1852 to Mr. (probably Reverend) and Mrs. Dunn by members of the Sewing Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Elizabeth Port, New Jersey. The quilt was probably made to commemorate the Reverend’s role in the establishment of a new Methodist congregation in Elizabeth. It is believed that the block that contains the image of a church (center top) may be the only existing visual reference to the original 1852 building of the Fulton Street congregation, as it was rebuilt in 1859.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Dunn Album Quilt," exhibition label for QUILTS: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2010. Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org broderie perseappliqued quiltpiecedPresented to Mr. and Mrs. Dunn; credit Lee Kogan. Stamp of manufacture; (NE PL)US (U)LTRA.18521852 1980 1 1 TEXTILEalbumAn inscription on this quilt states that it was presented in 1852 to Mr. (probably Reverend) and Mrs. Dunn by members of the Sewing Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Elizabeth Port, New Jersey. The quilt was probably made to commemorate the Reverend’s role in the establishment of a new Methodist congregation in Elizabeth. It is believed that the block that contains the image of a church (center top) may be the only existing visual reference to the original 1852 building of the Fulton Street congregation, as it was rebuilt in 1859.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Dunn Album Quilt," exhibition label for QUILTS: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2010. Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org broderie perseappliqued quiltpiecedPresented to Mr. and Mrs. Dunn; credit Lee Kogan. Stamp of manufacture; (NE PL)US (U)LTRA.