Ida Belle Merryman and Eleanora M. Merryman
Crazy Quilt with Christmas Bookmark
1884
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Physical Qualities
Silk, cotton foundation fabric, silk and metallic embroidery threads, silk ribbon, 78 x 70 1/2 in. (198.1 x 179.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Merry Gladding Highby, Baltimore, MD.
Object Number
2010.20
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2010; Merry Gladding Highby, Baltimore, MD by descent; Merryman family by descent; Ida Belle Merryman (1867-1921) and Eleanore M. Merryman (1870-1953).
Rena Hoisington, New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century, Baltimore Museum of Art, February 7, 2016 to May 8, 2016.
Inscribed: Woven on ribbon in multi-colored silks using various fonts with shadowing: "MAY/ YOU HAVE/a/HAPPY CHRISTMAS/and many/of them" Printed on gold ribbon with design similar to that of the Maryland flag: "Washington"
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