1906 Sarah Butler's "Log Cabin" Pieced Quilt
National Museum of American History

1906 Sarah Butler's "Log Cabin" Pieced Quilt

unknown · 1906

fabric, cotton (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

The central inscription on this variaton of a “Log Cabin”quilt states that it was “Presented by Mrs. Sarah Butler, February the fourteenth One Thousand nine hundred and six,” followed by the names of four ministers. No occasion, church, or place was indicated in the inscription, but the “Log Cabin” quilt included nearly 400 names written on the “logs”.

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