HMH Material Culture Collection - Hawaiian Quilt - 79.2.B8

HMH Material Culture Collection - Hawaiian Quilt - 79.2.B8

Quilt: Hawaiian quilt ("Dahlia" pattern per L. woodard), red on white, quilting white thread. Red fabric worn in sevral places (PRCC - repaired 09/01/1984)

(Photo included in physical accession record)

Bond Family Collection.

Given to Joseph Davis Bicknell as a wedding present in 1910 "by some woman who had worked on the plantation he was raised on" according to Mr. Bicknell's daughter, Ellen Bicknell Wilson (Mrs. Frank E.). Mr Bicknell (brother of James Bicknell) was raised at Kohala plantation in Kawai (or Kohala?), Hawaii, and was a grandson of the Rev. and Mrs. Elias Bond.

HQRP #818

Bond, Rev. Elias Family

Information provided by Ellen Bicknell Wilson
Acquired from Mrs. Frank E. Wilson as a gift

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W-79.5 L-80.5 inches

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