Quilt
Keillor House Museum
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| Object Name: | Quilt |
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| Artist/Maker: | Gertrude (Maggie) Leaman |
| Object Type: | Bed |
| Category: | Category 2: Furnishings |
| Material: | fibre |
| Accession Number: | K 992.1.1 |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1930-01-01 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1939-12-31 |
| Description: | An 8 point star pattern pieced quilt. The pattern is known by several names including "LeMoyne Star", "Le Moyne Star", "Puritan Star" or "Lemon Star". The points are made of alternating red and black diamond-shaped pieces of wool material surrounded by tan-coloured wool material. Each of the 12 stars is surrounded by a black strip border then a tan strip border with a red square at each corner. There is also a border surrounding the whole quilt that is a black strip followed by a tan strip. The backing is a blue, red and white plaid flannel. The quilt is tied with the knots on the back. |
| Narrative: | There are a few theories surrounding the original design and creation of the LeMoyne Quilt, otherwise known as the 8-pointed star pattern. One of them suggests that the first of these quilts may have made an appearance at Versailles, home of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette of France! Allegedly, Jean-Louise Moyne designed the tiles of this pattern for Versailles and also sculpted for the palace in the early 1700s. This pattern then ended up on his cousins coat of arms, Jean-Baptise and Pierre LeMoyne, who would go on to found New Orleans. From here, the pattern became a part of early American quilting. The LeMoyne star has eight points per star on the quilt, with each of the outside angles measuring 45 degrees. Its a precise, and therefore more complex, quilt pattern to make. |
| History of Use: | Maker (Gertrude (Maggie) Leaman) is the mother of Alberta Hickman Gibbard. |
| Length: | 193 cm |
| Width: | 152 cm |
| Credit Line - Image: | For copyright contact the Keillor House Museum. |
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| Institution City: | Dorchester |
| Institution Province: | New Brunswick |