Illinois State Museum

Quilt

Quilt

Maker Hester Wright Title Quilt Date of Creation 1860 Location Marshall County, IL Materials Cotton Institution Illinois State Museum Credit Line Gift of Lura Baxter Accession Number 1975.13.746948 Photo Credit From the Permanent Collection of Historic Arkansas...

Graduate Dress

Graduate Dress

Maker Unknown Title Graduate Dress Date of Creation 1881 Location Springfield, IL Materials Brocade Institution Illinois State Museum Credit Line Gift of Joan Keller Accession Number 2018.39.1 Photo Credit Dannyl Dolder, Illinois State Museum Category Textiles Miss...

Iron

Iron

Maker Unknown Title Iron Date of Creation 1850-1900 Location Used in Joliet, IL Materials Iron Institution Illinois State Museum Credit Line Gift of Tom and Bettye Washington Accession Number 2018.39.1 Photo Credit Dannyl Dolder, Illinois State Museum Category...

Platform Rocking Chair

Platform Rocking Chair

Maker Unknown Title Platform Rocking Chair Date of Creation c. 1900 Location Used in Springfield, IL Materials Oak Institution Illinois State Museum Credit Line Gift of the Smith & Phelps family Accession Number 2009.24.2 Photo Credit Illinois State Museum, Dannyl...

Christening Bonnet

Christening Bonnet

Maker Estanislao Hernandez de Goff Title Christening Bonnet Date of Creation 1905 Location Necaxa, Pueblo, Mexico (Used in Aurora, IL) Materials Cotton Institution Illinois State Museum Credit Line Gift of Virginia Frohnert Accession Number 2007.136.20 Photo Credit...

Watch Chain

Watch Chain

Maker Unknown Title Watch Chain Date of Creation 1849 Location San Francisco, CA Materials Gold Institution Illinois State Museam Credit Line Gift of the Charles M. Daigh estate Accession Number 2005.651 Photo Credit Illinois State Museum Category Metalwork This watch...