by Alex Seigfried | Sep 24, 2024 | Illinois State Museum, Textiles
Quilt Maker Hester Wright Date of Creation 1860 Location Marshall County, Illinois 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...
by Alex Seigfried | Sep 24, 2024 | Illinois State Museum, Textiles
Graduate Dress Maker Unknown Date of Creation 1881 Location Springfield, Illinois Materials Brocade Institution Illinois State Museum Credit Line Gift of Joan Keller Accession Number 2018.39.1 Photo Credit Dannyl Dolder, Illinois State Museum Miss Fanny Matheny wore...
by Alex Seigfried | Sep 24, 2024 | Illinois State Museum, Metalwork
Iron Maker Unknown Date of Creation 1850-1900 Location Used in Joliet, Illinois 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 Bettye Kelley...
by Alex Seigfried | Sep 24, 2024 | Furniture and Clocks, Illinois State Museum
Platform Rocking Chair Maker Unknown Date of Creation c. 1900 Location Used in Springfield, Illinois 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...
by Alex Seigfried | Sep 24, 2024 | Illinois State Museum, Textiles
Christening Bonnet Maker Estanislao Hernandez de Goff Date of Creation 1905 Location Necaxa, Pueblo, Mexico (Used in Aurora, Illinois) Materials Cotton Institution Illinois State Museum Credit Line Gift of Virginia Frohnert Accession Number 2007.136.20 Photo Credit...
