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Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Place	Rights
Art Show Quilt 2021 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt	Object, Furnishings, Decoration	Beverly Sanborn		Cranberry Isles	Copyright Not Evaluated	Art Show Quilt 2021 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2023.654.3144 Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt Subject: Object, Furnishings, Decoration Creator: Beverly Sanborn Place: Cranberry Isles Description: This quilt was made by Beverly Sanborn for the Cranberry Island Art Show for Great Cranberry Historical Society in 2021. Karin Whitney donated it to the Museum.
Quilt by Leah Jeanette (Sawyer) Stanley (1874-1944) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt	People	Leah Stanley			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Quilt by Leah Jeanette (Sawyer) Stanley (1874-1944) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2018.406.2183 Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt Subject: People Creator: Leah Stanley Description: Quilt. Red and white (or beige) squares, 73" x 81" with solid white (or beige) reverse; filled with cotton batting. 14 5" x 6" squares long by 15 5"x6" squares wide. Each white square has a red embroidered flower, vegetable, bird, human figure, or animal in it. Donor states quilt was found in house when the property was bequeathed to the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation by Robert LaHotan's will and trust. Donor believes the quilt was made by Leah Stanley (Leah Jeanette (Sawyer) Stanley 1874-1944) who lived in the house with her husband Lewis Stanley. Quilt was displayed in 2006 GCIHS quilt exhibit. [show more]
GCI School quilt Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt	Organizations, School Institution		1995		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	GCI School quilt Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.272.2009 Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt Subject: Organizations, School Institution Date: 1995 Description: Quilt. Probably a GCI school quilt ca. 1995. Cotton, solid pink and floral borders and stripes; beige 11" x 10.5" squares with children's magic-marker drawings; many squares have names indicated: Starting left to right top left square: peace sign, Stoney may have been a dog, moon with guitar no name; sunflower with initials M.G. (Molly Gray); Heath Wedge with boat; Hillary Savage, Keith Wedge, Seth Gray, Brendon Westphal, sunrise over hills and motor bike (no name); baseball bats with G.W. (Gabriel Westphal); motorcycle and hockey sticks P.A. (Patrick Allen); school room scene Mrs. P (can't figure out name); Amy Russell 1994-1995; Sailboat panel: NYCVH 1067 on hull, Mandy Bracy. Note: The children's squares are not embroidered or stitched but simply drawn with magic markers. [show more]
Postage-stamp quilt made for Cara (Carrie) Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt	Other	Ladies Aid GCI	1903		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postage-stamp quilt made for Cara (Carrie) Richardson Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2004.94.743 Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt Subject: Other Creator: Ladies Aid GCI Date: 1903 Description: Quilt, postage stamp style of various colors including double pinks and brown madders with solid brown backing brought around to front with mitered corners creating a brown binding. Quilt is 97" x 75" with 1 3/8" squares. Handwritten note attached: "Quilt top pieced by Ladies from our 'Aid' in 1903 as a welcome home gift to Cara (Carrie) Richardson who had been her own captain and navigator on her second trip to the Orient in Peter's boat which she inherited on his death. Her house is near Carolyn Liebow's." [Note here that "Orient" may just mean away from Maine, per Ralph Stanley.] Mary Katherine "Carrie" Stanley Richardson (1848-1920) was the daughter of Enoch B. Sr. and Caroline H. (Guptill) Stanley. Capt. Lewis G. Stanley was her brother. She was the second wife of Capt. Meltiah Richardson (1828-1901) and mother of Emery Willard Richardson (1873-1883) and Charles Emery “Peter” Richardson (1885-1971). She attended higher education in Boston. She traveled with her husband on his vessel the Carrie M. Richardson and was an expert celestial navigator. Carrie is buried in the Stanley Cemetery. In 2001, the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society wrote and produced the original play, Carrie Richardson of Big Cranberry. [show more]
Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt	Other People				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2008.266.1999 Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt Subject: Other People Description: Quilt. Cotton, white with pink basket motif on front, all white reverse. Pink border around three sides, one end with folded inward seem, no pink border. Sculpted in broad T shape on one end. Note from donor, Susan Bunker, reads: "This quilt was made by my father's, Raymond Bunker who was born in 1906, grandmother. She could have been a Bunker or a Spurling."
Crazy Quilt Preble House Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt	Other			Cranberry Isles	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Crazy Quilt Preble House Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.270.2007 Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt Subject: Other Place: Cranberry Isles Description: Quilt. Colorful wool, cotton, flannel, and jersey fabrics made of geometric and freeform shapes and patterns including plaids, tweeds, and solid colors. Reverse side is a solid rough beige cotton with pale blue stripes; there are decorative beige yarn ties along the blue stripes with a few pink yarn ties interspersed. Edges are folded in and machine (?) hemmed, there is no border. Possible ornate script initials - one of which is may be an "L". Some discoloration and stains. This quilt is one of two recovered from the Preble House. (See also quilt 1000.140.1138 from the same donor.) (Note: Lynne Birlem (donor 343) has a very similar framed crazy quilt at her home that is from her great grandmother Hamor's house on GCI.) [show more]
Patchwork quilt Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt	People			Cranberry Isles	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Patchwork quilt Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.241.1975 Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt Subject: People Place: Cranberry Isles Description: Quilt. Patchwork of browns, blues, greys, and black tweeds, wool, and polyster 4.5" x 4 3/4" squares with a 4.75"-5" grey border. Reverse is same grey fabric as border stitched to border on seams. This quilt may have been a gift of Sue Lyman, allegedly made of fabric from old men's suits.
Patchwork quilt - Sanford Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt	Other				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Patchwork quilt - Sanford Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.251.1974 Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt Subject: Other Description: Quilt. Patchwork wool and polyester squares of black, grey, blue, and green one single white corduroy square. Squares are 6" x5" slightly irregular. Solid black satin with floral pattern back folded over on the parallel long edges to make a border. Machine stitching.
Baby Quilt Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt					In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted	Baby Quilt Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.275.2013 Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt Description: Quilt, modern, infant size, made by Beverly Sanborn. Gold borders and gold horizontal and vertical panels with four-piece squares of multi-colored patterns and solid pastels. Reverse of quilt is aqua, edged with white patterned binding on four sides. Polyester fill.
Spurling - Julia Marie Spurling's hand-laced handkerchiefs and needlepoint pillow. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt	People			Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island	No Copyright - United States	Spurling - Julia Marie Spurling's hand-laced handkerchiefs and needlepoint pillow. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.493.2984 Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt Subject: People Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island Description: Eight hand-laced handkerchiefs: two with purple, stamped name "Mrs. J. M. Spurling" Julia (Marie) Spurling. Two hand-made crocheted, lace pieces (one long strip, one square). One needlepoint pillow. One needlepoint sampler. From Whitney's grandmother's room in his present house, likely rescued from the house across the street when it burned 1928. Donor requests they be kept in the old pink chocolate box as that's where they've been stored in for years. [show more]
Quilt from Preble house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt	Other				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Quilt from Preble house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.140.1138 Type: Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt Subject: Other Description: Quilt. Known as a "crazy quilt", this quilt was recovered from the Preble house on GCI and is believed to be over 150 years old. Quilt is bordered in velvet with silk and other types of multi-colored, geometric and free-form fabric pieces and a wide variety of fancy stitching; reverse is green silk. The quilt has three sets of fancy-script initials in different areas interpreted as: "A" ; "J" or "T"; and "JSM". (See also quilt 2014.270.2007 from same location and donor.) (Note: Lynne Birlem (donor 343) has a very similar framed crazy quilt at her home that is from her great grandmother Hamor's house on GCI.) [show more]

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