Did You Know?

The earliest known quilted garment was found on an ivory statue of an Egyptian Pharaoh who ruled in about 3400 B.C.E. Historians believe that crusaders brought quilting to Europe from the Middle East in the late eleventh century.

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“Threads of Freedom: Quilts and the Underground Railroad. Fact or Fiction?”

June 13 – October 31, 2009. In 1999, the book “Hidden in Plain View: A secret story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad” was published. It was well received by the public. Historians and quilt scholars were skeptical. Is the quilt code fact or fiction? Come solve the mystery at the Lucan Area Heritage and Donnelly Museum this summer!

Handmade quilt given to William King, founder of the Elgin Settlement, c1850. Sewn by a freed slave. Loaned from the Buxton National Historic Site and Museum