Signature quilt with names of members of the congregation of St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Quilt is divided into 36 squares surrounded by borders of blue embroidery. Center of each square contains a circle from which radiates signatures of faded embroidery. The center square has the inscription: Women's Guild/Lent. Elizabeth C. North/1897/St. Peter's Church with names of officers of the guild radiating outward.
Presented to Dr. Samuel Cook Edsall by his congregation at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, at what is now 621 W. Belmont Ave. Two year's later, in 1899, Dr. Edsall was appointed Bishop of North Dakota.
Property of Chicago Historical Society. Not to be reproduced or used without written permission from CHS Rights & Reproductions
Rights
For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org.
