Sewing Book

Marion Hahn

1896

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Small rectangular rosewood box with hinged lid, the top with silver inlay in the form of the Mesoamerican serpent god Quetzalcoatl, his body tied in a knot, with feathers extending from his tail and his tongue out.
Log Cabin/Sunshine and Shadows quilt, with brown and white polka dot borders
Broken Star quilt
Central medallion-type quilt with the silhouette of the upper part of the Statue of Liberty in gray-blue fabric on a dark blue ground with a white medallion with the text, "GIVE ME YOUR TIRED YOUR POOR YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE THE WRETCHED REFUSE OF YOUR TEEMING SHORE SEND THESE THE HOMELESS TEMPEST TOST TO ME I RAISE MY TORCH BESIDE THE GOLDEN DOOR" after Emma Lazarus's 1883 sonnet "The New Colossus" and surrounded by the colorful figures of various Native people, enslaved Africans and immigrants hailing from all parts of the world, on either side are stripes of teal-blue fabric and across the top is a strip of light blue fabric, the backing is red and includes the embroidered dedication, "To my mother who taught me how to sew and quilt and to care about the tired, the poor, and the homeless."