Wilkinson Quilt Factory - Ligonier, Indiana
N 41° 27.812 W 085° 35.298
16T E 617891 N 4591177
Wilkinson Quilt Factory Mural-Station Street,Ligonier, IN
Waymark Code: WMF7HG
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2012
Views: 3
Iona and Rosalie Wilkinson operated a quilt factory in Ligonier from 1914,then in 1943 it was incorporated. Rosalie was 16 years younger and gradually worked into the business. Although it begun as a typical cottage industry in the Wilkinson home,business soon dictated that the company expand. The first factory was in the Bee Hive Building that still stands at the northeast corner of 6th & Grand St.The eventual home of the Wilkinson Quilt Company was the wool storage building at 308 N.Martin Street.
In May of 1914 Iona traveled to Chicago to hold a quilt display in the Congress Hotel.
Iona thought of herself as an artist. She used whole cloth as her canvas, needle stitches in place of a paintbrush, and solid colors as her paint. The size of quilts range from 27"X30" to 90"X90". Prices range from $3.75 to $46.50. A 1920 catalog listed sixteen patterns.
This mural is a picture of the Wilkinson Quilt Co, with a look inside of two ladies working. Must be Iona and Rosalie.
Noble County community Foundation is the sponsor of this mural.
City: Ligonier
Location Name: West 3rd street and Station Street
Artist: Beth Ivanov
Date: completed 2008
Media: Latex paint on brink wall
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