Wholecloth Quilt

Name

Wholecloth Quilt

Brief description

Wholecloth olive-green wool (calamanco) quilt with bottom corners cut out for bed posts. The top is pieced and hand quilted in a grid pattern with scalloped parallel lines. It has straight-applied binding in a wool twill and thin wool batting. The backing is a plain weave off white wool composed of six pieces.

Dimensions

length: 95in
width: 90in

Material

wool

Production person

Mary Hill Nowell

Production date

1795

Production place

References

Lynne Z. Bassett and Jack Larkin. Northern Comfort. (1998)