Wholecloth Quilt

Wholecloth Quilt

Blue wholecloth quilt. The top is comprised of three strips of dark blue calamanco, quilted with an allover floral vine (rococo style) with leaves and cross-hatched flowers and a pineapple motif at the center bottom. Parallel diagonal lines (1/2" apart) fill out the background. Along the edges is a quilted feathered vine motif and a center medallion of a flower with leaves. It is handquilted with dark blue thread, wool batting and front to back binding. The backing is a coarsely woven tan wool fabric and an off-white modern gauze backing has been applied to protect the quilt back; it is tied with pale blue yarn and stitched to the front over the binding. Attached to the original backing of the quilt in one corner is a muslin label with handwriting in brown ink.

height: 82 1/4in
width: 81 1/4in

wool

Elizabeth Mather (1771-1811)

1793

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