Applique Quilt

Name

Applique Quilt

Brief description

Hand-appliqued and hand-pieced quilt. White ground appliqued in pot of flowers pattern with red, green, yellow, blue, and black. Center is left blank, and each corner has a pot of flowers, a red and black bird on each of the two side branches, yellow and red blossoms, and red berries. Blocks are 34" x 32 3/4". Single border on all sides is hand-appliqued with a smaller pot of flowers and berries in same colors; 7" wide. Berry twigs are embroidered in cotton in an outline stitch and the berries are padded. Hand-quilted in princess feather and parallel lines (11 stitches to the inch) and in one corner the green fabric for the foliage has faded to blue. Straight-applied binding is red cotton and there is a thin cotton batting. Backing consists of three pieces of white linen fabric (31 1/2" wide). Fabric width is 35" (88.9 cm).

Dimensions

length: 81 3/4in
width: 79 1/2in

Material

cotton
linen

Production person

Un identified

Production date

circa 1850

Production place

Braintree

References

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