Quilt Fragment, Wool

Date1775-1800

MediumWool (fiber identification by microscope)

Dimensions26" x 40" (irregular-shaped)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Hal Sandy.

Object number1974-55,3

DescriptionThis is one of nine irregularly shaped pieces of a green wool quilt that had been cut apart to use as upholstery and were later removed. The face fabric is plain-woven worsted. The original quilt had a wide border of undulating leafy vines, or "feathers," with a circular abstracted flower in each corner. The background of the border was filled with parallel quilted lines. The center was quilted in a geometric pattern of squares on point filled with alternating four-petal flowers and parallel lines arranged in diagonals and meeting to form corners. The quilting is worked with six to seven green wool running stitches per inch. The backing is a golden tan plain-woven wool, and the quilt batting is wool. This piece includes portions of the original quilt's corner and part of the center.
ProvenanceOriginally a quilt, which was later used as upholstery; the donor removed it from a "Quaker courting rocker".