A COTTON APPLIQUED AND EMBROIDERED ALBUM QUILT
A COTTON APPLIQUED AND EMBROIDERED ALBUM QUILT

AMERICAN, DATED 1865

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A COTTON APPLIQUED AND EMBROIDERED ALBUM QUILT
American, dated 1865
Worked as a square comprising sixteen different pattern blocks employing plain and printed cottons on a white cotton ground set with red sashing, most blocks signed in ink, one featuring a spreadwing eagle, two flags and the phrase in embroidery, Union.For.Ever 1865, the whole united by a red border with blue stripe, unpadded and backed with white
80x80in.

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