Details
An appliqué quilt composed of four panels of grey and brown felt applied with velvet and felt spot motifs, including buildings, a flock of sheep, birds, figures and many animals including elephants and camels, the scalloped border of red felt, backed with green sateen, quilted with a scalloped pattern--53in x 49in., (distressed), mid 19th centurySee illustration of detail
Provenance
Made by Elizabeth Mary Merifield Donne (born 15 January 1830) who married Henry Parsons on 28 January 1851 in the church of Haselbury, Somerset. She had seven children, the youngest of whom, Robert Maurice Peters Parsons (born 1860) was the vendor's great grandfather.