Lot Essay
For related quilts with broderie perse decoration, see Orlofsky, Quilts in America (New York, 1974), p. 41, pl. 10 and p. 62, pl. 23.
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1835-1840
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A COTTON APPLIQUED AND BRODERIE PERSE QUILTED COVERLET
Salem, Massachusetts, 1835-1840
Worked in three alternating and graduated concentric rings of alternating red cotton calico and broderie perse centering a red calico star with garlanded embellishment, the four corners and edges with broderie perse applique, with white binding; with princess feather, herringbone and diagonal quilting
101 x 99in.
Salem, Massachusetts, 1835-1840
Worked in three alternating and graduated concentric rings of alternating red cotton calico and broderie perse centering a red calico star with garlanded embellishment, the four corners and edges with broderie perse applique, with white binding; with princess feather, herringbone and diagonal quilting
101 x 99in.