Details
A joined quilt of cream cotton worked with a large central foilate medallion within a diaper field, framed with diamonds and an outer border worked with scrolling foliage and flowers, the centre of each border with two linked fronds forming a heart shape with diaper infill--240 x 230cm., circa 1770, probably American
Provenance
Said to have been worked by an ancestor of the vendor in the United States prior to her marriage in 1784. According to family tradition, she was not allowed to marry until she had finished her quilt.