Lot Essay
A SIMILAR QUILT OF INDIANA ORIGIN IS ILLUSTRATED IN POTTINGER, QUILTS FROM THE INDIANA AMISH: A REGIONAL COLLECTION (NEW YORK, 1983), P. 58, FIG. 73.
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
AN AMISH PIECED AND QUILTED COTTON COVERLET
Details
AN AMISH PIECED AND QUILTED COTTON COVERLET
MRS. WILLIAM BYLER, OHIO, CIRCA 1910S
WORKED IN PALE BLUE AND BLACK PLAIN AND SATIN WOVEN COTTONS, THE CENTRAL FIELD IN A SNAIL'S TRAIL PATTERN ON A BLUE GROUND SURROUNDED ON A BLACK INNER BORDER AND PALE BLUE OUTER BORDER WITH BLACK BINDING; THE CENTRAL FIELD QUILTED IN ALTERNATING CHANNEL AND ROSETTE PATTERN, WITH OCEAN WAVES QUILTED BORDER--84¼IN. HIGH, 83IN. WIDE
MRS. WILLIAM BYLER, OHIO, CIRCA 1910S
WORKED IN PALE BLUE AND BLACK PLAIN AND SATIN WOVEN COTTONS, THE CENTRAL FIELD IN A SNAIL'S TRAIL PATTERN ON A BLUE GROUND SURROUNDED ON A BLACK INNER BORDER AND PALE BLUE OUTER BORDER WITH BLACK BINDING; THE CENTRAL FIELD QUILTED IN ALTERNATING CHANNEL AND ROSETTE PATTERN, WITH OCEAN WAVES QUILTED BORDER--84¼IN. HIGH, 83IN. WIDE
Provenance
BY DESCENT IN FAMILY OF MAKER TO PRESENT OWNER.
Literature
PELLMAN AND PELLMAN, A TREASURY OF AMISH QUILTS, (INTERCOURSE, PA., 1990), P. 119.