Name/Title
QuiltEntry/Object ID
2001.48.15Description
Quilt, "Pieced Basket" pattern, pieced by the blocks, 30 9.5" blocks, handsewn, 2.5" dogtooth border, white with multi-color cotton baskets, cotton binding, muslin backing, 10 stitches/inch with white cotton thread, cotton batting, quilted by the block and in the background in grids and parallel lines, quilted in plain blocks with basket design with names on some and clamshells, parallel lines in border, rounded corners, fabrics c. 1850.
Per Knoxville quilt historian Merikay Waldvogel:
* Fabrics with teal are British imports, 1840-1850; border fabrics look 1880s-1890s.Collection
Linda Claussen and the Thursday Bee Quilt CollectionMade/Created
Artist
Grove, Susan SenterDate made
1880 - 1899