Name/Title
QuiltEntry/Object ID
2017.14.3Description
Quilt in "Pavement"* pattern attributed to Martha E. Carson, Lucinda McLin Carson or Sophia Caroline McLin, pieced areas primarily earth tones with some blues/lavenders, large field areas in cream background with small blue flowers with now-brown stem and leaves, natural muslin backing, binding in cream with blue flowers, mostly diamond quilting, 90"h x 70"w, c. 1880-1890*. (*pattern name and date per quilt historian Merikay Waldvogel) Quality of piecing lacking, points not aligned,.
Note: some fabrics in this quilt are also in 2017.14.1--light-brown pinstripe, dark-brown with white flowers.
* "Checkerboard" pattern, c. 1865 per Freeman's auction catalogCollection
McLinAcquisition
Notes
Funded by Merikay Waldvogel and Jerry LedbetterMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Carson, Martha E.Role
Possible QuilterArtist
Carson, Lucinda McLinRole
Possible QuilterArtist
McLin, Sophia CarolineRole
Possible QuilterDate made
1880 - 1890