Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

2018.10.2

Description

Quilt top made by Mary Elizabeth Scott McConnell, numerous examples of printed cottons (black small figured prints with browns and blues, array of colors in four square blocks, triangles always lighter), pieced in two patterns: Four Patch at center with Shoofly border, four rows of Shoofly at top/two at left and bottom/three on right, squares joined in darks colors primarily black/also small-figured prints with browns and blues, squares set on point, all hand sewn, 78"h x 71"w, 1910s-1920s.

Collection

Linda Claussen and the Thursday Bee Quilt Collection

Made/Created

Artist

McConnell, Mary Elizabeth Scott

Date made

1910 - 1929

Dimensions

Height

78 in

Width

71 in