Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

92.20.1

Description

Appliqued quilt attributed to "Grandmother Coward," Mariner's Compass pattern, pieced by the block, handsewn, green, pink, gold and cream cotton fabric, nine borders + three half cotton borders with cross hatching, quilted by the piece in parallel plumes, 7 stitches/inch with cotton thread, stuffed plume sashing, applied binding, cotton backing, cotton batting, c. 1850.

Collection

Linda Claussen and the Thursday Bee Quilt Collection

Acquisition

Notes

Purchase made possible through a grant from the Frank and Virginia Rogers Foundation

Made/Created

Artist Information

Attribution

Grandmother Coward

Attribution

Coward Family

Notes

Date: 1850 c.

Dimensions

Width

77 in

Length

80 in

Dimension Notes

18"-diameter cirlces