Crazy Quilt (with scalloped edges)

Textile

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The Virginia Quilt Museum

Crazy Quilt (with scalloped edges)

Crazy Quilt (with scalloped edges)

Name/Title

Crazy Quilt (with scalloped edges)

Entry/Object ID

1998.001.002

Description

35 blocks measuring 11" x 10 1/2" are made in crazy patchwork. At the top is a 3" x 62" strip of crazy patchwork and on the right side the patchwork is in seven blocks measuring 5" x 11". These two sides, top and right, are bound with a shattered fine fabric in pink color. The left and bottom sides have a 3" scalloped velvet border with no backing and is buttonhole stitched around the scalloped edges. The color is pink. Within the blocks the following inscriptions were found: "B.A.H. - PC - B - L.F.R. - 100 ("years" in pencil) - Hayes - H - L - MM - F.E.R. - 100. - BE - R - Ella - MVR - LER - R - DZR - 1886" Also found were flowers, fans, insects, an elephant, a rat, strawberries, birds, an owl foliage, and a spider and web done in embroidery. Feather stitching done in various colors ad floss size surrounds each patch within each block. Back is a salmon color fabric. Some of the ties and embroidery work came through to the back.

Context

Lucinda Robinson-Rice quilted this in 1886. She was from Endless Caverns area in Virginia, but moved with her family on covered wagon to settle in Illinois at age five. She would visit relatives in Virginia where she met her husband Dr. Francis Eugene Rice. She then moved to New Market, Virginia. This quilt was often pulled out by Lucinda's great-grandchildren on rainy days and they would look at the embroidered animals and other figures on the quilt.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1998.001

Source or Donor

Sylvia S. Moore

Notes

Donated March 20, 1998

Made/Created

Artist

Lucinda Robinson Rice

Date made

1886

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Within the blocks

Transcription

"B.A.H. - PC - B - L.F.R. - 100 years - Hayes - H - L - MM - F.E.R. - 100. - BE - R - Ella - MVR - LER - R - DZR - 1886"

Notes

"years" is done in pencil lead

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall quilt Dimensions

Width

62 in

Length

81-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Individual Bock Dimensions

Width

11 in

Length

10-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

35 Blocks Total

Material

Satin, Silk, Other

Color

Multi-Color

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Notes

A lot of silk has come completely off. Will ask experts what to do to stabolize.

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Deterioration of Silk; no batting; stainig on back

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

Good amount of deterioration to fabric and the embroidery