Quilt (or decorative throw). Hexagon or Mosaic pattern

Caroline Brooks Gould

ca. 1870 · Silk · The American Wing

Pieced of one-inch-per-side silk hexagons, this quilt is completely hand stitched. The striped, changeable silk bathing is attached to the batting with diamond quilting. The quilt is bound with a silk brocade ribbon, which is finished in a bow at one corner of the quilt's back. The small individual hexagons are grouped to form concentric radiating hexagonal forms.

Artist

Caroline Brooks Gould

Date

ca. 1870

Medium

Silk

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Bequest of Carolyn Fiske MacGregor, in memory of her grandmother, Caroline Brooks Gould, 1953