Quilt, Crazy pattern
Aletta Whitehouse Davis
ca. 1885 · Silk, silk velvet, cotton, and chenille · The American Wing
Each block of this quilt was pieced and appliquéd onto a backing, and then embroidered and decorated with a variety of motifs. The blocks are joined together without any sashing. The joined blocks are surrounded by a five-inchwide gold silk-velvet border. The quilt is pieced of many different colored fabrics, but most blocks feature a larger patch of black velvet embroidered with a Rower. The backing is a brown weft-faced cotton. The piece is not quilted; the layers are tied together every four inches with blue and yellow cotton embroidery threads.
- Artist
- Aletta Whitehouse Davis
- Date
- ca. 1885
- Medium
- Silk, silk velvet, cotton, and chenille
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of Reverend and Mrs. Karl Nielsen, 1962
