T-shaped; wool body comprised of pieced solid brown and olive wool blocks and nine-patch blocks of brown or olive and red. Set on point pattern; black wool tape binding; lunette corners at cut-outs. Quilted in lines and diamonds; cotton backing.
quilts
cotton (textile)
stitching
piecing
quilting
wool (textile)
geometric patterns
Needlework
Quilt
Cotton
Hand Stitched
Quilted
Wool
Pieced
Geometric
Quilt
Unknown
99 (W) (inches)
1943.320
Schueser & Rufey. English and American Textiles from 1790 to the Present. [No Publisher].
Title Whole cloth quilt Accession Number 1965.167
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