T-shaped; columns of grouped red flowers with leafy sprigs on mottled light brown ground divided by narrow columns of rococo-like scrolls and floral spot motifs. Overall shell quilting pattern.
quilts
chintz
cotton (textile)
stitching
quilting
printing (process)
rolling up
shell (animal material)
wholecloth quilts
floral patterns
shell (animal material)
Needlework
Quilt
Cloth
Chintz
Cotton
Floral
Hand Stitched
Quilted
Transfer Printed
Shell
Quilt
Unknown
67 (W) (inches)
1943.322
Schueser & Rufey. English and American Textiles from 1790 to the Present. [No Publisher].
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