Skip to main content
Gift of Virgil Barker, 1947.12.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Appliqué Quilt
Gift of Virgil Barker, 1947.12.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

Appliqué Quilt

Original Owner (American, born 1824)
Date1850-1860
MediumAppliquéd cotton
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width): 87 x 86in. (221 x 218.4cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Virgil Barker
DescriptionAppliqué quilt in an Oak Leaf and Reel pattern variation. The quilt consists of a top of plain-woven white cotton, batting, and a white plain-woven cotton backing; these three layers are joined by a quilted pattern. The top has sixteen appliqué blocks, each consisting of a geometric design in red printed cotton, or calico, surrounded by four oak leaves in green calico. Each block is surrounded by a pair of undulating quilting lines. Each side of the quilt has red calico piping.

Condition: The top and backing have scattered medium and dark brown stains. There is one dark brown stain through the top and backing. One stain on the backing has resulted in a hole in the fabric.

Object number1947.12.1
On View
Not on view
Museum purchase, 1982.97.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Susan Melissa Lewis
1860-1880
Museum purchase, 1982.97.3, Connecicut Historical Society, Copyright Not Determined
Susan Melissa Lewis
1880s
Pieced Quilt
Edith Chase
1890-1910
Gift of Mrs. Robert Leslie Cooper, 1965.8.0, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undeterm…
Mary Whaples
1850-1860
Gift of Mrs. Calvin C. Balles, 1965.30.0  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
1840-1860
Appliqué Quilt
Laura Crittenden
1848
Gift of Helen E. Royce, 1959.32.10  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
1920-1930
Gift of Miss Mary Seelye Rosevear, 1958.24.1  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2009 The Connect…
Amos Platt family
about 1835