All cotton block quilt has a Bear-claw pattern using a small-scale print of green and black flowers with yellow centers. These 16 large blocks are arranged on point alternating with 1/4-size smaller 9-patch blocks using the same print, also on point. Both pieced blocks worked on a white ground. Wide strips of white pieced rectangles form a sash-like pattern, separating the Bear-claw blocks. At each intersection of the "sashing" is the smaller 9-patch block. Thin batting is clumped.
The 1/4" binding uses the green print wrapped from front to back. Back is a white cotton muslin pieced in 3 panels.
Hand-stitched quilting done with white cotton thread, with some tan. Quilted with grid and straight, parallel lines.
Color and construction all in very good condition. Some soil with scattered light brown stains as well as staining or acid burns along some fold lines. Batting is clumped.
Object ID
1974.008.1
Notes
This same green print is found in "Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide" by Eileen Jahnke Trestain on page 89. The print is described as an "overdyed green".
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
