Tulip Quilt

Tulip Quilt

1920-1940

Tulip

61 x 70 1/2 inches

Cotton

Appliqued tulip quilt; overall white with alternate blocks bearing a large pink tulip and short green stem with two green leaves; border consists of a wide pink strip, then a white strip of the same width; at each corner is a pink square; the pink and white border strips and squares are pieced, not appliqued; hem is machine stitched; quilting is done by hand in concentric squares on the plain blocks, and following the outside of the tulip on the appliqued squares; borders are quilted in small squares; plain white cotton backing. Typical of pastel quilts popular in this period.

1999.001.0014

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