Whig Rose Quilt

Whig Rose Quilt

1875-1900

Whig Rose

75 1/2 x 77 inches

Cotton

Appliqued quilt; on each large block is appliqued a flower wheel with a red, pink and yellow flower in the center and bright green leaves and stems curving out from it ending with a smaller red, pink and yellow flower in each corner; border is zigzag pattern of stylized pink and red oak leaves with a green stem and red bud at alternating angles; edges is bound in red; back is plain white; unstuffed; hand-quilted in shell pattern; blocks may have been machine stitched;

"Whig Rose" or "Democrate Rose" pattern popular throughout 2nd half of the 19th century. The clamshell or fan quilting dates in the later 1800s.

1999.001.0018

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