Crazy Quilt

Title

Crazy Quilt

Title

Crazy Quilt

Date Created

1875-1890

Creator

Wylie, Rebecca Dennis

Quilt Pattern Name

Crazy

Physical Dimensions

50 x 62 1/2 inches

Materials

Velvet, silk

Description

Velvet and silk crazy quilt. Wide burgundy velvet border; red-white silk back. Great condition with fraying and splitting along velvet borders. Has painted design, dated 1884-Laura Worley, but with an embroider stitched " '76 " next to a ribbon with poem entitled, To my daughter.

Notes

According to note found with the quilt, this quilt was "made by Mama in 1884."

Object ID

2005.003.0085

Wylie Provenance?

Y

HBW Provenance?

N

Files

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Citation

“Crazy Quilt,” Wylie House Exhibits, accessed March 28, 2024, https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/wyliehouse/items/show/639.