Quilt Panel

Date1700-1730

MediumWhite linen with yellow quilting stitches

DimensionsH: 24"; W: 31"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1952-669,2

DescriptionThis is a small, quilted panel of white linen closely quilted with yellow silk thread in symmetrical scrolled vines with conventionalized flowers in a repeat pattern 13 1/4" high by 18" wide. The background is quilted in perpendicular lines. The lining has been cut away from flower petals to make them translucent.
Quilting stitches: 19-20 per inchProvenancePrior to 1952, passed by descent to William Augustus Henry King [1894-1958] (London, England); 1952, purchased by Doris Langley Moore; 1952, purchased by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)