INSCRIBED LOG CABIN
"Dark and Light"
"Dark and Light"
1880 (inscribed in embroidery)
Presumably Streater, IL
56 x 74 inches
Wools and silks
What a Document!
This Log Cabin quilt tells quite a story!
On the lower left corner block, which has remained un-pieced,
Nellie Davis, a very proud mother and grandmother,
gives us quite a picture of who she was ~ and what was important to her!
She inscribed the following on her quilt,
in red embroidered block letters:
1880 LOG CABIN QUILT
BY NELLIE DAVIS
MOTHER OF A BOOKKEEPER
IN STREATER ILL
HER GRANDSON
ONCE WAS
GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN
The quilt is otherwise a traditional Log Cabin,
with hues arranged to form an overall "Dark and Light" variation.
with hues arranged to form an overall "Dark and Light" variation.
Made primarily of wools (with a few silks), the quilt has many, many
very narrow, pleated "log"/strips ~ a very graphic treatment.
Nellie Davis tied her well designed quilt with a red yarn knot
at each "intersection, echoing the (mostly!) red squares
at the center of the Log Cabin blocks.
She finished the quilt with a knife edge,
secured with yet more red ~ a wool embroidered blanket stitch.
Not only a unique and charming document, this graphic textile is
a very good size for hanging on a wall: 56 x 74 inches.
Price: $625
SOLD
SOLD
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Labels: LISTED 2/3/14