Appliqued Inscriptions

Toward the middle of the 19th century, women began to inscribe their quilts with the moralistic and mournful themes they had recorded earlier in their schoolgirl samplers and embroidered pictures.

Mourning or Tombstone quilt. Nancy Ward Butler; Jamestown, NY. Dated 1842.

Applique quilt. Emily Holbert; Chester, NY. Dated 1847.

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