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05-016; Seated Woman Stitching

1930-1939
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Silver Gelatin Print c. 1930s
Photographer: Unknown
Size: 3.5" x 4"

Sitting in her parlor, this elderly homemaker chose to have her portrait taken with a piece of patchwork in her hands.

-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).

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