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04-016; Woman with Two Children

1900-1909
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Cabinet Card c. 1900-1906
Photographer: Unknown
Size: 4.25" x 6.5"

A quilt composed of wool or felt appliqued leaves/petals whose edges are finished in an embroidered blanket stitch is the background chosen by this quiltmaker for her portrait with her two serious-minded children.

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

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