Whig Rose Surface-Appliqué Quilt

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Whig Rose Surface-Appliqué Quilt
Datec. 1850–1870
Made inUnited States
MediumCotton
Dimensions79 × 79 in. (200.7 × 200.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.76.97
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Technical notes and description: Tabby-weave cotton face and back; cotton filling. Five floral motifs, popularly known as Whig Roses, compose the X-shaped format of this square quilt. The applied printed cottons (calicos) are in red, pink, solid dark green, and solid yellow. Framing the motifs is a serpentine blossom chain from which sprout floral sprays to fill the voids between motifs. The ground quilting in running stitch follows a pattern of scrolling leaves, while the border is quilted with chevrons.

Related examples: Lipsett 1985, p. 91; Safford and Bishop 1972, no. 270.

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


Provenance[Sotheby Parke Bernet, May 15, 1975, sale 3760, lot 67]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg, 1975; given to MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition History"American Traditions: Quilts and Coverlets 1760–1900," The Caroline Weiss Law Building, Lovett Gallery, October 28, 2001–April 7, 2002, Tina M. Llorente.
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