Four-Patch Quilt
Artist
Betsy Bates
American, born 1830
Date1905
MediumGray, red, and brown calico and polkadot fabrics, embroidery, red thread
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineGift of Eunice Bates Foley
Object number1964.18.1
DescriptionHand pieced quilt made of squares. Squares alternate between one large gray calico and four smaller polkadot (2) and red and brown (2) squares. Back side is gray calico fabric. Circular quilt stitching. Very thin batting. Bound edges. Embroidered on middle of quilt "Mother Bates pieced this quilt without glasses age 75, 1905."On View
Not on viewCollections
c. 1850
late 19th or early 20th century
