Large pieced and appliquéd quilt Baltimore, MD, circa 1842...

Large pieced and appliquéd quilt

Baltimore, MD, circa 1842

Patterned printed chintz and calico pieces arranged in a large star within a larger star, enclosed by floral sprays and pavilion within a stuffed appliquéd border of flower-filled urns and floral vines, heightened by outline and floral quilting.

134 in. x 125 in.

PROVENANCE:

The Grant Collection, New York
Skinner, Inc., June 5, 2005, Lot 116

According to tradition, the quilt was made in Mt. Vernon Place, the Baltimore home of John Hanson Thomas, Jr. and Ann Campbell Gordon Thomas (1819-1886). Ann Campbell Gordon was the daughter of America's first millionaire, Basil Gordon. The quilt descended through the Thomas family until the 1970s.