A crazy quilt top composed of large squares and rectangles in turn composed of irregularly pieced sections of many different fabrics, including plain cut and voided velvets, printed silks, damasks, brocaded silks, plain-woven silks, etc. in numerous colors and configurations. Included is a black ribbon bookmark with woven message "MAY YOU HAVE a HAPPY CHRISTMAS and many of them" in red, green, and yellow threads with bouquet below and yellow silk tassel. Motifs created in pieced fabric, appliqué and embroidery include fans, floral designs, pitchers, six-pointed star, scenes of rooster, chicken, and young chicks in outline embroidery, appliquéd butterfly, embroidered spider in web, outline embroidery of birds, multi-colored embroidery(?) of feathers, florals in outline embroidery, ribbon work, chenille embroidery, twisted silk embroidery, etc., appliquéd/embroidered bird, gold silk ribbon with heraldic design related to Baltimore but the word "Washington" at the top. Fabrics are stitched to a brown cotton lining. Numerous border embroidery designs in numerous colors hide the seams. This quilt is unfinished. No quilt back, batting, ties, or quilting stitches are present. The wide, solid maroon velvet border was either left unfinished or was basted around the edges and has now loosened.