Charlotte Roney
Floral Bouquet Appliqued Quilt
1934
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Charlotte Roney
Floral Bouquet Appliqued Quilt
1934
Physical Qualities
Cotton, cotton embroidery threads, 85 x 75 in. (215.9 x 190.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of David Wylie Wilson, Toronto, ON
Object Number
2008.103
Appliquéd quilt with bound pink scalloped edges and floral bouquets. Made from a kit. Inked blue lines to indicate where quilt stitches are. Hand stitched on white ground. Large central bouquet in pink, lavender, peach, yellow, with green embroidered stems and appliquéd leaves and tied with pink bow. Cotton thread embroidery outlining and shading flowers and leaves. Smaller bouquets of same flowers in each corner, also with pink ribbon. One single flower between each bouquet.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; David Wylie Wilson and Suzanne Wilson Brady, Toronto, ON by descent; Ruth Caroline Wylie by descent; Charlotte Roney.
Houck, Carter. The Quilt Encyclopedia Illustrated. NY: Harry Abrams, 1991. Pp. 144, Scallops and photo of 1935 quilt with basket of flowers.
www.antiquequiltdatingguides.com. Center Focus Applique, aka Colonial Revival Style.
www.antiquequiltdatingguides.com. Center Focus Applique, aka Colonial Revival Style.
