Crazy (82.118)
Unknown Artist
Pieced crazy quilt of silks and velvets with embroidery, commemorative ribbons and a piece of a printed scarf from the "World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893".
The quilt top consists of 25 blocks, all but one of varied shaped pieces of printed and solid velvet and silk fabrics. Commemorative ribbons are placed randomly about the quilt. Colors used are many, with greens, rusts, beiges, browns and burgundies predominating. Embroidered motifs include a spider's web, tree, flowers, crosses, wreath, and sheaf of wheat. Stitches are many and include cross stitch, herringbone, feather and buttonhole. One red velvet border with crazy blocks in corners surrounds the 25 individual blocks that are 14" x 14". Interlining is cotton. The backing is composed of two pieces of rust colored cotton that are 35" and 45.5" wide. There is no binding, batting or quilting.
Provenance Narrative Maker and origin unknown
Place Made United States
Signatures/Marks The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893(printed on corner block); Confederate Survivor, Oct. 18, 1893 (printed along edge); unveiling confe.monum.S.C. Oct. 1893; Palmetto Division 208 O.R.C. Committee; South Carolina Press. Assoc. Atlanta 1893; 22nd annual Mt.-Charleston, S.C.; 1896 S.C. State Press Association; Depose 1er Sept 1892; 1893; 1895; 1896