Embroidered Fans
Unknown
1933 64” x 64”
Silk and rayon satin and crepes
This crazy quilt is composed of twenty-five 11″ fan blocks, in which the blades are hand pieced to a foundation block. The block edges are sewn together by machine. Two fans have alternating colors; one has a random mixture, while the other fans have a color sequence beginning in the center and working outward. Hand embroidery follows the inside and outside of fan arc. The date, 1933, appear in one corner and a rose in the other.
The border is made up of elongated “prairie points.” The pink satin backing comes to the base of the points on the reverse and is stitched in place with a feather stitch. The batting is wool and the quilt is tied with yarn.
Part of our permanent collection.
Photos by Mariana Foliart.
