Irish Crazy Patchwork Coverlet
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- Maker:
- Ferguson, Elizabeth
- Date:
- 1880
A multi-coloured silk, wool and velvet crazy patchwork coverlet which is hand pieced with a black border and embellished with decorative hand embroidery. The reverse is made from silk with a stripe, which came from the wedding dress of the maker's mother. The embroidery stitches used include herringbone, chain, stem, buttonhole, bullion knot, satin and wheatear. They create embroidered designs on the crazy patchwork pieces of flowers, birds, insects, leaves, fruits, stars and people. The materials for the quilt were sourced from remnants of Church of Ireland vestments and the local woollen mill. It was made by Miss Elizabeth Ferguson of Guinness Farm, Caledon, Co.Tyrone, in 1880 when she was a teenager.
