Thistle Wholecloth

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Maker:
UNKNOWN
Date:
1920 - 1939

Pink cotton wholecloth quilt with white cotton backing, hand quilted with a central medallion of concentric circles, with a square diamond infill, corner thistle motifs and outer border of lined arches. The thisles suggest a Scottish/Hawick provenance, but no information is known.

From the Angela Brocklebank Bequest.

Thistle Wholecloth