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MEXICAN ROSE
Made in 1842. Colours: red and green. Note the exquisite quilting
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CURRANTS AND COCKSCOMB
Small red berries combined with conventionalized leaves. This quilt has captured first prizes at many state fairs
“Portions of discarded uniforms, old coat and cloak linings, brilliantly dyed worn flannel shirts and well-worn petticoats were component parts of quilts that were needed for warmth. A magnificent scarlet cloak, worn by a Lord Mayor of London and brought to America by a member of the Merrit family of Salisbury, Massachusetts, went through a series of adventures and migrations and ended its days as small bits of vivid colour, casting a grateful glory and variety on a patchwork quilt in the Saco Valley of Maine.