This piece is believed to be a coffin cover—an unusual format for a Crazy-style textile. The scalloped silk border is composed of a black silk fabric that has badly shattered due to the metallic salts it was treated with during manufacturing.

Pattern: 
Coffin Cover
Maker: 
Maker unidentified
Circa
1880
1900
Probably made in
Florida
United States
101
61
International Quilt Museum, Ardis and Robert James Collection
1997.007.0360