This block-style Crazy quilt displays significant damage in its ruffled silk border, likely caused by metallic salts introduced into the silk filaments during manufacture in order to improve its weight and body.

The reverse of the quilt is unusual for two reasons: it is backed with a quilted fabric (most Crazy quilts do not have quilting stitches), and the quilting was done with a machine. By the late nineteenth century, mass-produced quilted fabrics were available for purchase, often to be used as coat linings.