Rather than only derive design inspiration from old quilts, some Colonial Revival quilts like this one drew explicitly on colonial imagery. This quilt features imagined scenes from the days of yore and was made from a pattern by a popular designer of the day, Ruby Short McKim.

Pattern: 
Colonial History
Maker: 
Paulina Mangold
1938
Made in
Bennington
Nebraska
United States
86
68.5
IQM, Ardis and Robert James Collection
1997.007.0786