Multiple symmetrical borders of chintz fabric frame a slender woven basket holding tulips, lilacs, and passion flowers in the elegant Medallion quilt on the left. The quiltmaker used a stuffed work technique to add dimension to her quilting. The stuffed work, created by inserting extra cotton batting through the quilt’s backing fabric into channels formed by the quilting stitches, includes a flowing grapevine draped with ripe grapes and curling tendrils, overflowing cornucopias and a plump feathered plume.

Pattern: 
Medallion
Maker: 
Maker unidentified
Circa
1820
1840
Probably made in
Eastern
United States
122.5
124
Ardis and Robert James Collection
2006.003.0004