Star Variation Quilt
Margaret Blean
1831
- Medium
- Cotton, plain weave and plain weaves; printed; pieced; edged with cotton, plain weave; backed with cotton, plain weaves; pieced; cotton batting; quilted
- Dimensions
- 263.5 × 228.3 cm (103 3/4 × 89 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
needlework - quiltbedcoverTextile
About
This bedcover is attributed to Margaret Blean, the daughter of Robert Blean (1770–1848) and Mary Craig (1770–1833). She was born in Newville, Pennsylvania, and married John Work (1807–1899) in 1837; the couple lived in Illinois. This piece was probably made for her hope or dowry chest. The donor of the bedcover, Mary Work (1846–1932), was the daughter of the maker.