Quilt top: Brick pattern

Dublin Core

Title

Quilt top: Brick pattern

Subject

Handicraft
Quilts
Textile fabrics

Description

This wool quilt top in the pattern known as "Brick" was made in the early twentieth century by Bettie Hughes Buchanan of Mitchell County, North Carolina. The quilt top is pieced by machine using men's suiting fabric samples. The quilt is embroidered with names of the quilt maker's family and friends as well as other stitched embellishments. The 1910 Census of Mitchell County lists Bettie Buchanan as forty years old and married to Alfred Buchanan, age thirty-one.

Creator

Buchanan, Bettie Hughes

Source

Mary Barron Collection

Publisher

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Date

1900/1930

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg;
crafts (art genres)

Type

StillImage

Identifier

13282
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/13282

Date Created

2001-10-01

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;

Spatial Coverage

Mitchell County (N.C.)
Appalachian Region, Southern

Extent

65" x 73"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Buchanan, Bettie Hughes, “Quilt top: Brick pattern,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/13282.