In the last two posts we looked at Cherry Tree quilts found
in Kentucky.
Here is a third:
Also in the collection of Louisville's Speed Museum
Quilt attributed to Virginia Mason Ivey (1828-? )
Logan County, Kentucky. About 1860
Speed Museum of Art
Virginia's quilt has three of the cherry trees plus
three others arranged around a central bouquet.
The stuffed-work quilting is impressive and note
the feathers outlining the vine border.
The Speed Museum is well aware of the similarities between
the Ivey quilt and the Emma Bridges quilt with their grape borders and stuffed quilting.
The stuffed work quilting in Virginia's includes a
"Statue of Henry Clay," Kentucky's favorite Whig.
Clay died in 1852 and a similar statue was erected in New
Orleans about 1860, possibly Virginia's inspiration.
Virginia Mason Ivey (1828-?), photo from
the 1840s when she was in her teens, perhaps.
Smithsonian Collection
Virginia Ivey is well-known for a whitework, stuffed quilt in the collection of the National Museum of American History/Smithsonian.
The Russellville Fair Quilt, 1856
See this quilt by clicking on the thumbnail at the Smithsonian site:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_556355
http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_556355
In the center circle just inside the fence that encloses the fair's livestock
showing area are words:
"A REPRESENTATION OF THE FAIR GROUND NEAR RUSSELLVILLE KENTUCKY 1856"
Russellville Fair
Henry Clay Quilt
Virginia observed animals closely as the details of her applique
and quilting show.
Read more about Virginia at this post:
What to make of three Kentucky Cherry Tree Quilts from three different counties?
I'm sure I'll have it figured out by tomorrow.
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