«Open Shell Quilt Pattern, 1849

$5.00

Harriet Jones Smedley of Media, PA, maker of the quilt, was born in 1797 and died in 1882.  She married William Smedley in 1849 at North Friends Meeting in Philadelphia. This 84"x94" quilt features 1,560 fabric shells of printed and solid silk, woolen and cotton fabrics in colors typically found in early 19th Century Quaker clothing and quilts.