A quilt from about 1880 shown in Roberta Horton's book Scrap Quilts
BlockBase #2470
The pattern's been published several times with the uninspired name of
Mosaic---perhaps derived from a floor tile.
A slightly different proportion, a different number:
"The Road to Paris"
It wasn't a popular design.
But add more pieces to the center:
And it's easier to find examples made about 1900.
Earliest name is probably Jack in the Pulpit from Clara Stone
or Double Squares from the Ladies Art Company.
1880-1900
Different proportion, different number
This one was named The Dewey for Admiral George Dewey
who defeated the Philippine navy in 1898.
Dewey was so popular that BlockBase has
5 patterns named for him.
But we've forgotten him---so much for cultural memory.
Most of us would
call the pattern Jack in the Pulpit
Pattern from Clara Stone catalog,
1906.
I found this picture at the Quilt Index, which also
included the copy:
"May be in two or three colors, as one happens to have the pieces. It is a nice pattern for an album quilt, writing name, town, county and State in the white half-squares surrounding the center block. It is prettiest all of pieced work, but may be set with plain squares of white or light goods, with strips, or in diagonal sash-work. C. A. S. Holliston, Mass."
A signature version. I bet they got the pattern from C.A.Stone.
Mary E. Beardslee Durkee, about 1870. Collection of the
Museum at Michigan State University. # 1999:12.6
In BlockBase you can right-click on the block and
choose Quick Quilt. The program shows you
how it would look set all over.
Mid-20th century
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