Live Oak Tree

Live Oak Tree pattern in a quilt attributed to

 Ella M Booye Hickman (1865-1921) 

Atlantic County, New Jersey,

 found in the New Jersey project.

See page 112 of New Jersey Quilts.

Here's Ella's Find-A-Grave file:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209702552/ella-m-hickman

When they published the New Jersey book they didn't know Ella's name---she was a friend's mother-in-law. But Ella looks to be the woman.

The tree is on the diagonal---upright if the blocks

are set on point.

From the Quilt Index

Her probable pattern source is Live Oak Tree from the Ladies' Art Company (#222). Ella probably made the quilt in the early 20th century or perhaps the 1890s when the LAC catalog was widely available.

Newcomb Looms gave away these premiums of

small cards; advertisements for patterns. Their number 223.

My BlockBase #849 old version

The LAC also sold a tree on the north/south axis of the

block. "Peony" was a lot more popular design, if we look

at quilts from the time.

Not many people made the Live Oak Tree---75 diamonds in each block.

Here's a top from an online auction a few years ago

It's too bad her green fabric was so fugitive. Looks to be the

same time as Ella's, early 20th century.

Variation in the tree trunk. Middle 20th century, maybe the

1960s? Another online auction.

Lona Bell Frame Rexroad (1892-1978) West Virginia Project

The family thought this might have been made in 1904 when Lona

was 12 but that seems unlikely based on the difficulty. She married

in 1920, a better possible date.

The trunk is different in Lona's quilt.

See page 9 of West Virginia Quilts & Quiltmakers.

She may have had a Ladies Art Company catalog and liked

the trunk on the Peony better.

I wonder how Lona's rectangular quilt with diagonal trees fit on the bed.

A 10-inch block will fit on a single sheet of paper. Here's a pattern printed from BlockBase.

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