G. Spiller's Quilt
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- Maker:
- Spiller, G.
- Date:
- 1839
Multi-colored cotton framed quilt with 9 borders. The quilt has wool wadding and was hand-pieced and hand-quilted. On the reverse, in the corner, is worked "G Spiller May 1 1839" in red crosstitch.
This quilt originally was orginally owned by Averil Colby, who repaired the quilt using fabrics from her collection that matched the quilt's date of production.
225cm x 240cm
The quilt is thought to come from the North Country because of the quilting motifs and the central medallion design. There are also two initials quilted in to the top edge, and it has been suggested that this could have been a marriage quilt.
Averil Colby was a British quilt historian and quiltmaker, and author of three books on patchwork and quilting. Her distinctive style was to create complicated bouquets and swags from the careful arrangement of floral printed hexagons and diamonds.She had a great influence over the patchwork being produced in the 1950s and 60s. Her research and work was very important, as it was being produced at a time when the crafts of patchwork and quilting were generally disregarded.
