Wholecloth quilt

Construction
The printed fabric may date from about 1830. It is said that this quilt was made from four-poster bed hangings. It may also have been part of a matching set of curtains and bedcover. Although decorative, the quilt would have been made relatively quickly and easily; the quilting pattern consists only of widely spaced crossed lines that form squares, approximately 5 cm (2").

History
Mary Symonds (1775-1867) and four succeeding generations of her family used this quilt.