Branches and Vines Quilt, Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil, ca. 1875

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Branches and Vines Quilt, ca. 1875, Made in Pekin, Illinois, United States, American, Cotton, silk, and wool, 88 × 86 in. ( × cm), Textiles, Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil (American, 1828–1904), Working in the later years of the nineteenth century, Ernestine Zaumseil created this extraordinary quilt employing the Tree of Life pattern, a design that has been popular for use on bedcovers since the seventeenth century

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Size: 4253px × 4388px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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