History
The maker is unknown but it is thought the quilts were made in Arkansas USA. They were owned by Mr and Mrs Homer DeFriest and now by their daughter-in-law. Both quilts are still used and each is kept at the foot of the twin bed in the owner's home. The quilts were given to the present owner and her husband in 1955 and went with them to the various countries in which James Ellis DeFriest has worked: Kenya, Sierra Leone, New Zealand, Ghana and Australia.
Description
One of a pair for twin beds. Frame quilt entirely in rectangles of squares radiating from small central rectangle. Alternating rows of plain and patterned cottons. All squares are on edge. Padding is cotton and backing is plain white muslin.
2220 x 1540mm