About This Artwork

Made by the ladies of the United Presbyterian Church in West Alexandria, Pennsylvania, for their pastor, Rev. James Chauncey Murch
United States, Pennsylvania, West Alexander

Bedcover (Album Quilt), 1857

Cotton, plain weave, pieced; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave, printed, embroidered in cotton threads in buttonhole and chain stitches; quilted; backed with cotton, plain weave
262.8 x 261.8 cm (103 1/2 x 103 1/8 in.)
Gift from Frank D. Loomis, 1959.336