Antique pieced cotton quilt in the “Streak of Lightning” pattern leveraging the contrast of black ground floral prints against a range of more lightly-colored stripes in pink, tan, and blue. Backing fabric is printed with stylized tan florals amid a darker blue-gray ground.
Diagonal zigzag piecing across the full field, hand-quilted in a diamond grid.
Frankfort, NY
Circa 1880s-1890s