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Easter Quilt
Bertha Meckstroth (American, 1872–1960)
American
1933
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave, pieced and appliqued; quilted
Dimensions
Length x width: 207.6 × 134 cm (81 3/4 × 52 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the Textile & Costume Society, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession Number2017.490
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWhite cotton quilt with yellow pieced cross in the center, scallopped outer border with appliqued gray bats
InscriptionsOn two cloth labels sewn to reverse:
"Bertha A. Meckstroth/Glencoe, Ill./Casa Tranquilla"
Embroidered in backstitch with black thread on reverse:
"1933"
"Bertha A. Meckstroth/Glencoe, Ill./Casa Tranquilla"
Embroidered in backstitch with black thread on reverse:
"1933"
Provenance1933, made by Bertha Amelia Meckstroth (1872-1960) in Glencoe, Illinois (possibly exhibited that same year in the Illinois Host House at the Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago); Before 2015, acquired by Gerald E. Roy of Warner, New Hampshire from a quilt collector in West Townsend, Massachusetts; 2017, sold by Roy to the MFA. (Accession date: April 19, 2017)