Quilt, Appliquéd Wreath and Princess Plumes

According to the family history, two Pennsylvania sisters made quilts in 1849 for their nephews, Jacob Henry and John Emmanuel Hade. Each sister signed her initials and the date on her quilt in fine cross stitches. This exuberant quilt, appliquéd in brilliant red and green, was signed CR and dated 1849. Christiann Rauch combined sixteen traditional floral wreaths of red and green with red rosettes or sunflowers around the edges and a border of an undulating green leafy vine. The white spaces between the wreaths are expertly hand quilted with curving leaves, or princess plumes, and floral wreaths. The two quilts remain together to this day; the sister's tulip appliqué quilt is also in Colonial Williamsburg's collection.
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