MARYLAND AND OTHER AMERICAN PIECED QUILT AND COMFORTS, LOT OF THREE, hand-stitched, comprising a Maryland crazy quilt-type comfort with various fabrics including silks and velvet, polychrome embroidery stitching, back-over-front binding, two-paneled print fabric backing; an American crazy quilt-type tied comfort with various solid color fabrics, polychrome embroidery stitching, front-over-back binding, one panel velveteen backing; and an American, possibly Pennsylvania, Amish quilt in black, navy blue, and maroon solid fabric, leaf motif quilting in black thread, applied binding, one panel backing. Late 19th/20th century. Maryland comfort 12" x 16".
Published: Maryland comfort in Lakin - Folk Art For Children: Handmade in America 1760-1940, p. 188, fig. F3.15.
Provenance: The Eleanor V. Lakin Collection, Boonsboro, MD.
Maryland comfort: From Wolfsville, Frederick Co., MD.

Maryland comfort in good to very good overall condition, top with some light toning and light fading, some fabrics with minor to moderate shattering, backing with a few spots and stains; tied comfort in fair to good overall condition, top with overall light toning, some fading, scattered shattering and losses, backing with overall toning and a few stains; Amish quilt in excellent overall condition.