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Additional Artworks

From San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

  1. Miniature Baltimore Album Quilt by Claire Moses, Image 1.

    Claire Moses

    Miniature Baltimore Album Quilt, 1989

    Cotton

    37 x 36 in (93.98 x 91.44 cm)

  2. Gather Ye Rosebuds Quilt by Claire Moses, Image 1.

    Claire Moses

    Gather Ye Rosebuds Quilt, 1988

    Cotton

    96.5 x 82.5 in (245.11 x 209.55 cm)

  3. Log Chain Quilt by Unknown Artist, Image 1.

    Unknown Artist

    Log Chain Quilt, c. 1940

    Cotton

    91 x 72 in (231.14 x 182.88 cm)

  4. Cigarette Premium Wall Hanging by Mary Lawson Carlisle, Image 1.

    Mary Lawson Carlisle

    Cigarette Premium Wall Hanging, c. 1910

    Silk, cotton

    24.5 x 20 in (62.23 x 50.8 cm)

  5. Feathered Star Quilt by Elizabeth Wells, Image 1.

    Elizabeth Wells

    Feathered Star Quilt, c. 1910

    Cotton

    80 x 65.5 in (203.2 x 166.37 cm)

  6. David’s Star Quilt by Unknown Artist, Image 2.

    Unknown Artist

    David’s Star Quilt, c. 1900

    Wool, cotton

    79 x 79 in (200.66 x 200.66 cm)

  7. Tulip Quilt by Great Grandma Light, Image 1.

    Great Grandma Light

    Tulip Quilt, c. 1890

    Cotton

    80 x 79 in (203.2 x 200.66 cm)

  8. Star Variation Quilt by Unknown Artist, Image 1.

    Unknown Artist

    Star Variation Quilt, c. 1890

    Cotton

    80 x 63.5 in (203.2 x 161.29 cm)

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About the artist

Ella Mae White

(1898-1992) Born in Arkansas, the oldest of 10 children, she learned to quilt from her mother. Her family moved to California in the early 1920’s and settled in a rural community north of Las Angeles. It was their family tradition to make and present a handmade silk patchwork quilt to girls about to be married. She pieced at least 20 over the years and quilted them with her two sisters.