1st item: Southern Pine Burr pieced cotton quilt, overall tan background highlighting mourning prints, stars, claret, indigo, white and blue prints, and pinks. The backing is a striped light brown fabric matching the tan-white fabric between the stars. Hand-quilted and hand-pieced in white cotton thread with a very thin cotton batting. Pieces are done by hand but joined by machine. 63 in. x 70 in. Circa 1890. 2nd item: Crazy-style utility quilt consisting of worsted wool suiting fabrics and velvets, hand-pieced and hand-quilted. The backing is a grey-white lightweight flannel and is folded to the front for binding by machine. Blocks are sewn to a white cotton foundation. 70 in. x 81 in. Circa 1920s. Note: According to oral history, these quilts were made by the consignor's great-grandmother, Alice Spicer Holbrook Brown, who resided in Wilkes County, NC.

1st item: Well-washed, minor damage to the fabric, primarily to the red fabric. Note, the edge has been reinforced along all four edges with a two-inch wide hem tape applied by machine. 2nd item: Some fabric loss in the wool; some color bleeding from the red wool and navy fabrics. Bleeding is visible to the backside.

The Collection of Dr. James and Rebecca Whicker, Knoxville, TN.