Southern Bell

[Stiles/Akin]

https://www.facebook.com/1273536406...353640629214/1704070839624145/?type=3&theater

 

[mofederal]

I have the apron before I think it is a nice piece of patriotic cloth. Other than that it is a curiosity of defiance.

 

[RobertP]

The apron is in the Museum of the Confederacy. Here's what the Encyclopedia Virginia says about it:

What's interesting to me is the 7 star pattern which represented the 7 sisters, those original seceding states. It's a pretty rare design from what I have found and is the same as our old family quilt, always referred to as the Confederate Star, which was made by g-g grandmother in Louisiana during the early part of the war.

 

[donna]

Robert what a beautiful quilt. Thanks for information on the apron.

 

[Bruce Vail]

The woman in the engraving in the OP was a belle of Baltimore. Check the background of the engraving with these contemporary photos of the Battle Monument, on Calvert St. in downtown Baltimore.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

What a treasure that quilt is!