Collection of Charlene Bongiorno Stephens
Over at the QuiltHistorySouth Facebook page we have been looking at variations of this pattern. It's one of my favorites due to its complexity and the many traditions that seem associated with it.
Cindy Rennels's Inventory
Tradition: You have to have both the block with four fans and the sash with spiky triangles. And then there is the sunburst in the cornerstone.
Ileana Villazon's Inventory
One that follows all the rules
The great thing about Southern quilts is the tradition of innovation within the rules.
Paula Cochrane's collection
Add a floral
Jasper Auction a while ago
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Or add a sunburst to the fan block
Donna Vitale
Or follow your own muse.
You see many with applique in the sashing rather than the spiky triangles.
Bill Volckening's Collection
Cindy Rennels
But never the same appliqued sash twice.
Attributed to M. E. Plonk,
North Carolina project & the Quilt Index
Attributed to Mary Ann Elam Ross
Texas project & the Quilt Index
Julie Silber's Inventory
When we have information about the quiltmaker we find those made before
the 1920's and the pattern's publication have Southern origins.
Mountain Mist published it as New York Beauty and that's the name it's
known by today, although Southerners called it Rocky Mountain,
Rocky Mountain Road, Crown of Thorns or Polk in the White House.
Attributed to Ellen Miller Williams, Monroe County, Kentucky
Texas project & the Quilt Index
A little extra in the sashing
International Quilt Museum Collection
A lot extra in the sashing
Merikay Waldvogel Collection
Susan Fish McCalley Troup County, Georgia
Once in Matt McComber's collection
Pieced roses in the sashing.
A unique vision!
And Brenda sent this one.
Variation within a structure.
Southern style.
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