Charlotte Jane Whitehill (American), Indiana Wreath, 1930. Hand-appliquéd and hand-quilted; stuffed and embroidered cotton. Neusteter Textile Collection at the Denver Art Museum: Gift of Charlotte Jane Whitehill, 1955.56.

length: 90 in, 228.6000 cm; width: 90.5 in, 229.8700 cm

C J W / Indian Wreath 1930. / 1210 yds. thread in quilting

Avenir Institute of Textile Arts and Fashion

Textile Arts and Fashion-American

Named one of the one hundred best quilts of the twentieth century, Indiana Wreath was only Whitehill’s second applique quilt. Like several other Emporia quilters, Whitehall based her quilt on one made in 1858 by Elizabeth J. Hart that she saw in Marie Webster's influential 1915 book, Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them.

Gifted May 1955 by the artist Charlotte Jane Cline Whitehill [Denver, CO, 1866-1964] to Denver Art Museum

• "Preserving Patterns: The Quilts of Charlotte Jane Whitehill," June 30 - December 9, 2001 (DAM)