MOURNING QUILT........

GRAVEYARD:

 

After finding this quilt online I decided it definitely

fit into the catagory of mourning art.

It's "title" is Graveyard, it's maker unknown.

 Made sometime between the years of 1950 to 1975, 

 it could be classified as an eight pointed star pattern.

Done in shades of brown, beige, and black,

 it is surrounded by a border that is done to look like a picket fence,

with coffins along the inside. 

 

 

 

The large center piece is a cemetery with coffins.

There is a path thru the pattern that leads into the cemetery.

I can't tell what the first item is at the head of the path, I am guessing it is

possibly an urn?

I counted over 20 coffins , at least some of them have names on them.

Again, these photos make it hard to tell for sure.

It also looks like it was made in such a way

that more coffins could be added at a later date. 

 

 

this quilt is in a private collection

in the USA.

 

 

 

Edited to add another much clearer photo I just came across

of this wonderful quilt: