Drunkard's Path Quilt

Dateca. 1890

DimensionsOverall: 80 × 68 in. (203.2 × 172.7 cm)

Object numberN0028.2023(06)

Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Ann Mowry Storer.

Label TextThe basic block of Drunkard’s Path is simply a square with a curve cut out and swapped with a curved piece cut from a contrasting square. These blocks are then paired with each other in such a way as to create a twisting or pinwheeling shape. This particular iteration has a number of evocative names that reflect the winding of the pattern and the way that the individual pieces fit together, including but hardly limited to: Wanderer’s Path, Robbing Peter to Pay Paul, Old Maid’s Puzzle, and Pumpkin Vine.

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