Emma Merkesell’s Large Hand Appliquéd Tulips Linen Quilt Square, Signed, 19th c. alaskan 8 1/4" x 4" x

8 1/4" x 4" x 5/8" as mounted to wood block via nice bit fat nails

but possibly gouache

In pencil on the back of is a notation of its location: 98 Hawthorne Avenue in Yorkers

it makes quite a handy tray for cocktails

Emma Merkesell’s Large Hand Appliquéd Tulips Linen Quilt Square, Signed, 19th c. alaskan 8 1/4" x 4" xI find this an exceptionally beautiful thing, wonderfully bold and at the same time every bit as tender and expressive as the 19th c school girl drawings I love so much. Sewn onto the linen at lower left is a piece of ruled paper signed by an Emma Merkesell; I have done some searching and the only Merkesell I have found is an Emily Merkesell of Cass; County, Iowa, who married in 1877 it seems possible to me that that Emily could be our Emma, though I