Ike's Choice quilt

Quilt, “Ike’s Choice” pattern

Virgie Hunter and her mother, Mrs. Ina Storey

1957

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Seven Sisters
Tall wine glass with a burgundy-colored bowl, the exterior of which is covered with speckled gradations of violet that is darkest at the bottom of the bowl, the long stem carries the burgundy glass from the bowl inside it at the top in the form of a small tornado-like shape, the stem then a slightly translucent, but white glass that merges into an applied flower-like form that opens up to envelope the stem, the flower-like element of deep reddish-purple glass and with spiraling purple and white threads, the bottom of the stem is likewise slightly opaque, the round foot of clear glass.
Vase with slight shoulder and fat, short raised rim. Multiple glazes consisting of purple, green, rose, and ochre hues give a mottled or marbleized appearance.
Very opulent crazy quilt of silk, velvet and satin, in the center a large burgundy-colored square with a bouquet of silk embroidered flowers framed by four fans of fabric and embroidery, most of the patches are heavily embroidered, some are painted, a wide satin border embroidered with a strawberry vine, with a faded ribbon with "Grand Commandery State of Iowa" and dated 1883.