This block, from the Reconciliation Quilt, shows a ship sailing into the Brooklyn Naval Yard, with the sails and anchor up and flags flying. Birds and a moth fly above. The original Reconciliation Quilt, by Lucinda Ward Honstain, dated Nov. 18th 1867 is one of the most extraordinary pictorial album quilts known. It depicts events and life of the Union after the Civil War. Photo: International Quilt Museum; Accession Number: 2001.11.0001
This block, from the Reconciliation Quilt, shows a ship sailing into the Brooklyn Naval Yard, with the sails and anchor up and flags flying. Birds and a moth fly above. The original Reconciliation Quilt, by Lucinda Ward Honstain, dated Nov. 18th 1867 is one of the most extraordinary pictorial album quilts known. It depicts events and life of the Union after the Civil War. Photo: International Quilt Museum; Accession Number: 2001.11.0001