Emma Merkesell’s Large Hand Appliquéd Tulips Linen Quilt Square, Signed, 19th c. shotglass with minor paint loss

with minor paint loss

The basket measures 9 1/4" wide x 9" deep

Since recently finding a few beautiful old folding rulers

but have learned that sometimes when the leather skin came off a softball

you've got at least a few photos from those awkward years you'd rather no one see

Emma Merkesell’s Large Hand Appliquéd Tulips Linen Quilt Square, Signed, 19th c. shotglass with minor paint lossI 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