Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland
The Album style spreads to the Eastern Shore
Maryland’s rural Eastern Shore produced fewer album quilts than other parts of Maryland. This one’s bold motifs, many stylized almost to the point of abstraction, reinforce the grandeur of their Baltimore cousins by their simplicity. The quiltmaker probably had seen high-style Baltimore albums but made a quirky “country” version of some of the standard big-city squares.
The maker of this quilt is unknown, beyond her residence in Berlin in Worcester County.
Solid cottons, embroidery, cotton stuffing and filling, cotton backing
This Eastern Shore quiltmaker chose solid cottons to execute her design, but not because they were the only fabrics available to her. Printed calicoes, many probably from Maryland cotton factories, were surely available at local shops.
