# "Cockscomb, Rose Tree, and Pineapple" Quilt

- By: United States
- Date: c. 1840
- Medium: Cotton, plain weave; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave, printed; backed with cotton, plain weave; quilted
- Classification: Textile
- Dimensions: 218.9 × 195.4 cm (85 1/2 × 76 7/8 in.)
- Culture: United States
- Credit line: Gift of Emma B. Hodge
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/76013)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/3ffe8eeb-82cc-1d4e-ff5b-2d481281e6f4/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The increased availability of less costly fabrics during the early 19th century expanded the appliqué quilt tradition beyond the upper classes, who were the only ones who could previously afford the expensive fabric associated with this type of textile. The popularity of appliquéd quilts started around the 1840s and continued over the next few decades. Although appliquéd quilts often used repeated patterns laid out on a grid pattern, appliqué offered the maker the freedom and ability to create narrative and pictorial images, not easily achieved in pieced quilts often made from remnants of saved fabric.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0