Probably made for a child’s crib, this small rectangular quilt was passed down through the Van Rensselaer family of Albany, New York. One side of the quilt has a bold floral design in two shades of indigo blue on white—this is known as white-ground indigo resist. Due to colonialism and the spread of the British Empire, it is challenging to accurately identify where textiles have been woven and printed.
Similar textiles have been attributed to New York printers; however, some textiles of this type carry a British excise stamp from 1776. Different components to these textiles were often produced by British colonies, such as Bermuda and India.