Surely Not Another Project

So there I was, unable to put down the picture of the 1851-1852 Mary Brown appliqué quilt.  How irresistibly complex, original, and antique.  Love the blocks in the outermost border.  Love the next border in.  Love the center.  

I drafted the 102" square proportions of the quilt in EQ, madly making notes.  On a paper plate.

  102" square is too big for a quilt for me.  I drafted the quilt proportions for 76" square.  Drafted the six motifs in the left inner border.  Traced onto fabric.  Absolutely loving it.

Nice overall size.  Too hard (for me) to appliqué.  Well, then, I will paint it. 

You have to wonder at the start of projects like this if you will ever actually finish it.  After all, there are those other 200 UFOs in the closet :-).


Does anybody know this quilt's current location?  It sold at Christie's in 1991 for $49,500.