Crafted by Grace Snyder, who lived in Nebraska and died in 1982 at the age of 100, this work is one of the best-known American quilts. By piecing together some 87,000 tiny triangles, Snyder created the illusion of needlepoint on a pieced quilt. She adapted the pattern from a porcelain design produced by a china company in Ohio.

Longing for leaves, posted earlier: