Branches and Vines Quilt; ca. 1875; Made in Pekin; Illinois; United States; American; Cotton; silk; and wool; 88 x 86 in. (223.5 x 218.4 cm); Textiles; Ernestine Eberhardt Zaumseil (American; 1828-1904); Working in the later years of the nineteenth century; Ernestine Zaumseil created this extraordinary quilt employing the Tree of Life pattern; a design that has been popular for use on bedcovers since the seventeenth century