Originally Posted by LeslieFrost
That is a puzzler! Two thoughts:
The bed sat against the wall -- the right side of the quilt from looking at the pic. But they liked to have their pillows under the quilt during the day, so the quiltmaker made the top wider, so that it would approximately hand down the same amount on the side toward the room, even with the pillows underneath.
This is a pretty reasonable idea and might be just what was planned. A good guess anyway.
John