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Comprised of pieced diamond blocks; crosses and center block; signatures. Pink on white shirting for sashing gridwork. Triangle borders; edge bound in pink on white sashing. Quilted in diamond pattern.
friendship quilts
calico
chintz
piecing
quilting
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt
In ink in squares center: [list of twenty-five autographed names in file]
Snowflake
Unknown
73 1/2 x 75 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Estate of Florence Evans Bushee
1976.407
Brackman, B.. Clues in the Calico. [No Publisher].
Massachusetts (United States)
Title Album quilt Accession Number 1926.206
Title Friendship quilt Accession Number 1927.2441
Title Friendship quilt Accession Number 1927.2441
Title Album quilt Accession Number 1968.6
Title Quilt Accession Number 1976.409
Title Signature quilt Accession Number B2717
Title Friendship quilt Accession Number B3037
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