"Crazy quilt" body comprised of seven rows of six blocks of geometric and patchwork designs of plain, printed pattern silk and velvet. Blocks separated by yellow feather stitch. Border of black silk; two lines of colored feather stitch.
crazy quilts
brocade (textile)
damask
embroidering
silk (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt
Stitched stem(?) at top: Finished/1889 [initials] Hibbard [M? JMT?] Also printed: F.C.L. &
Crazy
Hibbard Family (Maker)
West Roxbury, MA, USA
67 x 58 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Elizabeth S. Helfman
1969.198
Massachusetts (United States)
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