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"Crazy quilt" spread roughly divided into four rows of four large blocks. Overall patchwork of different shapes; centralized motif in each block. Edge bound in velvet. Tacked.
crazy quilts
piecing
satin
silk (textile)
tacking
velvet (fabric weave)
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt
Ink on label back left corner: Mrs. M.J. Morse:/Winter of 1891./Winchester./Aged 75 Years/Mass.
Morse, M. J., Mrs. (Maker)
74 1/4 (W) (inches)
Gift of Emma Belle Huse
1930.864
Massachusetts (United States)
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