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Rectangular form comprised of a field of contrasting small squares enclosing larger "Byzantine Cross" form patches. The patches of "Bird & Flower" (Peafowl) printed Chintz in blue and rose and a tiny diaper print in rose and white, is backed with a flower patterned diaper print in green cotton and is bound with a floral patterned cotton print in red. Overall, it is quilted in a diamond pattern.
quilts
cotton (textile)
patchwork
printing (process)
quilting
Bedcover
Quilt, Bed
Quilt, Crib
Quilt, Crib
Byzantine Cross
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
191.1440
Unknown
38 x 28 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1400
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