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"Crazy quilt," multi-colored, gold plush border, two commemorative ribbons sewn in. Various embroidery. Red wool lining on back.
crazy quilts
cotton (textile)
embroidering
hand sewing
plush
silk (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
wool (textile)
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt
Sewn in center: ""National Silver Convention/ Arapahoe County/ Denver/ 1885"" Sewn in center: ""Arapahoe County Delegate"" Embroidered in corner: ""WHS""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
National Silver Convention (1885)
Unknown
44 x 33 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.1874
Colorado (United States)
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