Gray silk quilt with a gray and white design on both sides. Knotted with red, blue and yellow yarn. The edges are bound in red. There is a fold line that runs across the center of the quilt.
quilts
silk (textile)
Quilt
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P062
Probably Duncan, Caroline, 1800-1893 (Sewer (textile worker))
3/16 x 41 6/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.485
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