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"Crazy quilt." Green brocade border, 1 1/2" thick. Top side-- assorted pieces of various size and shape arranged to form diamond pattern. Yellow and red thread sewn in design around diamonds and at edge border. Bottom side-- assorted pieces square in shape and 2" in size arranged symmetrically. Materials primarily silk/satins and velvet.
crazy quilts
hand sewing
satin
silk (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
57 1/4 x 51 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.305
Maine (United States)
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