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Friendship or signature quilt. Various cotton prints pieced and outline quilted in "Ohio Star" pattern. Central block contains ink inscription from various women who contributed squares. Dated 1845 and 1846. White linen backing and bound edges.
friendship quilts
cotton (textile)
linen (material)
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
94 5/8 x 95 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.473
Massachusetts (United States)
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