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Quilt

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1820-1840

GUSN

GUSN-25583

Description

White cotton top with printed cotton bars running the width of the quilt. Print is now a brown background with white roses and yellow grasses and leaves in the background. Wide border is quilted in "Prince's Feather" pattern. Backing is linen-cotton blend.

Details

Descriptive Terms

quilts
cotton (textile)
linen (material)
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

58 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.374

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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