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Quilt

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1830-1900

GUSN

GUSN-28582

Description

Unfinished quilt top of pieced hexagons; hexagon mosaic florets arranged in field of brown and tan glazed cotton. Machine sewn to blue and white striped and figured calico.

Details

Descriptive Terms

quilts
calico
glazing (coating)
stitching
machine sewing (technique)
printing (process)
rolling up
tin (metal)
checker pattern
floral patterns
geometric patterns
hexagons
mosaics (visual works)
stripes
Needlework
Quilt
Calico
Machine Sewn
Hand Stitched
Tin Glazed
Transfer Printed
Mosaic
Floral
Checked
Striped
Hexagon
Quilt

Pattern

Mosaic

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

26 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone

Accession Number

1918.1645

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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