India-print cotton crib quilt, double-sided, the top with elaborate, Persian-style foliate/floral print in deep red and pale blue on natural ground with intricate border print; quilted; the reverse with pieced pale blue paw-print-like design, edged wtih dark blue, which gives edge also to other side.
quilts
cotton (textile)
quilting
Bedcover
Quilt, Bed
Quilt, Crib
Quilt, Crib
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
India
49 1/4 x 31 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1403
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