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Crib Quilt

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1900-1950

GUSN

GUSN-2928

Description

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.

Details

Descriptive Terms

quilts
cotton (textile)
quilting
Bedcover
Quilt, Bed
Quilt, Crib
Quilt, Crib

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

India

Dimensions

49 1/4 x 31 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1403

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