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Patchwork Quilt Fragments

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1800-1820

GUSN

GUSN-2938

Description

Eight quilt squares, each comprised of nine square patches of printed or woven cotton, variously patterned with floral, striped, geometric, plaid and diaper prints in shades of brown, red, green and yellow.

Details

Descriptive Terms

quilts
cotton (textile)
patchwork
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt

Associated Building

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

Additional Identification Number

1991.1428

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 5/8 x 6 5/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1428A-H

Places

Vermont (United States)

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