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Hexagon Quilt

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1870

GUSN

GUSN-31117

Description

Interlocking hexagons each with black third; "Tumbling Blocks" pattern. Bound edges purple silk.

Details

Descriptive Terms

quilts
brocade (textile)
stitching
machine sewing (technique)
piecing
quilting
silk (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt

Pattern

Mosaic

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

81 3/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Alice Patten and Miss Addie Rice

Accession Number

1926.812

Date

1870 (circa)

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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