Eight rows of eight blocks. Blocks made of various solid and figured silks, velvet. Framed by brown strip. Edges bound in alternating strips of silks.
log cabin quilts
damask
moiré
silk (textile)
tacking
velvet (fabric weave)
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt
Ink along edge and back: A Fair [ ]/A Comediella one Act/Lady Clara S [ ] Nellie Thompson/Mrs Celia Grennil Eliz. Taylor/Scene Lady []ara's Boudoir/May 12 1881 [date on angle]
Log Cabin
Unknown
73 1/2 (W) (inches)
Estate of Miss Una Dunbar
1933.709
Title Quilt Accession Number 1933.708
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