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Quilt

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1835-1860

GUSN

GUSN-39685

Description

Central panel of sixteen alternating rows of solid black wool blocks on end, and pieced eight-patch black and red "pin-wheels". Tacked at corners and mid-points along sides with blue wool yarn. Border of pieced black and dark wool; rounded corners at foot. Quilted in squares and diagonal lines.

Details

Descriptive Terms

quilts
stitching
piecing
quilting
tacking
wool (textile)
geometric patterns
Needlework
Quilt
Wool
Tacked
Pieced
Quilted
Hand Stitched
Geometric
Pinwheel
Quilt

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

94.75 (W) (inches)

Accession Number

1938.363

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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