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Comprised of four rows of three blocks; each block of white cotton ground with different floral or geometric appliqued design. Bound edges in red cotton; machine stitched.
album quilts
needlework (visual works)
appliqué (technique)
calico
linen (material)
machine sewing (technique)
quilting
Bedcover
Quilt, Bed
Quilt, Crib
Quilt, Crib
Cross-stitched and ink signatures and stamps on back of blocks: Margaret B. Burnham Abby Gallison Lucy B. Soule Maria F. Cross MEM [cross-stitched] I.W. Morse [stamp] Ann E. Ilsley/Sept.16. 18[5?]4 Emily Nye Hassiah P. Ilsley Abby L. Cloudman Ann [?]
Original To Marrett House (Standish, Me.),
Unknown
39 1/4 (W) (inches)
Bequest of Frances S. Marrett
1959.1350
Maine (United States)
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