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Whole cloth quilt

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1815-1860

GUSN

GUSN-46325

Description

Top of two pieces of woven striped wool and cotton; alternating rows of black and white and blue and reddish-orange. Back same, but of blue and white stripes on reddish-orange ground. Diamond quilting pattern.

Details

Descriptive Terms

quilts
cotton (textile)
stitching
quilting
wholecloth quilts
wool (textile)
geometric patterns
stripes
Needlework
Quilt
Cloth
Wool
Cotton
Quilted
Hand Stitched
Geometric
Stripe
Quilt

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

70 (W) (inches)

Accession Number

1960.78

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