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Album Quilt

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1850-1865

GUSN

GUSN-47496

Description

No description

Details

Descriptive Terms

album quilts
appliqué (technique)
stitching
back stitches
calico
cotton (textile)
embroidering
piecing
printing (process)
rolling up
textiles
albums
home (concept)
stripes
checker pattern
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt

Inscription

Ink on several blocks: [see attachment to worksheet for names on quilt]

Maker

Sawyer, Sophia Blake (Maker)

Location of Origin

Winthrop/York, ME, USA

Dimensions

76.5 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Lola B. Tomlinson

Accession Number

1968.6

Reference Notes

Anonymous. By a Fine Hand. [No Publisher].

Places

Maine (United States)

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