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T-shaped, body divided by five columns of diamonds (four blocks of four pieces) of pieced calicos; divided by zig-zag striped brown and white borders. Edges bound in calico. Overall quilting in chevron pattern; overall color predominately browns.
quilts
chintz
cotton (textile)
linen (material)
piecing
quilting
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt
Snake Fence
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Tinkham, Mary E. Luscombe (Maker)
90 1/2 (W) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.604
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