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Divided into diamonds by 2" wide grey silk grid. Diamond blocks of different plain, woven and print silks; alternating rows of squares within squares and pinwheels within squares. Edges bound in blue silk. Overall quilting pattern vines, undulating feather vines, squares, chevrons, etc.
quilts
brocade (textile)
damask
piecing
quilting
silk (textile)
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt
On label: Circle 5/Flanders
Used At Marrett House (Standish, Me.),
Buttrick, Hepsebah, 1790 C (Maker)
MA, USA
87 1/4 x 72 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of George Stevens
1979.66
Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Maine (United States)
Probably
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