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Quilt

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1800-1840

GUSN

GUSN-49697

Description

White; corded and stuffed work; central tree- of-life on mound with handled urns; flowering plants in bottom corners and cornucopias and pots of plants along sides. Border of two seven-cord lines framing corded lunettes and chevrons.

Details

Descriptive Terms

quilts
cotton (textile)
quilting
trapunto
whitework
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt

Inscription

Typed ink on label at back corner: Mrs. Frances G. Lee/The Rocks Cottage/Littleton, N.H./Quilt No.9

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

87 1/2 x 70 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder, Jr.

Accession Number

1980.39

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