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Hexagon Quilt

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1855-1875

GUSN

GUSN-49933

Description

Pieced hexagons of various colors and designs in silk with seventeen rows of eleven mosaic six-point stars within hexagon; quilted in hexagon pattern. Bound edges.

Details

Descriptive Terms

quilts
brocade (textile)
quilting
satin
silk (textile)
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt

Pattern

Mosaic

Associated Building

Original To Stetson House,

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

82 x 59 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Marian Stetson

Accession Number

1981.1

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

Related Items

Title Comforter Accession Number 1981.3

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