Four rows of four blocks; within each row alternating pieced blocks of printed children's story scenes; white and black scroll border; plain red cotton blocks; decorative yarn feather stitched together. White cotton binding edges. Illustrations of childhood activities typical of mid-to-late 19th c.
quilts
cotton (textile)
piecing
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt
Printed underneath illustrations: The Drillmaster At Drill Please Remember the Monkey The Young Schoolmistress The Doctor's Visit Tom's Supper Asleep & Awake Music Hath Charms
Unknown
49 1/2 x 44 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Museum Accession
1986.826
Weissman & Lavitt. Labors of Love. [No Publisher].
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