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Crib or cradle quilt

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1880-1900

GUSN

GUSN-54089

Description

Small pale blue and white patchwork quilt. Patchwork design of alternating white cotton blocks and diamonds; fine pale blue/green floral calico; white ground. Border of alternating rectangles and triangles. Edges bound in floral calico.

Details

Descriptive Terms

quilts
calico
stitching
machine sewing (technique)
piecing
quilting
printing (process)
rolling up
childhood
floral patterns
Children's furnishing
Calico
Machine Sewn
Hand Stitched
Quilted
Pieced
Transfer Printed
Childhood
Floral
Quilt

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

30 1/2 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Laura R. Little

Accession Number

1945.412

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