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Object Name
Quilt
Object Number
1974-04-1
Description
Patchwork friendship style crazy quilt, made of 9 16"x16" sqaures of variuos materials, with various floral and butterfly motif embrioderies some appliqued and/or painted, unusual patches include one that is woven with frog climbing a ladder bearing the inscription "Fine Morning Sir." Sewn together with various stitch patterns, backed with pink cotton sateen. Quilt is an irregular shape, the shapes are not perfectly parallel to each other.
Category
Furnishings
Maker
Date Made
ca. 1880
Dimensions
48" x 55"
Materials
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