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Quilt
Quilt
Quilt
Status
Not on view
Date1800-1830
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 109 1/2 in. × 104 1/4 in. (278.13 cm × 264.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alice Harrison Smith Warwick,1966
Object numberH-2484
DescriptionQuilt top constructed of polychrome block-printed linens and cottons with penciling, on white ribbed cotton ground; white cotton backing; cotton netted fringe on three sides. Appliqued with buttonhole stitches in white cotton thread. Quilted in shell, scroll, and diamond patterns in white cotton thread, 18 stitches to the inch.
Published ReferencesGloria Seaman Allen, First Flowerings: Early Virginia Quilts, (Washington D.C: DAR Museum, 1987), 22.
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