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Culture:American
Title:quilt
Date Made:mid 19th century
Type:Bedding
Materials:textile: cotton, linen?
Place Made:United States
Measurements:overall: 90 in x 100 in; 228.6 cm x 254 cm
Accession Number:  HD 69.1221
Credit Line:Transfer from the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, bequest of C. Alice Baker
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Pieced, cotton quilt in a pattern of eight-pointed star with a square center made of plain-weave, printed cotton with two shades of brown in a small repeating pattern on a bleached white ground, edged on four sides with the brown-printed cotton, and with two cutout corners made to fit around bed posts; plain-weave, white cotton backing; and cotton batting. The quilting was done in white cotton or linen in shell, diamond, and four-petal, floral patterns. The quilt is badly stained.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Cotton; Linen

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