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1870-1890
GUSN-310865
Framed "crazy quilt" fragment with ribbons. Composed of multicolored strips of fabric stitched together with colored thread. One long upper fragment depicts a chair with a Holy Bible on the seat, bars of musical notation and a poem underneath. A lower fragment depicts Queen Victoria framed by flowers.
crazy quilts
cloth
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt
"International Exhibition 1862" (Printed on ribbon sewn into quilt)
1299.159
Unknown
26 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Joan Pearson Watkins Trust
2015.62.159
United States
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