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Quilt

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1800-1825

GUSN

GUSN-48314

Description

Body of alternating rows of nine-patch diamonds with eight-pointed star within; points of white; body and interspaces of brown and white cotton; solid white diamonds; sawtooth border. Quilted in tiny grid pattern.

Details

Descriptive Terms

quilts
calico
quilting
Needlework
Quilt
Quilt

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

35 1/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Polly Hitchcock

Accession Number

1970.278

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