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Pieced Quilt

Quiltmaker (American, 1812 - 1887)
Date1860
MediumHand-stitched plain-woven cotton; ink
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width): 84 3/4 x 88 1/2in. (215.3 x 224.8cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Charlotte Underwood-Miller
DescriptionPieced quilt in a Feathered Star variation pattern. The quilt consists of a pieced top of plain-woven cotton, batting, and a white plain-woven cotton backing; the three layers are joined with a hand-stitched quilting pattern. The colored cotton fabric that forms the pattern is printed with pink and light brown flowers on a field of dark brown. Each block consists of an eight-pointed star with jagged edges. The feathered star blocks are separated by white blocks each with a quilted floral pattern. The quilt has twill-woven tape binding at each edge.

Condition: The quilt has scattered brown spots on the top and backing. There are scattered holes in the backing.
Object number2002.68.0
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Not on view
Reverend Charles Backus McLean
October 1850
Museum purchase, 1982.97.3, Connecicut Historical Society, Copyright Not Determined
Susan Melissa Lewis
1880s
Museum purchase, 1982.97.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Susan Melissa Lewis
1860-1880
Signature Quilt
Ladies of Moosup and Central Village
1876
Gift of Helen E. Royce, 1959.32.4, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Lucy Atwater
1860-1880
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Lucy Atwater
1859
Ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Society of Voluntown, Connecticut
1848
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Ellen M. Hills
about 1860
Pieced Quilt
Sylvia Jacobs
about 1850
Pieced Quilt
Edith Chase
1890-1910
Gift of Virgil Barker, 1947.12.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
Nelson Barker
1850-1860