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Catalog Number |
E2226 |
Object Name |
Quilt, Patch Work |
Description |
Virginia Star, 74" x 92", hand applique and pieced, cotton, white/blue/green/orange/pink, hand quilting (7 stitches per inch, double lines/parallel lines/double circles), straight applied binding, cotton batting, cotton backing Pattern: 3774, Brackman Ten eight-pointed star blocks measuring 18" are set on point with red print sashing. There are ten full blocks, eleven halves along the edge, and four corners that are quarter blocks. There are five-petal flowers in the corner of each block. The stars have alternating blue or gold centers, in vertical pathways of each color. The outer rings of the stars alternate from yellow-green to lime. The single border fabric matches the sashing in color, print, and width. |
Date |
c. 1840 |