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Bedcover ("Album Patch" or "Signature" Quilt)

A work made of cotton, various plain weaves; most printed; pieced; quilted; inscribed; backed with cotton, plain weave; pieced; printed; edged with cotton, plain weave; printed.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of cotton, various plain weaves; most printed; pieced; quilted; inscribed; backed with cotton, plain weave; pieced; printed; edged with cotton, plain weave; printed.

Date:

1847/48

Artist:

United States, Pennsylvania, Berks, Lebanon and Montgomery County

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Bedcover ("Album Patch" or "Signature" Quilt)

Place

United States (Object made in)

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Made 1847–1848

Medium

Cotton, various plain weaves; most printed; pieced; quilted; inscribed; backed with cotton, plain weave; pieced; printed; edged with cotton, plain weave; printed

Dimensions

261.6 × 224.5 cm (103 × 88 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Donald Young and Shirley Weese Young

Reference Number

2009.1016

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