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United States, Illinois, La Salle County

Bedcover in a Pattern Known as "Log Cabin", Late 1880s

Wool and cotton, pieced; plain weaves; plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; printed; plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; plain weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; edged and backed with cotton, satin weave
221 x 169.6 cm (87 x 66 3/4 in.)
Squares (approx.): 17.5 cm (7 in.)
Gift of Gerald W. Adelmann in memory of Lois Reed Adelmann, 1989.528.3