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Bedcover (Basket Pattern Quilt)

A work made of cotton, plain weave, pieced with cotton, plain weave, printed in small scale design, quilted, batting, backed with cotton, plain weave, basket pattern; handles appliqued with machine stitching.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of cotton, plain weave, pieced with cotton, plain weave, printed in small scale design, quilted, batting, backed with cotton, plain weave, basket pattern; handles appliqued with machine stitching.

Date:

1861

Artist:

Mary Katharine Ashbrook Hill (American, 1843–1927)
United States, Southern Illinois

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Mary Katharine Ashbrook Hill (Maker)

Title

Bedcover (Basket Pattern Quilt)

Place

Southern Illinois (Object made in:)

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Made 1861

Medium

Cotton, plain weave, pieced with cotton, plain weave, printed in small scale design, quilted, batting, backed with cotton, plain weave, basket pattern; handles appliqued with machine stitching

Dimensions

197.8 × 194.4 cm (77 7/8 × 76 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mabel Hill Barton and Elizabeth Barton Ryan

Reference Number

1978.420

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