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Quilt, Album pattern

First Reform Churches of Fishkill and Hopewell

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Red and cream quilt with a bow border. The quilt is square with a cream background. A red border surrounds 20 red-bordered square blocks arranged in 4 rows and 5 columns. The blocks contain a variety of embroidered designs including flowers, leaves, diamonds, and geometric shapes in red, blue, green, and brown on cream fabric. The border has a repeating pattern of red bows on a cream background.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1855–60
Medium:
Cotton
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
599 × 604 px
Museum record:
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