Star pattern cotton quilt

Titles: Star pattern cotton quilt (Supplied title)

Description: Star pattern cotton pieced quilt. Large central eight-pointed star made of diamond shaped cotton prints. Pieced eight-pointed stars in the spaces around the central star. Inner border of diamonds with stars at the corners. Middle border of eight-pointed stars. Chintz outer border with edge folded over to back. Hand pieced and hand quilted. Elaborately quilted flower motifs, parallel lines and outline quilting.

Dates

• Approximately 1830 - Approximately 1850 (Creation)

Creation

• made by: Jewell, Elizabeth Cookendorfer
• owned/used by: Jewell, Elizabeth Cookendorfer

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 2641.B

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 94 inch length
• 94 inch width

Subjects

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