File:Patchwork Quilt Top (USA), 1845 (CH 18475849).jpg
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English: Patchwork Quilt Top (USA), 1845
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English: Patchwork Quilt Top (USA), 1845 |
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English: Small pieces of printed cotton in various colors patched to form a star medallion with scalloped outer edge. Each medallion set in white cotton about eighteen inches square. Twenty-five squares, each five by five inches, joined in a grid of strips of printed cotton, predominantly green. The center of each medallion plain white and several have handwritten inscriptions:
"Our mother / The First to Cherish / The last to desert us. / Wm D. Jones / Frances L. Jones / May 11, 1845."
"Made by Our Mother / Lucy Jones/ for / I.S. and M.P. Jones / 1845 / in her 64th year."
"Our Parents / May the Evening of their / lives be as the morning sun / I.P. and M.E. Jones." |
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| Date | 1845 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | cotton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | H x W: 255 x 250 cm (8 ft. 4 3/8 in. x 8 ft. 2 7/16 in.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1972-28-1 |
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
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