Lone Star with Nine Patch, Birds in Air and Flying Geese Border Crib Quilt, circa 1840

Artifact

Crib quilt

Date Made

circa 1840

Creators

Unknown

Place of Creation

United States, Pennsylvania 

United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 

Creator Notes

Possibly made in Philadelphia.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2020.42.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Cloth

Technique

Hand sewing

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 45.5 in

Width: 45 in

Inscriptions

inscribed in ink: When Ever the [?] Dearest [?] Think of me. From Mary to Eliza.

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