HMH Material Culture Collection - Patchwork Quilt - 85.1.4.NM_01

HMH Material Culture Collection - Patchwork Quilt - 85.1.4.NM_01

Patchwork quilt - two quilt tops sewn together. Tufted with white yarn. Hand stitched with white thread. Top is made from 4 1/2" blocks alternating with 9 patch blocks (4 plain patches, 5 patterned), blocks set diagonally, alternating plain and patterned (pattern made up of 23 large and small triangles sewn around a square to form a cross).

Belonged to Edmund E. and Marie (Ellert) Ehlke, made by Marie's grandmother, Ann (Simon) Ehlke around 1915.

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Size: 61 1/2" x 61 1/2"

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