Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Quilt
Object Number:
1948.59
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 98 x 80 x 1/4 in. ( 248.9 x 203.2 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: in one corner of reverse: "M"
Description:
Pieced cotton quilt with twenty blocks separated by pink sashing, each with wheel motif composed of various brown, red, and green print pieces within a green calico square; pieced border with red calico arrowheads and an eight-pointed star appliquéd in each corner; white backing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Newborg
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
