Central Medallion Quilt with "Yankee Puzzle" or "Hour Glass" Borders
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- Object
- Central Medallion Quilt with "Yankee Puzzle" or "Hour Glass" Borders
- Artist
- Mary Jones (American, active late 18th/early 19th century) New England or mid-Atlantic, United States
- Date
- Central medallion embroidered 1795; pieced and quilted about 1750-1810
- Department
- Textiles
- Material family
- silk
- wool
- cotton_linen
- metal
- On view
- false