Feather Crown with Ragged Robin in Center quilt block, Carrie A. Hall

Artwork Overview

1866–1955
Feather Crown with Ragged Robin in Center quilt block, circa 1930
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: cotton; appliqué
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): Original size 445 x 445 mm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 17 1/2 x 17 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 22 x 22 in
Credit line: Gift of Carrie A. Hall
Accession number: 1938.0712
Not on display

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Archive Label 2003:
This is a 19th-century, traditional pattern. Hall’s specific source was a quilt by Madge Farquhar Holstein. The pattern also appears in Ruth Finley’s book Old Patchwork Quilts and the Women Who Made Them (1929).

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