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Catalog Number

1937.019.001

Object Name

Block, Quilt

Source

Almah L. Ford

Date

circa 1890

Place of Origin

USA, Indiana, New Harmony

Description

Quilt block. Hand pieced. Triangular and parallelogram shaped pieces. Some are white but many are red and brown print fabric pieces. No identifying marks.

Provenance

Old display card "QUILT BLOCK Made by Mrs. Josephine Walz Ford in the 1890s. Presented by Miss Almah L. Ford March 13, 1937"

Slip of paper with it reads
"QUILT BLOCK
Made by Mrs. Josephine Walz Ford in 1890
Presented by: Miss Almah. L. Ford - March 1937"

Dimensions

H-30.5 W-30.5 inches

Made

Josephine Walz Ford

Material

Cloth

Owned