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Log Cabin quilt top in pattern variation known as Light and Dark. This unfinished quilt was made using the foundation method, with narrow silk strips basted to a cotton foundation. The quilt maker was Elvira Cady Farrell (1810-1891), the donor's grandmother.
Creator: Farrell, Elvira Cady
Date: between 1875 and 1899
Item Number: 220859
Call Number: 1954.26.0
KSHS Identifier: 1954.26.0
Collections - Museum
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Date - 1890s
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Hobbies - Quilting
Objects and Artifacts - Furnishings - Bedding - Quilt - top
Places - Other States - Iowa
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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