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Red and blue cotton quilt made in Bear's Paw pattern. The maker was Mary Alice Koger Nye and the quilt was used in her family's household in Belle Plaine, Kansas. Fabrics in the pieced blocks came from dresses worn by Nye and her daughters before World War I, while fabric for the plain red blocks and blue/white pinstriped backing were purchased after the war. Batting appears to be a thin cotton sheet or blanket. Blocks are hand-pieced, and top was assembled by machine. Hand-quilted in diagonal lines.
Creator: Nye, Mary Alice Koger
Date: between 1890 and 1925
Item Number: 224271
KSHS Identifier: 1973.152.24
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Decorative arts - Quilting
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Date - 1920s
Home and Family - Daily life - Housework - Quilting
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure - Hobbies - Quilting
Objects and Artifacts - Furnishings - Bedding - Quilt
Places - Cities and towns - Belle Plaine
Places - Counties - Sumner
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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