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Flying Geese Wallhanging
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| Accession #: | 4269.1 |
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| Title: | Flying Geese Wallhanging |
| Object Type: | Quilt |
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| Physical Description: | This piece is part of an antique quilt, which was remade into a wall hanging. The border is a green print with little white flowers. There are 12 squares with alternating orange-red-white, with blue-red-white patterns. The blue fabric has a pattern of small white hearts. The back of the quilt is cream colored with visible seams and bright green edging. There is a muslin sleeve attached on one side (for hanging). |
| Description: | Dolly Perry, a longtime volunteer at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, made this wall-hanging from a nineteenth-century quilt handed down in her family. Dolly moved to Spokane around 1960 and died in 2009. |
| Category: | Textiles |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Bedding (Furnishing)
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| Dimensions: |
Object L x W 50 x 38 5/16"
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| Materials/Techniques: |
cotton (textile) (Material)
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| Credit Line: | In memory of Dolly Perry. |
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