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Bedcover (Pincushion and Burrs or Square and Swallows Quilt)

c. 1830
Cotton, plain weave, in parts (block?) printed; pieced; backed with cotton, plain weave; quilted and stitched in trapunto technique
209.6 × 257.8 cm (82.5 × 101.5 in)

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