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African American 'housetop' Antique Quilt

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African American 'housetop' Antique Quilt

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Title: AFRICAN AMERICAN 'HOUSETOP' ANTIQUE QUILT

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Origin: Louisiana

Material: cotton

Dimension: 64" x 78"

Provenance/Additional Info: The close up shows the construction with two little "hearth" squares abutting which makes the visual different from a traditional log cabin configuration. Quilting is arcs of stitching parallel across the body of the quilt, a traditional southern way of quilting, visible in one of the closeups. Bordered with narrow blue and wider yellow cotton echoing the interior, with the flourish of a patterned narrow fold over binding as the finish

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