DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada
Twenty Five Block Star with Sashing Quilt
NameQuilt
CultureAmish
Dateca. 1930
Place madeLancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
MediumCotton
DimensionsOverall: 83 1/4 x 84 7/16 in. (211.5 x 214.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Stuart and Cindy Hodosh
Object numberA.2010.82.6
DescriptionLarge polished cotton quilt with 25 large squares of light greenish gold and red stars 8-pointed pieced of small plain or diagonally split blocks. The stars are bordered by wide purple rectangular strips quilted with long, rounded bow-tie-like quilting in each block. These have square red blocks at each end. The backing is purple.
ca. 1930
ca. 1935
ca. 1945
1928 - 1935
