Country Americana
Description:
Pieced and Appliqued Cotton Album Quilt, 1857, appliques depicting tools, foliate and floral motifs, hearts, and eagle, with small inscription reading "Made by the friends of Laura R. Ackerman in the year 1857," (damage),76 x 76 in.
Provenance: Estate of Arthur F. Goat, South Pomfret, Vermont.
Estimate $200-250
soiling, some losses to appliques
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