A work made of cotton, plain weave, pieced; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave, printed, embroidered in cotton threads in buttonhole and chain stitches; quilted; backed with cotton, plain weave.

Album Quilt

1857

Made by the ladies of the United Presbyterian Church in West Alexandria, Pennsylvania, for their pastor, Rev. James Chauncey Murch (d. 1879) West Alexander, Pennsylvania, United States

Pennsylvania

Cotton, plain weave, pieced; appliquéd with cotton, plain weave, printed, embroidered in cotton threads in buttonhole and chain stitches; quilted; backed with cotton, plain weave

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