Quilt, Chips and Whetstones or Mariner’s Compass Pattern

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

About 1880-1890

  • Titles Quilt, Chips and Whetstones or Mariner's Compass Pattern (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton
  • Dimensions 75 1/2 × 84 1/4 in. (191.8 × 214 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Helen and Robert Cargo, AFI.67.2006
  • Work Type quilt
  • Classification Quilts

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