Quilt, “String Star” pattern

Family of Tessnie Rye

About 1900-1910

Titles Quilt, "String Star" pattern (Descriptive)
Artist Family of, Tessnie Rye, American, Detroit, Marion/Lamar County, Alabama
Medium textiles
Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Helen and Robert Cargo, AFI.87.2009
Object Name quilt
Classification Quilts

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