Quilt, “Strip” patttern

Ida Bell Bester, Quilted by Lossie Webb

Pieced about 1975-1980, quilted 1990

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Cup and Saucer, Pennsylvania, ceramic
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Large, hand-sewn rectangular quilt of cotton velvet, cotton and wool, in the Log Cabin pattern comprised of a grid of squares of crushed brown velvet strips and opposing green strips with a single maroon square in the center, with beige edging, the backing in a printed cotton floral fabric in shades of brown and red, repairs have been made throughout with orange and rust-colored velvet and brown cotton.
Large unbleached plain-weave white cotton bedspread or coverlet made up of three vertically oriented panels stitched together and decorated with white candlewick embroidered floral motifs, at the top in large letters the signature and date " Martha R. Richards / 1833," below the signature an urn with flowers and vines at bottom center with flowers filling the central portion of the coverlet and vines snaking along the left and right edges with flowers emanating from them, the two long sides and lower edge finished with a knotted border and fringe of unbleached cotton, the top edge is finished with a border of cotton fringing.