H4568.4
quilt top; Description: patchwork quilt top, both quilts worked by Elsie Preston "Mammy", who died at 89 in 1898 and is buried in Mt. View Cemetery, Oakland
(Inez Brooks-Myers 5/96) Pieced triangles in the center, borders and rectangles around that, larger triangles, then a white calico border with a red border at the outside edge.
Used: bedding | California | African American
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