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02-006; Child, Post Mortem
1860-1869
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Cased Tintype c. 1860
Photographer: Unknown
Size: Fourth Plate (3.125" x 4.125")
Post mortem children are most commonly staged in their bed, on a parlor's chaise lounge, or in the child's wicker carriage. In this tintype image, dark bars of fabric separate the quilt's pieced columns, made up of Four Patch blocks set on-point.
-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
Photographer: Unknown
Size: Fourth Plate (3.125" x 4.125")
Post mortem children are most commonly staged in their bed, on a parlor's chaise lounge, or in the child's wicker carriage. In this tintype image, dark bars of fabric separate the quilt's pieced columns, made up of Four Patch blocks set on-point.
-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
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