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02-016; Toddler in a Carriage

1860-1869
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Carte De Visite (CDV) c. 1864-1871
Photographer: Unknown
Size: 2.5" x 4"

This Civil War era toddler is poswed in a two-wheeled carriage with its handle in front, so mother and baby are facing. Draped in the carriage is an unusual patchwork spread that has a bold checkered design of contrasting squares. The pointed edges are accented with atached yarn tassels.

-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).

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