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02-030; Portrait of a Girl
1870-1879
Janet Finley Historic Quilt Photo Collection; Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Sleeved Tintype c. 1875-1880
Photographer: Unknown
Size: Sixth Plate (2.625" x 3.25")
A young girl is sitting in front of an elaborately pieced quilt used as a backdrop in lieu of a studio photographer's painted backdrop. The quilt appears to be chintz fabric squares set on-point with an intricately pieced sashing conisting of half-square triangles. Her bow (or lappet) is hand colored pink.
-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
Photographer: Unknown
Size: Sixth Plate (2.625" x 3.25")
A young girl is sitting in front of an elaborately pieced quilt used as a backdrop in lieu of a studio photographer's painted backdrop. The quilt appears to be chintz fabric squares set on-point with an intricately pieced sashing conisting of half-square triangles. Her bow (or lappet) is hand colored pink.
-- With permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).
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Collection
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt Hi...
Finley, Janet E.
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Ephemera
Quilts Used as Backdrops in Old Photog...
Mahan, Vista Anne
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