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04-062; Santa, a Child, and a Sleeping Woman

1910-1919
Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs
Silver Gelatin Print c. 1910-1917
Photographer: Unknown
Size: 4.5" x 6.5" on a 8" x 10" mount

Santa Claus pays a visit in this early twentieth century photograph. The Mariner's Compass quilt on the bed is meticulously pieced. This two color quilt is closely hand quilted in a grid pattern and exhibits a Dog's Tooth or Sawtooth edging.

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

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