A PIECED AND APPLIQUED COTTON QUILT TOP, Elva Smith, New York, circa 1896, with appliqued letters comprising the alphabet and the date "1896" on a cream calico ground alternating with blue calico squares framed by a border of appliqued gold stars headed by appliqued letters spelling "Elva Smith" on an identical cream calico ground surrounded by a blue calico border--88 x 79in. | Christie's

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A PIECED AND APPLIQUED COTTON QUILT TOP, Elva Smith, New York, circa 1896, with appliqued letters comprising the alphabet and the date "1896" on a cream calico ground alternating with blue calico squares framed by a border of appliqued gold stars headed by appliqued letters spelling "Elva Smith" on an identical cream calico ground surrounded by a blue calico border--88 x 79in.

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A PIECED AND APPLIQUED COTTON QUILT TOP, Elva Smith, New York, circa 1896, with appliqued letters comprising the alphabet and the date "1896" on a cream calico ground alternating with blue calico squares framed by a border of appliqued gold stars headed by appliqued letters spelling "Elva Smith" on an identical cream calico ground surrounded by a blue calico border--88 x 79in.

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