A PIECED COTTON COVERLET

AMERICAN, CIRCA 1918

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A PIECED COTTON COVERLET
american, circa 1918
Worked in various solid cottons on a white ground in forty-nine squares each depicting symbols of WWI army divisions, headed by inscription "DISTINCTIVE. INSIGNIA. OF THE AMERICAN.EXPEDITIONARY.FORCES" and "WORLD. WAR. BETWEEN.FRANCE.AND. GERMANY/AND U.S.A./FROM JULY 28. 1914 to MAY 29. 1918:" centering an American flag, enclosed by a pink binding, with a pink silk backing
79½ x 66½in.