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An "Eagle" appliqué quilt worked in butterscotch coloured cotton against an ivory cotton ground with a central eagle holding a floral branch in its beak, with thirteen stars arched around the top, framed with floral vases and strapwork, the border with swagged drapery, reversing to butterscotch coloured cotton, quilted to design within a diaper field, embroidered "'63" on the reverse of one corner--80 x 96in. (200 x 240cm.), circa 1863, American, slight wear See Illustration