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This scriptural quilt was made for Emma Knowles Shepherd of Darby, Pennsylvania by her sister and members of her church.
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A STENCILLED AND PIECED COTTON SIGNATURE QUILT
PENNSYLVANIA, 1843
Worked in multiple squares on a yellow calico ground bearing biblical inked inscriptions and signatures and religious illustrations including one of Saint David's Church in Radnor, Pennsylvania, with a red chintz border--103 x 110in.
PENNSYLVANIA, 1843
Worked in multiple squares on a yellow calico ground bearing biblical inked inscriptions and signatures and religious illustrations including one of Saint David's Church in Radnor, Pennsylvania, with a red chintz border--103 x 110in.