A shaped album quilt with a central star of white cotton inscribed "Robert Brown Minister" and "Behold how good and how pleasant it is for bretheren to dwell in unity", each point of the star with a name of a church official, the field with white squares, the edges printed with thistles, a rose and shamrock, each inscribed with different names, possibly parishioners, linked with turkey red oblongs, quilted to design, within a white frame quilted with shells and cables, in each border an appliqué flower head, the petals inscribed in ink with proverbs--86 x 72in. (215 x 180cm.), probably Scottish, 19th century

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A shaped album quilt with a central star of white cotton inscribed "Robert Brown Minister" and "Behold how good and how pleasant it is for bretheren to dwell in unity", each point of the star with a name of a church official, the field with white squares, the edges printed with thistles, a rose and shamrock, each inscribed with different names, possibly parishioners, linked with turkey red oblongs, quilted to design, within a white frame quilted with shells and cables, in each border an appliqué flower head, the petals inscribed in ink with proverbs--86 x 72in. (215 x 180cm.), probably Scottish, 19th century

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