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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

Welcome to our Online Collections Database! Below you will find a searchable database showcasing images and information regarding tens of thousands of items in our online collection. Search using search terms, key words, object names, or names of historical figures to locate specific items, or, peruse at random to enjoy the breadth of collections available for view.

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Blazing Star Quilt

Object/Artifact

Hand pieced and hand quilted. "Each full star in this red, green, and yellow quilt is made up of 128 diamond-shaped pieces. Fifteen full stars, 11 half-stars and 2 quarter stars add up to an impressive total of 2,688 diamonds. A close examination reveals faint pencil marks made to guide the stitching, done in a running vine pattern." - Elizabeth Davis, "A Stitch in Time: Quilts from the Genesee Country Village & Museum", 2005.

68.216.1

Genesee Country Village and Museum

circa 1860

77 in

90 in

Cotton

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