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1825 - 1850 "LeMoyne Star" Pieced Table Cover
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This small mat or table cover is made with sixteen 6-inch LeMoyne Star blocks pieced entirely of printed cottons. A 5 ¼-inch printed cotton border frames the pieced stars. There is no filling. It is lined with printed cotton and bound with ¾-inch straight strip of the same printed fabric used for the border, whipped to both front and lining. This pieced square utilizes the popular star motif and quilting to provide a decorative item for the mid-nineteenth century home.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit line1825 - 1850 "LeMoyne Star" Pieced Table Cover. 1825-1850. unknown. National Museum of American History, Gift of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. CC0.
