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piece appears to have been meant for the middle of a bed- 

 quilt, but was never finished. 



Another quilt of early nineteenth-century work has 

 bands of the favourite honeycomb pattern ; the little pieces 





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Part of a Patchwork Quilt — Early Nineteenth Century 



are 1-i- inches across from point to point, with plain bands 

 between. The outer, left-hand band is purple ; the one to 

 the right a pleasant combination of a deep buff or pale 

 brown ground with the deepest markings of a dark chocolate 



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