Hexagons Top with Appliqué Border

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Maker:
UNKNOWN
Date:
1820 - 1840

Hexagons patchwork top made from printed dress and furnishing cottons, arranged in rosettes surrounded by plain white cotton hexagons. Around the edge an appliqué border has been added, which has swags/curves of printed cotton fabric.

Hexagons Top with Appliqué Border