Diamond Star Top
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- Maker:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1880 - 1889
Red, blue and white pieced-over-papers top. It is made from Turkey red and shirting fabrics and the design is one of six-pointed stars. It was made by a woman in an isolated adn therefore self-sufficient Northamptonshire community. The fabrics were precious and were kept for further use - offcuts from shirts were made into coverlets for children's beds and those from bright cotton dresses were made into quilts for the big beds.
194cm x 245cm
