Nine-patch pattern quilt owned by the Russell family of Lyles Station

Marguerite Russell Johnson, American, born 1917 American Lorene Estell Russell Goins American Katie Mariah Hardiman American Edgar Russell

1930

Medium: cotton
Genre: Textiles
Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Textiles

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rural lifecommunitiestextilesDomestic lifeFamilydesign

About

Quilt from Lyle Station, Indiana, owned by the Russell family. The off-white quilt has blue diamonds in a nine-patch pattern. The pattern extends from selvage edge to selvage edge. The quilt is faded with small stains. There is no pattern on the reverse. The quilt was pieced by Katie Russell and hand quilted by her daughter, Marguerite Russell Johnson.