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Collection Highlights

Dressing table
1795-1810
INV.14982
Mahogany, mahogany and other inlays, white pine, yellow poplar
Possible Original Owner: Margaret Maria Livingston

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Quilt

Quilt
Title
Quilt
Object name 
Crazy quilt
Date 
1887
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Katherine Schuyler
Medium 
Silk, velvet
Dimensions 
Overall: 78 x 66 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 198.1 x 168.3 x 1.3 cm )
Description 
Embroidered silk crazy quilt; patchwork center composed of large central block surrounded by smaller rectangular blocks centering a moss green silk patch embroidered with the maker's initials (KLS); consisting of velvet, taffeta,