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Puss in the Corner Quilt
Dateca. 1860
MediumCotton
DimensionsOverall: 85 × 85 in. (215.9 × 215.9 cm)
Object numberN0028.2023(03)
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Ann Mowry Storer.
Label TextThere are a number of different quilt patterns known by this name, all very different. “Puss in the Corner” was a household phrase in the nineteenth century as it was the title of a children’s game in which four players stood in the four corners of a square and attempted to exchange corners while a player in the center tried to take a vacant one. The patchwork pattern of this quilt implies repeated rounds of the game, with the larger diamonds representing children in position, ready to run.On View
Not on viewc. 1890
ca. 1890
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early 19th Century
