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New York Beauty in Blue and Orange No later than 1920s. eBay purchase 2011 or prior from vendor French72
(Mark French.) 75"x86" Fabric: Cotton. Batting: Light weight if any. Backing: Cotton print, medium green
with a tiny darker green floral motif. Edge: Tape machined to the front for ½", caught in back by hand.
Piecing: By machine. Quilting: By hand, 5 stitches to the inch, clamshell pattern. Condition: Very good.
There is reddish coloring in some of the seam lines of the white fields as though the seam were stitched
with a colored thread that bled. Fabric is very sturdy and seams are strong.
Figure 210: New York Beauty in Blue
and Orange