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<p>[QUOTE="6rivets, post: 24578, member: 24"]Alive, well, and married as of 10/26 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not Hawaiian. Eastern US c.1840-60 papercut applique quilt in Turkey red. The papercut quilts are the textile descendants of German scherenschnitte (papercuts), and are the *ancestors* of Hawaiian quilts, which use a single, large motif over the entire quilt, not multiples. Good as a study piece but obviously not for display unless you like the shabby look.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="6rivets, post: 24578, member: 24"]Alive, well, and married as of 10/26 :) Not Hawaiian. Eastern US c.1840-60 papercut applique quilt in Turkey red. The papercut quilts are the textile descendants of German scherenschnitte (papercuts), and are the *ancestors* of Hawaiian quilts, which use a single, large motif over the entire quilt, not multiples. Good as a study piece but obviously not for display unless you like the shabby look.[/QUOTE]
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