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

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

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