Cotton in Pennsylvania German Life
Hexagon Patch Quilt 
ca. 1880-1890
Cotton
Made by Matilda Clemmer Meschter
(1851-1919)
Palm, Upper Hanover Township,
Montgomery County
Gift of Harvey C. Meschter
1946

The array of late 1800s fabric incorporated into this quilt firmly place in its time period, and also make it an excellent artifact of late 19th century fabric history. The Meschters were Schwenkfelder descendants.
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