Feather(ed) Star with Sawtooth Border, Twinkling Star, Star of Bethlehem, Saw Tooth, or Chestnut Burr quilt block

Carrie A. Hall, artist

1866–1955

Feather(ed) Star with Sawtooth Border, Twinkling Star, Star of Bethlehem, Saw Tooth, or Chestnut Burr quilt block, early 1900s

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: piecing; cotton

Credit line: Gift of Carrie A. Hall

Accession number: 1938.0461

Not on display

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The pattern shown in this quilt block is similar to the Star of Bethlehem quilt made by former slave Maria Rodgers Martin, also on view in this exhibition. The quilt by Martin would have been created 80 years earlier than this pattern block by Kansas quilter and dressmaker Carrie A. Hall.