Tracing the Genealogy of a Southern Indiana Quilt Pattern

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Indiana Genealogist

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This article discusses quilts in the Polk's Fancy pattern, an example of the red, green, and white classic floral quilt style. The pattern apparently originated in the Mexican American War (1846-48) era in southern Indiana.

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quilts, quilt history, quilt pattern, folk art, southern Indiana, material culture

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Indiana Genealogist 18(3):5-15

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