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    Catherine's Quilt

    Catherine's Quilt

    Tucked away behind glass in the Baltimore Community Museum is an incredibly vibrant Eight Pointed Star quilt (see figure 1) made by Catherine Hensel Thomen prior to her 1871 marriage to Jacob Keller Thomen. Many quilts from this period were not produced to be functional objects, but rather to commemorate an event or relationship.[1] Based on the provenance surrounding this particular quilt, it is likely that this quilt was produced to commemorate Catherine’s marriage to Jacob
     

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