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82.03.005
Pattern : Four-Patch

Date Range : 1930-1950

Fabric Type & Color : Cotton prints and solids in blue, green, purple, red, pink, blue and white.

Quilt Size : 54 1/8" x 67"

Block Size : 3" x 3"

Construction : Pieced by hand. Unquilted. Top contains printed flour sacks. Backing attached is made of 4 equal sized panels. Trademark on one panel reads: "Ubiko Milling Company/Cincinnati, Ohio/16 % Clover Bloom."

Quiltmaker : Alice Minerva Enloe Dills (b 1859, d 1943; married 1876 William Allen Dills, founder of Dillsboro, NC)

Locale : Dillsboro, NC

History/Comments : Ubiko was a poultry feed developer. In Lexington, KY in 1939, they sold products locally through Blue Grass Elmendorf Grain Corporation.

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