American Coverlets of the Nineteenth Century: From the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection |
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| Title | American Coverlets of the Nineteenth Century: From the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection |
| Author | Elvehjem Art Center |
| Contributor | University of Wisconsin--Madison. School of Family Resources and Consumer Sciences |
| Publisher | The Center, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | May 25, 2007 |
| Length | 95 pages |
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