IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This example of the “Feathered Star” ...

Feathered Star Quilt, ca. 1900 from ROADSHOW's Special: Junk in the Trunk Watch Beth Szescila's appraisal of a feathered star quilt, ca. 1900 from ROADSHOW's Special: Junk in the Trunk.

It was on this plantation that the quilt was made. The quilt consists of four 28” blocks and 2 half-blocks pieced in a “Feathered Star” pattern. The blocks are joined by triple 1 ¼” strips with red ...

And this is one of the ones that he collected. APPRAISER: Well, this is a wonderful quilt. It's called a feathered star, and it's a very, very difficult kind of quilt to make because you have all ...