Amazing Antique Star Quilt w Chintz Borders

Item #S-2321    $725

Such a beautiful Star quilt - it incorporates Turkey Red, tan, a double pink print for the star centers and creamy white cotton fabrics for the background with a gorgeous Chintz type floral and leaf print for the borders - STUNNING!  It measures 81" x 78", has a very, very thin cotton batting, a machine applied binding, and a creamy white back.  What makes this 1870's quilt so remarkable is that the maker pieced and quilted it using her brand new treadle sewing machine.  I don't know how many of you have used a treadle sewing machine before, but it's extremely hard to sew such intricate patterns as is on this quilt!  She quilted 7/16" squares, diamonds and angles as well as Chevron quilting over the entire quilt.  PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we find no rips, tears, stains or odors, just a CLEAN & FABULOUS ANTIQUE STAR QUILT!!




Documented & Dated 1853 Star of Bethlehem Quilt w/Broderie Perse Corners!

Item #S-2293    $2,500

This FABULOUS quilt was deaccessioned from the Baltimore Museum of Art (the numbers are on 2 back corners) and is a Star of Bethlehem with Broderie Perse corners and Chintz borders.  It's rare to find a Broderie Perse these days, and even rarer to find one with a Star of Bethlehem center, outlying stars and Sunflowers, and documented in white embroidery at the top "John Torrence, Made by his wife, Marietta 1853"!!  The Star of Bethlehem is made of pastel cotton prints and solids.  Corner blocks feature stars surrounded by appliquéd Chintz cut-outs (known as a Broderie Perse), including Parrot Tulips and roses.  Between the Star of Bethlehem's points on 3 sides are pieced Sunflower blocks, while a diamond frame and Chintz borders on 3 sides finish this exceptional quilt.   Measuring 100" x 90", it has a very, very thin cotton batting, a thin rose colored binding, and a creamy white back.  Stitch in the ditch quilting surrounds each star piece, with angle quilting on the corner blocks and background @ 9 stitches per inch.  PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED.  Someone (the Museum?) has added a stabilizing strip to the back along the top for display purposes and painstakingly stitched down the Chintz pieces to preserve the fabric using thousands of tiny stitches which can be seen from the back.  There is some fabric loss to the Chintz, small splits on the background, a couple stains on the front, and light staining on the back, but the quilt is in remarkable shape for being 156 years old!!  A RARE & UNIQUE ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION!!




Antique Broken Stars Quilt with Calico Fabrics

Item #S-2275    $750

Unusual fabrics were used for this 1860's HAND PIECED Broken Star quilt including double purple prints, a white double C and floral print on Turkey Red, and spider mums on cream for the Stars, the spider mum print on tan for the background, a salmon floral print on chocolate brown for the frame and border, and a redish brown leaf print on white for the back.  Measuring 84" x 82", it has a very thin cotton batting and the binding was made by bringing the border fabric to the back and hand stitching in place.  HAND QUILTED with outline quilting inside each star piece, angle quilting on the background, and straightline quilting along the seam lines on the frame and borders @ 7 stitches per inch.  PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we find no rips, tears or odors, but a couple light storage spots and some old repairs which might have been done when the quilt was made.  CLEAN, UNUSUAL & VERY GRAPHIC!!




Bright Pinwheel/Stars Antique Quilt

Item #S-2175    $499

Such a BRIGHT quilt, this 1880's Pinwheel Star is HAND PIECED using Turkey red, Chrome yellow and country blue solid cottons for the pieced blocks, a pink on pink (double pink) print for the background, and double frames in yellow and blue - VERY STRIKING!!  The quilt measures 84" x 83", has a thin cotton batting, a hand applied Turkey red binding, and a bleached muslin back.  HAND QUILTED with straightline quilting on the pinwheel/stars, square quilting on the background, and triple angle quilting across the frames and border @ 7 stitches per inch.  PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found no rips, tears, stains or odors, but a couple of patched places (one in the border, several on the binding) that appear to be the same age as the quilt - perhaps the maker had to make some repairs of the fabrics used.  BOLD, BRIGHT & BEAUTIFUL!!

Ultra Graphic Tumbling Block Stars Antique Quilt   

Item #S2057    $550

The maker of this 1880's Tumbling Block/Star quilt used a red & black print on Chrome Yellow, a tiny white dot on Turkey Red print and a bright white cotton for the HAND PIECED blocks, and a pink on pink print (double pink) for the background blocks - VERY BRIGHT & GRAPHIC.  Measuring 98" x 82", it has a thin cotton batting with seed fragments, a hand applied binding in the Turkey Red print, and a bleached muslin back.  HAND QUILTED with straightline quilting across the pieced blocks, square quilting on the double pink blocks, and angle quilting across the tumbling block frame and borders @ 7 stitches per inch.  PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we find no rips, tears, stains or odors.  GREAT QUILT, CLEAN & READY TO USE! 

Fabulous Star of Bethlehem Antique Quilt

Item #S1013      $2,995

From the Kathryn Slate estate comes this 1880's UNUSED, UNWASHED, HAND PIECED Star of Bethlehem antique quilt made of cotton fabrics.  Radiating outward from the center, there's Chrome orange (Cheddar), a black & red print on Chrome yellow, a black print on alizarin red, Turkey red, a cinnamon pink print, a tiny red star on white, dark forest green, an overdyed green print, charcoal grey, and a creamy white, with the fabrics starting over at the beginning and finishing with the grey at the tips of the stars, and a creamy white for the background.  Measuring 76" x 75", it has a very thin cotton batting with seeds, a hand applied Turkey red binding, and a creamy white back.  FABULOUS HAND QUILTING @ 11 SPI covers the quilt with the pencil marks still visible, including straightline quilting 1/4" apart across the pieces, and 1/4" diamonds, 1/4" squares, and feather wreaths and running feathers quilted on the background, double frames and border - INCREDIBLE!!  In UNUSED, UNWASHED, MINT condition, we find no rips, tears, odors or fabric damage, but a couple small storage spots, almost all on the back.  A fabric tag with the name "Nina Slates" is sewn on one back corner.   A ONE-OF-A-KIND MASTERPIECE ANTIQUE QUILT!!!!