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1880's Antique White Work Wedding Quilt
Item #U-2326 $849
De-accessioned from a famous Pennsylvania Museum, this White Work Wedding quilt was donated in 1977, but no further information was available. White Work quilts were made for the purpose of showcasing the makers quilting skills, and this quilt is no exception! Using white cotton fabrics, the 1880's maker HAND PIECED the cloth together to make a 74" x 68" quilt with a thin cotton batting (with cotton seed fragments), and hand stitched a white binding. A large double feather wreath with diamonds in the center is HAND QUILTED as a center medallion and is surrounded by diamonds and a feather quilted frame, while the borders have running feathers with lotus blossoms quilted @ 6 stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found a couple old sewups, 4 small light storage stains on one side and 1 on the other, and a couple small fabric splits beside the binding on one side.
Clean & Fabulous 1860's Fox & Geese Antique Quilt
Item #U-2319 $849
Such a fabulous and clean quilt! Dating to the 1860's, this Fox & Geese quilt is HAND PIECED using many scrap bag cotton fabrics including copper toned madder prints, double pink prints, butterscotch prints and many others for the geese blocks with a white cotton background, and an overdyed green print for the sashing between the blocks and the borders. The quilt measures 76" x 66", has a thin cotton batting with seed fragments and a bleached cotton backing. The binding was made by bringing the border fabric around to the back and hand stitching in place. HAND QUILTED with triangle quilting on the pieced blocks, straightline quilting on the sashing, and angle quilting on the borders @ 9 neat and tiny stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED FOR THE FIRST TIME, we find no rips, tears, stains or odors. A VIBRANT & CRISP ANTIQUE QUILT!!
Graphic & Striking Red, White & Blue Bears Paw Variation Antique Quilt
Item #U-2311 $650
A Bears Paw variation, this 1940's Red, White & Blue quilt is machine pieced using pastel blue, navy blue, and bright red cottons for the pieces, and a bright white cotton for the background. The blocks were placed so the quilt has a zig zag look - VERY GRAPHIC!! It measures 90" x 74", has a thin cotton batting, a machine applied navy binding, and a bright white back. HAND QUILTED by many hands (quilting bee??) using an arc pattern, also known as Baptist or Methodist quilting @ 6 to 9 stitches per inch. In clean condition, we find no rips, tears, stains or odors. VERY PATRIOTIC & GRAPHIC!!
Fabulous Triangle Antique Charm Quilt
Item #U-2305 SOLD!!
This triangle Charm quilt, dating to the 1890's, was treadle sewing machine pieced using scrap bag cotton period prints for the triangles, a black & red print on Chrome yellow for the 2" frame, a greenish grey checkered print for the borders, and a brown & tan cotton print for the back. Measuring 76" x 74", 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 triangle quilting on the pieces, undulating wave quilting on the frame, and diamond & rope quilting on the border @ 7 stitches per inch. In UNUSED, UNWASHED condition, we found no rips, tears, stains or odors.
Antique Amish Lady of the Lake Quilt
Item #U-2304 SOLD!!
It's very rare to find an early Old Order Amish quilt these days, so we were excited to obtain this Lady of the Lake quilt. It's traditional in the Old Order Amish communities in Holmes County, Ohio, for the mother to make a quilt for each of her children when they leave home, and this 1890's example was made for Roy Beachy. HAND PIECED using blue Chambray and deep wine cotton fabrics, it was used as a "Show Quilt" on special occasions such as church services (church is held in members homes) and stored away until the next special occasion. Measuring 68" x 57" (great size for a wall hanging!), it has a thin cotton batting, a treadle sewing machine stitched binding, and an unbleached muslin feed sack back with light, illegible printing. HAND QUILTED in white thread, it has straightline quilting over the bottoms of the small triangles, 4 touching leaves forming a circle over the larger triangles, diamond quilting across the frames, and rope quilting on the borders @ 10 very neat and very tiny stitches per inch counting one side only. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found a couple small rust stains on the back, but no rips, tears or odors.
RARE Antique Baltimore, MD Calamanco Reversible Whole Cloth Quilt c 1790-1810
Item #U-2297 $6,995
Calamanco quilts are the oldest and rarest bedcovers to survive the ages, and this example dates to the late 1700's to early 1800's, making it over 200 years old! The oldest quilts known today are Whole Cloth quilts made of several panels ~ the panels in this particular quilt, which was deaccessioned from the Baltimore Museum of Art, measure 23-1/2" wide. According to the BMA, this quilt was a gift to the museum from Emma Needles Dixon in 1944. These quilts were usually made of wool or wool/silk combinations. The name Calamanco comes from a Spanish term for worsted wool, and is a glossy fabric which was used for many early bedcovers. The glazed effect was sometimes made by rubbing the cloth with stones or by applying gum or wax to the wool. Usually these quilts were owned by wealthy aristocrats because of the cost of importing the fabric and having them professionally quilted. The front of this quilt, in golden brown, is a wool/silk combination fabric, with a very thin brown wool for the batting. The back is a finely woven brown wool fabric and the binding is silver-grey wool. We have never seen quilting as fine as this example, and we've had thousands over the years! It was quilted with a combination silk/wool thread with a center medallion consisting of roses and pomegranates surrounded by a feather wreath. Angle quilting, roses and oak leaves make a rectangle around the feather wreath, with a frame of running feather wreaths, and oak leaves and acorns on the borders @ 18 to 20 very neat and very, very tiny stitches per inch counting one side only! We did find some fabric breaks (as shown) to the golden silk/wool fabric and a fold line hole that goes clear through. Although this quilt isn't in perfect condition, it's extremely rare to find these early Calamanco quilts, as most have found homes in collections or museums. Don't miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a fabulous early quilt to complete your collection!
Unusual Antique Pastel Patchwork Cross Quilt
Item #U-2292 $650
This unusual Patchwork Cross quilt, in UNUSED condition, dates to the 1920's and is machine pieced using various pastel Chambray fabrics and other pastel cottons for the pieces, and a bright white cotton for the background. Each block has a 9 Patch center in a cross configuration, surrounded by triangles, and the blocks are then set on point. The quilt measures 78" x 78", has a thin cotton batting, a hand applied Chambray binding, and a creamy white back. HAND QUILTED with light pencil marks visible, it has triple angle quilting across the pieced blocks, square, diamond and Sunflower quilting on the background blocks, and diamond quilting on the border @ 9 very neat and very tiny stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED FOR THE FIRST TIME, we find no rips, tears, or odors, but one small rust-type stain on the back close to the binding, whch may have been on the fabric before it was used in the quilt. CLEAN, CRISP & GRAPHIC, YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER LIKE IT!!
1870s Hand Pieced Album Patch Antique Quilt in Muted Colors
Item #U-2290 $750
From the 1870's comes this HAND PIECED Album Patch quilt. The patches were made with cotton scraps including a bright blue strip with a floral center on a chocolate brown print with colorful florals, and it's counterpart on an olive green ground used for a few pieces and for the frame, with a creamy white for the background. The striped pattern makes this ordinary Album Patch extraordinary! Measuring 85" x 73", it has a thin cotton batting with seed fragments, a hand applied pink floral on tan binding, and a creamy white back. HAND QUILTED with outline quilting around the Album Patches, angle and diamond quilting on the pieces, Chevron quilting radiating outward from the white blocks making square centers, and diamond quilting on the border blocks, frame and borders @ 6 to 7 stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we find a couple small fabric splits in the prints near the edges, but no rips, tears, stains or odors. It appears that some feed sacks were used for the background as we found one area (shown) with lettering!
Unique Dated Red White & Blue Antique State Quilt
Item #U-2273 $1,800
Such an UNUSUAL quilt, this red, white & blue State quilt was made as a Christmas gift in 1933 with the date and Byoy or Bror embroidered on opposite bottom corners (see photo). 48 States are depicted with something unique to each State in HAND EMBROIDERY in colorful cotton floss on 6" square pieces of bleached muslin, with Indigo blue blocks with white embroidered stars inside red embroidered circles surrounding them. In the center of the quilt is Lady Liberty's hand and torch with golden rays radiating out over red, white & blue blocks. There's even 2 Uncle Sam hats and stars on some of the white blocks - VERY PATRIOTIC & FOLKY! The quilt measures 88" x 75", has a thin cotton batting, a hand applied binding, and a solid navy cotton back. HAND QUILTED with stitch-in-the-ditch quilting around each block @ 7 stitches per inch. In "as found" UNUSED condition, we see no rips, tears or odors, just one spot near the top binding (see photo) and some color fade on the top and bottom binding and on the back. A previous owner added a sleeve so that this masterpiece could be hung on a wall as a striking focal point!
Antique Carolina Lily Quilt with Urns
Item #U-2260 $750
We were pleased to be able to purchase this c 1870's colorful Carolina Lily in urns quilt. Featuring 20 Lily blocks HAND PIECED using Turkey Red, golden yellow, and pale green for the lilies, a clear blue for the double handled urns, and bright white for the background. It measures 90" x 75", has a thin cotton batting with a few seed fragments, a hand applied green binding (has some old split sew-ups), and a bright white back. HAND QUILTED with outline quilting inside and outside the pieces, square quilting on the background, and angle quilting across the frame and borders @ 8 stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found some muting of the green fabrics, but no rips, tears, stains or odors. A BRIGHT, CLEAN, COLORFUL QUILT!!
Fabulous Flying Geese Pyramids Antique Quilt
Item #U-2230 $899
From the 1880's (with earlier prints), this Triangles quilt is HAND PIECED using many cotton scrap bag prints for the triangles including Indigo, copper toned madders, black & white, etc., and a bright white cotton for the background. The maker also added a triangle frame using a double pink stripe print, an overdyed green print, and a bright white. The quilt measures 84" x 74", has a thin cotton batting with a few seed fragments, a machine applied double pink print binding, and a bright white back. HAND QUILTED by several hands with straightline quilting across the pieces and the pieced frame, 1/2" square quilting on the white background, and angle quilting on the borders @ 8 to 11 neat and tiny stitches per inch counting just one side. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we find no rips, tears, stains or odors. Someone added a sleeve to the back so the quilt could be hung and enjoyed. CLEAN, CRISP & VERY, VERY GRAPHIC!!
1860's Antique Courthouse Steps Log Cabin Quilt
Item #U-2227 $499
A very colorful Courthouse Steps variation of a Log Cabin quilt, this 1860's example, from a private collection in the Ohio River town of Portsmouth, is HAND PIECED using silk, velvet, wool and glazed (Chintz) cotton scrap bag fabrics for the 1/2" to 1" wide strips. Measuring 82" x 72", it has no batting, an invisible binding and a wonderful wine colored Chintz back. Tiny knots in black floss hold the front to the back. We find some deterioration to the silk pieces, slight mothing damage to a few of the wools, some velvet nap loss to the brown velvets, and some fading along the edges of the back, but no rips, stains or odors. SUPER GRAPHIC!!
Vibrant Antique Pinwheel/Blades Quilt
Item #U-2218 $599
This 1930's UNUSED Pinwheel/Blades quilt was HAND PIECED using bright & colorful period cotton prints and solids for the pinwheel/blades including dark navy blue for the centers and inner points, bright red for the outer points, and a bright white for the background. Measuring 82" x 80", it has a thin cotton batting, a hand and machine applied bright red binding, and a white back. HAND QUILTED with light pencil marks visible, it has outline quilting inside each piece, diamond quilting on the white background, and running diamond quilting on the borders @ 6 stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED FOR THE FIRST TIME, we find no rips, tears, stains or odors, just a BRIGHT, CLEAN, GRAPHIC QUILT!! GREAT QUILT FOR A CHILDS ROOM!!
Antique Sampler Quilt
Item #U-2216 $1650
This 1880's Sampler quilt is HAND PIECED using period cotton fabrics. The maker used 30 sampler blocks including Flying Geese, Ocean Waves, Carolina Lily, Baskets, Bow Ties, Stars, Rolling Stones, Mariners Compass, Drunkards Path, Pinwheels, and many blocks of the makers own design. The alternating blocks were made with other cotton fabrics including fugitive purple, paisley, dotted, and Indigo prints. The maker also added a border made with 3" squares including prints and solids. Measuring 80" x 66", it has a thin cotton batting, a hand applied burgundy printed binding, and a bright white back. HAND QUILTED with straightline quilting on the sampler blocks and angle quilting on the alternate blocks and borders @ 9 stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found no rips, tears, or odors, just one small nip on the binding, a couple light and tiny storage spots, and light sun fade along the center fold line. MUSEUM QUALITY!!
1860's Patchwork Quilt w/Chintz Borders & Back
Item #U-2215 $1750
From the 1860's comes this marvelous Patchwork quilt, HAND PIECED using many period cotton fabrics for the 2-1/8" squares including many copper toned madder prints, bright prints on chocolate grounds, rusty red checks, and many shirting prints with one Cheddar block in the center of the quilt. The quilt was pieced so that it has a center medallion! The borders and backing fabric are brightly printed Chintz (highly glazed cotton). The quilt measures 78" x 76", has a thin cotton batting, and a hand applied binding made by bringing the backing fabric around to the front and hand stitching in place. HAND QUILTED with angle quilting covering the entire quilt @ 6 stitches per inch (she was a much better piecer than quilter!). The initials "B G" are embroidered on one back corner. In UNUSED, UNWASHED condition, we found a couple small storage spots, but no rips, tears or odors. One area of the back has 4 patches that look to have been in the quilt since the making, as fabric was very dear in this era when no cotton was being grown in the South. This quilt was hidden away in a blanket chest and was in a private collection before we were blessed to be able to purchase it. MUSEUM QUALITY!!
Unusual Southern Sun & Stars Antique Quilt
Item #U-2195 SOLD!!
I don't believe we've ever had this pattern before, a Southern Sun quilt from the 1880's. HAND PIECED using many scrap bag prints and solids for the Suns with a bright white circle background, an overdyed green floral print for the block background, dark Indigo blue for the sashing, and scrap bag pieced stars as the cross pieces - VERY UNUSUAL! The quilt measures 88" x 69", has a cotton batting, a hand applied Paisley print binding, and an unbleached muslin back. HAND QUILTED with running wave quilting over the entire quilt @ 6 stitches per inch. In "as found", clean condition, we find no rips, tears, stains or odors. A previous owner hand stitched a 1" wide sleeve on one end of the back for hanging. If you're looking for a seldom used, GRAPHIC quilt, then LOOK NO FURTHER!!
Antique Hand Pieced Basket Quilt
Item #U-2192 SOLD!!
From a famous Ohio business mans' estate (think Baskets!), this 1880's Basket quilt is very eye pleasing with it's 2 color HAND PIECED baskets (a double pink stripe and a solid olive green) set on point, complete with HAND APPLIED handles on a creamy white ground and a dark Forest Green for the sashing and borders. Measuring 79" x 78", it has a very thin cotton batting and a creamy white back, which was brought around to the front and hand stitched to form the binding. HAND QUILTED with double straightline quilting across the baskets, leaf quilting on the background, double straightline quilting on the sashing, and running Chevron quilting on the borders @ 9 neat and tiny stitches per inch. In clean condition, we found no rips, tears or odors, just a couple tiny storage spots and a couple double pink pieces that have dye misprints. SELDOM USED, CLEAN & CRISP!
Patriotic Red White & Blue Antique Irish Chain Quilt
Item #U-2185 $699
From the 1860's comes this patriotic red, white & blue Irish Chain quilt, HAND PIECED (except for corner pieces which were sewn using the latest "modern" appliance, a treadle sewing machine!) using a tiny white dot on Turkey Red and a tiny white bursting star on deep Indigo blue for the chain pieces and borders, and a tiny black bursting star on white for the background. Measuring 76" x 72", it has a thin cotton batting, a hand applied binding, and a creamy white back. HAND QUILTED with diamond quilting on the chain pieces, the makers own floral quilting on the background, and angle quilting across the triple borders @ 8 stitches per inch. In UNUSED, UNWASHED condition, we found no rips or tears, but the occasional storage spot (mostly on the back) and a light cedar smell. This beauty was made and placed in a blanket chest until it was recently found. A FABULOUS COLLECTOR QUALITY QUILT!!
Reversible Antique Rolling Stones Quilt with Parrot Tulip Printed Back
Item #U-2169 $599
This Rolling Stones quilt started as an 1880's HAND PIECED top with a chrome yellow red & black print and an overdyed green stars print used for the blocks, and a double pink sprig print for the sashing and borders. It was finished in the 1920's using a colorful Parrott Tulip printed cotton sateen for the back. The quilt measures 86" x 78" and has a thin cotton batting. The binding was made by bringing the double pink border around to the back and hand stitching in place. HAND QUILTED with angle quilting across the pieced blocks, shell quilting on the double pink alternating blocks, and triangle angle quilting on the borders @ 6 to 7 stitches per inch. In clean "as found" condition, we found no rips, tears, stains or odors, just a CLEAN, GRAPHIC, REVERSIBLE QUILT!!
Antique Irish Chain Crib Quilt
Item #U-2147 $299
Such a cutie, this c 1890's Irish Chain crib quilt is HAND PIECED using just 2 fabrics - a tiny red dot on white for the chain pieces, and an overdyed green for the background. Measuring 46" x 46", it has a very thin cotton batting, and a pastel floral printed back, which was brought around to the front and treadle sewing machine stitched to form the binding. HAND QUILTED, with square quilting on the pieces, and diamond quilting on the frame @ 9 neat and tiny stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we find no rips, tears, or odors, just one light spot as shown in the close up photo.
Graphic Antique Stairway to Heaven Quilt
Item #U-2052 $550
This pattern is known by several names - Stairway to Heaven, Lightning Streak or Brick Road. Dating to the 1880's, it has pieces 6" x 3" made from cotton scrap bag leftovers including double pink, Indigo blue, Cadet blue, overdyed green, shirting prints and various colored plaids and solids, with a Cadet blue printed border and red printed binding. Measuring 86" x 72", it has a thin cotton batting, a hand applied binding, and a light tan plaid back. HAND QUILTED with light pencil marks visible, it has angle quilting over the entire quilt @ 9 neat and tiny stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED FOR THE FIRST TIME, we find no rips, tears, stains or odors, just a CLEAN, CRISP, GRAPHIC QUILT!!
Patriotic Tumbling Blocks Antique Quilt
Item #U-2031 SOLD!!
From the early 1900's comes this unusual Tumbling Block Chain quilt, both machine & hand pieced using cotton fabrics ~ a deep solid red and a bright Royal blue for the blocks, and white for the background, with a Royal blue border. Measuring 81" x 68", it has a thin cotton batting with a few seed fragments and a white back, which was brought around to the front and hand stitched to form the binding. HAND QUILTED with outline quilting inside each of the blue pieces, a diamond in square quilted on each red piece, square quilting with Chevron corners on the white background, and rope quilting on the borders @ 9 neat and tiny stitches per inch counting only one side. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found no rips, tears, stains or odors, just a CLEAN, CRISP, PATRIOTIC QUILT!!
Unique "Propeller" Documented Antique Appliqué Quilt
Item #U-2002 $295
We wonder what was going through the makers mind when she designed what we call The Propeller Quilt. Perhaps she had just taken a voyage or lived near the water - we'll never know! We were told by a great-grandson that this quilt was made by Marisa Cook, a descendant of James Cook, the explorer. Dating to the 1880's, the quilt is HAND PIECED using what is now tan cotton for the propellers and most of the sawtooth inner frame, a deep Turkey Red for the outer frame and a few of the sawtooths, and a bright white for the background. Each of the propellers is machine appliquéd to the background with dark brown thread. The quilt measures 75" x 72", has a thin cotton batting with seeds and a bright white back. The binding was made by bringing the border fabric around to the back and hand stitching in place. HAND QUILTED with Chevron quilting over the face making concentric squares, and angle quilting across the sawtooth frame and borders @ 9 neat and very tiny stitches per inch counting only one side. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found no rips, tears or odors, but a couple ink stains on the back only. GREAT GIFT FOR THAT BOATING ENTHUSIAST IN YOUR LIFE @ A GREAT PRICE!!
Dated 1875 Hole in the Barn Door Antique Quilt
Item #U-1025 $1,350
It's unusual to find a Hole in the Barn Door antique quilt, let alone one that's dated! This fine example, dated 1875 in one corner, is HAND PIECED using cotton fabrics including several copper toned madder prints and a rust red print for the "doors", a black bar on white shirting print for the "hole" and block background, a dark forest green for the background blocks and borders, and a cinnamon pink print for the binding, 2-1/2" wide frame and 1" wide zig zag on the borders. Measuring 76" square, it has a very thin cotton batting, a hand applied binding, and a mint green plaid back. HAND QUILTED with Chevron quilting on the pieced blocks, diamond quilting on the background, double chain quilting on the frame, and Chevron quilting on the border @ 6 stitches per inch. In UNUSED, UNWASHED condition, we found no rips, tears or odors, just a couple very small storage spots. CRISP, CLEAN, GRAPHIC, DATED ~ COLLECTOR QUALITY ANTIQUE QUILT!!!
SHELBURNE MUSEUM FOUNDERS REDWORK BASKET QUILT
Item #U-1071 $699
We were pleased to be able to purchase quilts from the collection of Electra Havemeyer Webb, founder of the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, VT several years ago. This 1880's example is a combination Chips in the Basket with each alternating block having folky Redwork embroidery including several botanicals, children and animals. The basket blocks are HAND PIECED using red & white stripes or prints and overdyed green fabrics for the chips, a copper toned madder brown print for the baskets, and a creamy white cotton for the background. Measuring 74" x 62", it has a thin cotton batting with seeds, a machine sewn invisible binding, and a red parasol print on white shirting fabric for the back, held to the front by the invisible binding. In UNUSED, UNWASHED condition, we find no rips, tears or odors, but some storage spotting as can be expected.
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