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Vintage Indian Crib Quilt c 1950's
Item #O-2294 $425
This 1950's Indian crib quilt is made with dark peach cotton for the Indians, chocolate brown cotton for the sashing and borders, and bright white cotton for the zig zags and background. It measures 49" x 45", has a thin cotton batting, a machine applied binding, and a red & white checked back. HAND QUILTED with radiating Chevron quilting on the blocks and outline quilting on the sashing & borders @ 6 stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found very, very light bleed around the Indians, a couple faint spots, and a couple professional repairs to the white background. This is a very rare crib quilt - the first we've had in over 30 years!!
Antique Pineapple Log Cabin Quilt w/6,644 Pieces!
Item #O-2276 $2,100
This HAND PIECED Pineapple version of a Log Cabin quilt has 6,644 pieces and dates to the 1860's. Each 1/2" wide piece (6,120 of them!) is made of wool fabrics from the makers scrap bag with 1/2" wide pieces (a total of 524) making a striped border. The quilt reverses to a brown on cream cotton leaf patterned fabric with 11-1/2" on the top and bottom in a brown & gold striped cotton. The quilt measures 84" x 74" and has no batting. The binding is in a gold colored wool, which was brought around to the back to make a 2 wide frame on the back (see photo). Vertical stitch-in-the-ditch quilting along each block holds the front to the back @ 6 stitches per inch. In "as found" condition, we find a few pieces with moth damage (1% or less), but no rips, tears, or stains. For a change of pace, you can reverse the quilt for an entirely new look!
Antique Indigo Blue Ducks Foot in the Mud Quilt
Item #O-2269 $450
This Ducks Foot quilt from the 1880's is HAND PIECED using many different Indigo Blue cotton prints from the makers scrap bag along with several different double pink cottons for the pieces and background. Measuring 85" x 68", it has a very thin cotton batting, a hand applied binding, and a marvelous cream, green & lavender cabbage rose print on red for the back. HAND QUILTED with straightline quilting across the pieced blocks, angle quilting on the background, and diamond quilting on the border @ 7 stitches per inch. In "as found" condition, we see no rips, tears, stains or odors. A previous owner stitched sleeves on the back so that it could be used as a wall hanging. BRIGHT, BOLD & GRAPHIC!!
Pineapple Blades Antique Log Cabin Quilt
Item #O-2238 $1,100
Always a favorite pattern of ours, this 1890s Pineapple pattern Log Cabin quilt is HAND PIECED using 1" wide strips of scrap bag wool fabrics, both solid and prints, with bright red diamond centers. Some of the wools have wear and probably came from mens suits or ladies dresses. The quilt measures 78" x 68" and has a plaid wool back with the same fabric used to make the hand applied binding. Invisible stitch-in-the-ditch HAND QUILTING holds the back to the front. In "as found" condition, we find just a couple of pieces with splits and moth nips, but no stains or odors. WHAT A GRAPHIC & STUNNING WALL HANGING THIS WOULD MAKE!!
Ultra Graphic Antique Log Cabin Quilt
Item #F-2233 SOLD!!
From a Portsmouth collectors estate comes this 1860-1880 ultra graphic Log Cabin wall hanging quilt. It's HAND PIECED using off white for the centers and either gold or yellow, black, light or turquoise blue, peach and rose silks in 1/2" wide strips, some with designs woven in. Measuring 54" x 44", it has no batting and a very bright golden yellow for the back. The binding was made by bringing the backing fabric around to the front and and stitching in place. The maker embellished the binding by adding Turkey Track stitching in black embroidery floss, and the back is held to the front with 4 invisible knots. In "as found" UNUSED condition, we see no rips, tears, stains or odors. As a wall hanging, it would make a FABULOUS focal point!! ONE OF THE FINEST ONES WE'VE SEEN!!
Antique Wild Goose Chase Quilt w/Saw Tooth Frame
Item #F-2231 $699
This c 1920 Wild Goose Chase quilt is HAND PIECED using a tiny white print on navy blue and a red & white print for the goose pieces with the same 2 fabrics used for the 1-1/4" wide frame, and a bright white cotton for the background. Measuring 93" x 80", it has a thin cotton batting, a hand applied binding, and a bright white back. HAND QUILTED with angle quilting across the pieces, feather wreaths with floral centers and corner petals on the white background blocks, pumpkin seed quilting on the cross pieces, and running feather quilting on the borders @ 9 stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found some light sun fading on opposite corners, a couple small and light rust-type stains near the frame, but no rips, tears or odors. CLEAN & VERY GRAPHIC!!
Antique Navajo Rug/Wall Hanging
Item #F-2217 $349
From the 1920's comes this wool HAND WOVEN Navajo Indian rug or wall hanging. It's woven with deep red, bright cheddar and medium green with 2 chocolate brown stripes on a creamy white background. Measuring 39" x 18-1/2", it has fringe on one end only. We found no rips, tears, odors or mothing damage.
Antique Red White & Blue Diamond in Square/Bars Crib Quilt
Item #F-2213 $375
This unusual combination Diamond in Square and Bars crib quilt from the 1930's is machine pieced using dark red, dark slate blue, and creamy white cotton fabrics. The maker placed 3 pieced blocks on either red, cream or blue backgrounds giving the quilt a bars look! She also used the same fabrics to create a striped frame, and the red for the border. The back was made from old flour sacks. The quilt measures 33" x 32", has no batting and a machine applied brighter red binding. Machine quilted diamonds in the center of each block hold the back to the front. In UNUSED, UNWASHED clean condition, we see no rips, tears, stains or odors. UNUSUAL & GRAPHIC!! WOULD MAKE A FABULOUS WALL FOCAL POINT - ONE OF THE BEST RED, WHITE & BLUE CRIB QUILTS WE'VE EVER SEEN!!
Unique Honeycomb Antique Quilt
Item #F-2180 $550
The way the maker HAND PIECED this quilt, it's as if the honeycombs are a poncho laid on a sheet! Each of the cotton scrap bag prints in the honeycomb measure just 1-1/2" across, with lots of early copper toned madder prints, shirting prints, cinnamon pinks, etc., and an autumn leaf on a brown & blue plaid ground for the background. The quilt measures 84" x 62", has a cotton batting and an unbleached muslin back. The binding was made by bringing the border fabric around to the back and hand stitching in place. HAND QUILTED with running shell quilting over the entire quilt @ 8 stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found no rips, tears or odors, just a couple of light spots on the back which could have been there prior to being used in this quilt, and an old repair (darn those bed springs!) 3-3/4" x 1-1/2" on the binding 6" from a corner (see close-up photo). A CLEAN, EARLY, SUPER GRAPHIC QUILT!
Barn Raising Log Cabin Antique Quilt
Item #F-2179 $399
This Barn Raising Log Cabin quilt began as a hand pieced top from the 1870's with cranberry and white resist prints, cinnamon pink and red on cream prints, and solid forest green cotton fabrics which still retain a sheen. It was finished sometime in the mid 20th century, with the finisher adding a white cotton back and hand applied binding. It has no batting and measures 88" x 86". HAND QUILTED with "stitch in the ditch" quilting @ 7 stitches per inch. In UNUSED, UNWASHED condition, we found no rips, tears or odors, but a few light storage spots - MAGNIFICENT!!!
Antique Indigo Patchwork Quilt
Item #F-2146 SOLD!!
This 4 Patch/9 Patch Variation quilt from the 1880's is HAND PIECED using many period cotton fabrics for the blocks including Cadet blue, burgundy and shirting prints for the pieced blocks, and a quarter moon print on dark Indigo blue for the alternate blocks and borders. It measures 80" x 68", has a thin cotton batting, and an unbleached muslin for the back. The binding was made by bringing the border fabric to the back and hand stitching in place. HAND QUILTED with straightline quilting on the pieced blocks, diamond quilting on the background blocks, and angle 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 CRISP, CLEAN, GRAPHIC QUILT!!
Bright & Colorful Antique Peony Quilt
Item #F-2140 $499
From the 1930's comes this HAND PIECED Peony quilt, made with all cotton fabrics including bright coral pink and Nile green for the peonys and bright white for the background, with all three fabrics used in the deep border. The quilt also has HAND APPLIQUED stems, measures 88" x 74", has a thin cotton batting, a light pink hand applied binding, and a bright white back. HAND QUILTED with outline quilting inside the peonys, square quilting on the baskets, large feather wreaths and square quilting on the background, and double rope quilting on the borders @ 8 to 10 neat and tiny stitches per inch counting one side only. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found no rips, tears, stains or odors, just a CLEAN, CRISP, UNUSED QUILT!!
Rare Rolling Stone/Garden Maze Antique Quilt Top
Item #F-2036 $299
We've had Garden Maze quilts and Rolling Stone quilts, but never the 2 patterns together!! Dating to the 1880's, this RARE variation quilt top is HAND PIECED using many period cotton printed fabrics for the Rolling Stones with a creamy white for the background, and deep Indigo Blue and bright Cheddar Orange solids for the Garden Mazes. Measuring 84" x 74", it has light storage spotting visible mainly on the creamy white fabrics, but no rips, tears or odors. FFABULOUS, FABULOUS, FABULOUS!!!
Eyedazzler Triangles Antique Quilt
Item #F-2037 $499
Such a bright, interesting quilt! Dating to the 1930's, this Pyramid quilt is HAND PIECED using bright magenta pink, royal blue and bright white cotton fabrics. Measuring 86" x 86", it has a thin cotton batting, a hand applied royal blue binding, and an unbleached muslin back. HAND QUILTED with outline quilting inside each piece, and double straightline quilting across the triple borders @ 6 stitches per inch. PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found fading on the magenta pink border in several places, but no rips, tears, stains or odors. CLEAN & SUPER GRAPHIC!!
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