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

Item #S-2293    $7,995

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!!




1860's Tumbling Block/Stars Antique Crib Quilt

Item #S-2287    $550

This is one of the earliest crib quilts we've had, and dates to the 1860's to 1880's.  It's HAND PIECED using period cotton prints and solids, with the center star in Turkey Red and a red, white & blue print.  Measuring 36" x 36", it has a thin cotton batting, a hand applied piped binding (unusual for a crib quilt!) and a bright white back.   HAND QUILTED with stitch in the ditch quilting around each piece, and a single leaf quilted on the white background.   PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found no rips, tears, stains or odors, just a CLEAN, COLORFUL ANTIQUE CRIB QUILT!!  This quilt came from the same estate as 2 early Flower Garden quilts that we sold earlier this year.




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!!



Unused, Unwashed Antique Star Quilt

Item #S-2271   SOLD!!



From the 1870's/1880's comes this HAND PIECED Star quilt using 64 star blocks measuring 6-1/4" square with overdyed green printed blocks as the background.  The stars are made using many colorful period scrap bag cotton prints with a creamy white cotton for the background, and a rusty red print for the borders.  The quilt measures 84" x 80", has a thin cotton batting with seed fragments, a hand applied binding, and an unbleached muslin back.  HAND QUILTED with radiating Chevron quilting on the blocks, and angle quilting on the borders @ 8 stitches per inch.  The maker must have been anxious to try her new "modern" treadle sewing machine, because the corners have 5 to 7 lines of machine angle stitching (see photo).  In UNUSED, UNWASHED CONDITION, we find no rips, tears or odors, just a couple very small pinhead sized spots.  BRIGHT & CRISP, A COLLECTORS DREAM QUILT!!



Early Antique Stars Summer Spread

Item #S-2249    SOLD!!



If only these early quilts could talk!  We know that many quilts were made for Civil War soldiers and this quilt, HAND PIECED using many cotton scrap bag prints, certainly fits the time frame.   There are 72 Star blocks, each different, with a pink on pink (double pink) floral sprig print for the background, borders and backing.  The quilt measures 78" x 70", has a medium weight cotton batting and an invisible binding hidden by Turkey Track decorative stitching in black yarn.  The front is attached to the back by ties in black & pink yarns in the center of each block (both star and alternating), and on the corners.  It appears to have been quickly made and is in clean, "as found" condition with no rips, tears, stains or odors and appears to be unused.   A wonderful example of early fabrics!!




Clean & Fresh 2 Generation Stars Quilt

Item #S-2229    $299

This Stars quilt started out as an 1880's top, HAND PIECED using cotton fabrics ~ 1860's to 1880's prints for the stars and black & white shirting prints for the block background, a dark pink dot on light pink for the sashing, and bright white for the borders.  It was finished by another generation during the last half of the 20th century.  It measures 88" x 80", has a thin batting, a hand applied cotton blend binding, and a bright white cotton blend back.  HAND QUILTED with light pencil marks visible, it has outline quilting around each star piece and running chain quilting on the sashing and borders @ 7 to 8 stitches per inch.  PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we find no rips, tears, stains or odors.  CLEAN, FRESH, CRISP & GRAPHIC!




Antique Touching Stars Quilt w/Zig Zag Frame

Item #S-2219    SOLD!!



This1870's Touching Stars quilt is HAND PIECED using a pink on pink (double pink) sprig print and white cotton fabrics.  The maker also added a zig zag frame - difficult to do!  The quilt measures 90" x 88", has a thin cotton batting with seed fragments, a white back, and an 1/8" wide binding made by bringing the backing fabric around to the front and hand stitching in place.  HAND QUILTED with double straightline quilting on the pieced blocks, square quilting between the star blocks, sunflowers with double square quilting in the centers on the background blocks, running chevron quilting on the frame, and running feather quilting on the borders @ 9 neat and tiny stitches per inch.  PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we found no rips, tears, stains or odors. 




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!!

Antique Ohio Star Variation Quilt

Item #S2121    SOLD!!



The unusual stars in this 1890's quilt are HAND PIECED using bright Cheddar for the points and a bittersweet cotton for the centers, with a bright white cotton for the background.  The maker also added a 2-1/2" wide Cheddar frame.  The quilt measures 82" x 70", has a very thin cotton batting, a hand applied bittersweet binding, and a bright white back.  HAND QUILTED with outline quilting on the Cheddar star pieces, asterisk (*) quilting in the star centers and on the corners of each star block, four Fleur de Lis connected in the center on each of the background blocks, and an unusual home made pattern resembling handles with diamond centers across the frame and border @ 8 to 9 neat and tiny stitches per inch.  PROFESSIONALLY HAND LAUNDERED, we find no rips, tears or odors, but a couple stains on the back (see close-up photo with areas outlined). 





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! 





1890's Ohio Star Antique Quilt

 Item #S1094   SOLD!!
   




BRIGHT, BOLD & BEAUTIFUL is how we'd describe this 1890's Ohio Star quilt made with all cotton fabrics.  The star pieces were made using several intricate prints on Cadet Blue and several prints on deep bright reds, with tiny dots on Indigo blue for the center and background.  The fabric used for the sashing and borders is a tiny pink on pink (double pink) print, and the maker also included a 1" wide Cadet blue printed frame.  The quilt measures 84" x 72", has a thin cotton batting, a hand applied binding, and a lovely lavender & cream striped flannel back.  HAND QUILTED with angle quilting over the pieced blocks, diamond quilting on the sashing, and angle quilting on the borders @ 8 stitches per inch.  In UNUSED, UNWASHED MINT CONDITION, we could find no rips, tears, stains or odors, just a CLEAN, CRISP & SUPER GRAPHIC QUILT!!

Fabulous Star of Bethlehem Antique Quilt

Item #S1013      $7,500

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!!!!