Historic
American Quilts
Historic
American Quilts
274 White on white wholecloth, 79x83, early 20th century. The qulting motifs on this quilt suggest Norh Country England (Communication, Dorothy Osler). Typical are the quilted rosettes and the little curlicues or swirls filling in space between the florals and plume-like leaves. The top photo is of the heavily quilted central medallion, which includes four shield-shaped figures. The second photo is typical of the border on all four sides with the shields enclosing rosettes, swirls and smaller leaves. The background is covered in 5/8 inch grids at 8-9 st/in. The quilt has a machine-stitched knife edge, which is a bit floppy, and has been mended in a couple of places. This is a beautiful clean quilt of exceptional quilting quality. It has a very nice solid feel. I do send quilts on approval, so please let me know if you want to see it. $650
639 Hand-loomed coverlet with hand knotted fringe, 1830-50, 76x80, provenance American Hurrah. This is an earlier example of a handloomed Marseille-style coverlet. The pattern is on both sides. Fringe on four sides. These are always attractive as a base for a colorful folded quilt. Excellent condition. $450
672 Whole cloth Wedding Quilt, age?, 77x 81, Pennsylvania. The center medallion of this all-white piece ( see first and last photo, which was backlit to show the quilting) is scalloped with triple quilting lines and filled with large and small florals. The field is quilted in square grids on point, and there are five borders, each divided by double quilting. The most inner border contains scrolls, the second contains sinuous daisy-like flowers, the third is a single grid on point, and the fourth contains florals and leaves. The outer border is a square grid on point.The quilting is 7-8 st/in and is executed beautifully. There is a knife edge.The style of this whole-cloth quilt is similar to those made in Yorkshire, England. Attached to the quilt is a red ribbon that says "2nd Place, Carbon County Fair, Leighton, PA" and then there is a small loose tag that says "Regalia Mfg Co, Rock Island, Il". The quilt was found in Illinois. There is one quarter-sized patched area, but otherwise the quilt is in excellent condition. $725
441 Quilted in the Loom coverlet, "ca1840", 98x94, from the estate of Gertrude Newbold Brick (from the mincemeat business family), New Jersey, sold as a "wedding quilt". A photo of this was sent by the agent to an appraiser who said that it definitely was a trapunto wedding quilt. This is not the case. This is a Marseille cloth coverlet woven to look like a trapunto quilt. The first looms to be able to do this were invented in the 18th century. This coverlet may have been made in England or here in the U.S. but it was made with a loom using draw boys above the loom to keep track of the yarns. It does look very much like trapunto but careful inspection will show the warp and weft threads. Comparison to modern-day manufactured Marseille quilts is a simple task. Excellent condition and very rare. $2200
430 Wholecloth, reversible, 1920-1940, 69x87, Galesburg, Illinois, Mrs. W.J. Achepohl signed on attached tape. This is another beautifully quilted piece by Mrs. Achepohl. It is ivory on one side in cotton sateen., and the reverse is seafoam. The quilting is in medallion style at 8st/in with double feathers surrounding the center of 3/4-inch squares . 1.5-inch diamonds are quilted outside and to the edges . This is similar to the wholecloth crib quilt on the Crib Quilts page, although its quilting is slightly different. Never used, so in excellent condition except for a slight fade line down the center where the quilt has been folded. $1050.