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NEW YORK STATE 'ALBUM' APPLIQUE

  • 82" sq
  • 1860-70
  • Crisp untouched
  • $ 2,650.00
  • available

 


WS 10765

Two different applique patterns, one like an oak leaf, the other unknown, alternate on this unusual quilt from central New York State. Stylized motifs, not your typical florals. cThis quilt is actually a summer spread with original backing but no batting. Bold solid color cottons fill each of the 49 blocks. Dramatic visual statement as fresh as when made. Minor storage patina.
         
         
 

 
 

 

SCHERENSCHNITTE PA. APPLIQUE Birds Thistles

  • 86" square
  • 1890
  • Excellent, minor fade mark
  • $ 5,800.00
  • available

 


WS 10732

An identical applique quilt is in the International Quilt Study Center Museum Collection at the Univ. of Nebraska. One Pennsylvania woman likely made both (one for each child), or this graphic concept was a community shared design. The monumental scale applique is made by folding fabric in four and cutting out the curvalinear design (just as in paper cutting) then,in quiltmaking, placing the motif on a background. Individual birds nestle among the heightened foliate motifs. There is a small fade line where the quilt was uppermost when folded.
         
         
 

 
 

 

THEOREM -THE FOUNTAIN OF AEGERIA IN ROME

  • 27 1/2" x 22"
  • c. 1820's
  • watercolor theorem painting on velvet, signed eglomise
  • Excellent condition
  • $ 3,800.00
  • available

 


WS 30029

Copied from a ptrint source most likely by a schoolgirl in a New England female academy, this theorem is signed and in the original eglomise (reverse painted) galss liner and gilt frame. Signed Frances M. Hart. Aegeria is a Roman Goddess of prophecy invoked by pregnant women. She is of the Camenae -- water spirits who dwell in freshwater springs and rivers. Their name means "foretellers" (info taken from Roman Gods/Goddesses website: www.harmonysenchantedhearth.homestead.com).

This theorem was likely copied from a print source given to schoolgirls by their teacher in a female academy; it depicts a mythological landscape. In a period gilt frame with conservation plexi-glass.p> This unusual and meaningful subject would be the perfect gift for wife, or pregnant friend or family member, as well as a seasoned folk art collector!

         
         
 

 
 

 

MEZZARO Italian Printed Cloth

  • 98" x 106" (fits queen or king bed)
  • 19th century
  • cotton
  • excellent except wher
  • $ 2,200.00
  • available

 


WS 40028

Worn by the women of Genoa, Italy as an enveloping shawl, covering the head and entire body. Tree-of-life-type landscape pictorial design often mistaken for Indian palampore. Monkeys, palms, other exotic elements are printed in a beautiful natural palette. Hang like a tapestry or drape like a spread.
         
         
 

 
 

 

N.J. M.E. LADIES AID SOCIETY ALBUM

  • 80 sq
  • third quarter 19th c
  • cotton
  • Excellent, profession
  • $ 9,500.00
  • available

 


WS 10463

The stencilled name ABRAM HENNION is clue to the NEW JERSEY origin of this bolder album quilt. Though some might think it to be Maine because of the M.E., that stands for Methodist Episcopal Ladies Aid Society. Has significant hallmarks of format, motif, and color that link it a known examples of New Jersey album sampler quilts. Research paper documenting it in historical context comes with purchase.
         
         
 

 
 

 

MARRIAGE SENTIMENTS CRAZY QUILT

  • 70 x 78 (fits twin or double)
  • 1880s
  • Excellent
  • $ 2,475.00
  • available

 


WS 10452

Names of friends and wishes for happiness are embroidered in multicolor wool yarns on a randomly pieced, true crazy quilt. Only the locale is missing, the sentiments are real.Flower embroidery and material suggest Pennsylvania origin. EXHIBITED: "TEXT ON TEXTILES: WORDS AS DESIGN IN ANTIQUE QUILTS",October 2009 Houston Quilt Festival.
         
         
 

 
 

 

VICTORIAN LADIES CIGARETTE PREMIUMS QUILT

  • 76" x 80" (fits double bed)
  • turn of 20th century
  • Excellent untouched
  • $ 1,750.00
  • available

 


WS 10409

Beautiful Victorian/Edwardian women in either formal or sports attire alternate in this unique "quilt". These are larger than usual rectangular pieces most likely used as premiums for cigarette purchases. The name of the printing company is visible at the base of some of the portraits, but it is unknown what artist of the period - perhaps Howard Chandler Christy? - painted the originals from which these were printed. The rectangles are sewn over each seam with black embroidery in the traditional briar stitch used in crazy quilts of the era.
         
         
 

 
 

 

1876 CENTENNIAL AMERICAN FLAGS COMMEMORATIVE

  • 89" square (fits queen bed)
  • 1876
  • Unused, some staining
  • $ 7,500.00
  • available

 


WS 10411

These 39-star flag kerchiefs were the printed commemoratives created to honor the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. They have a fascinating place in American history because a 39 state flag was never put to use, superceded by the admission of the 40th state, to the Union. One kerchief alone is rare and scarce. Described as "The'International Flag'... with an unofficial total of thirty-nine stars in its constellation, is notable not only for its canton-which contains six vertical "rows," three with six stars and three with seven stars-but also for its border of small flags of the nations that were to attend the United States' hundredth birthday party. It brings to mind a flag carried by the printers of calico for the July 4, 1788, celebrations in Philadelphia; on that occasion the Stars and Stripes was surrounded by an edge of thirty-seven prints of various colors and carried the motto "May the Union government protect the manufacturers of America." (Mastai, "The Stars and the Stripes: The American Flag as Art and as History from the Birth of the Republic to the Present," page 162) Said to reflect America's emergence as a world power, a bridge to East and West. American flag surrounded by 38 other nations' flags--Great Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Russia, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Siam, Tunis, Persia, Egypt, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Honduras, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Chili, Argentine, U.S. Columbia, Ireland, China, Japan, Morocco, Sandwich, Hayti, Liberia, and Mexico. Kerchief patented DEC 28. 1875"; 135-year-old rare flag ephemera. Centennial Exhibition held in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Historic because of the 39 stars flag, and also visually significant with its multiple imagery, a precursor to some works by Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol. Some dye bleed in one area from moisture.
         
         
 

 
 

 

THIS OLD HOUSE QUILT red, green, white 1880s

  • 80" x 86" (fits double or queen bed)
  • 1880s
  • cotton
  • Excellent untouched n
  • $ 2,950.00
  • available

 


WS 10352

THE classic house pattern in colors suitable for the holidays or anytime. Repeat bold graphic of iconic American House quilt pattern in solid colors. Slight overall color change to matte green-gray, otherwise untouched. Brilliant graphic.
         
         
 

 
 

 

HOUSES PIECED QUILT

  • 72" x 84"
  • c. 1890-1900
  • wool
  • Very good condition;
  • $ 875.00
  • available

 


WS 10033

How amazing -- a WOOL house quilt, actually a comfort "tied" with wool yarn. The jaunty, extra-large scale house blocks are the pattern called This Old House published by the Ladies Art Co. The pleasing coloration - wine and blue wool with camel - lends a sophisticated tone to this otherwise rustic interpretation of the pattern. Currently on exhibition in Quilts Japan 20005 at the Tokyo Dome.
         
         
 

 
 
 
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