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SILK LOG CABIN COURTHOUSE STEPS CRIB QUILT

  • 28" x 38"
  • late 19th c
  • Excellent
  • $ 1,475.00
  • available

 


WS 10769

Everything is scaled down for this crib quilt, though can't imagine it was meant for a child's use as it contains formal decorative silks. Just right for to hang on a wall, though. Each square is under 3" of scintillating colorful silks whose light and dark tones dance about the quilt surface. Pattern is called COURTHOUSE STEPS variation. Original green silk ribbon binding.
         
         
 

 
 

 

FOUR POINT STAR or ROCKY ROAD, silk

  • 60" sq
  • late 19th c
  • Excellent, minor breaks
  • $ 1,475.00
  • available

 


WS 10749

Dynamic configuration incorporates crazy quilt-type piecing in a traditional geometric pattern called variously FOUR POINT, "KITE" or ROCKY ROAD TO KANSAS, among other titles. The larger scale of the nine stars permits the inclusion of many small bits of Victorian silk. Unlike a crazy quilt there is no embroidery to feminize the geometry, but the Victorian quiltmaker could not resist the flourish of a red ruffle. Striking with the multicolor silk bits against black. Excellent condition, a few minor inevitable silk breaks, but nothing to interfere with the enjoyment of the quilt.
         
         
 

 
 

 

SILK CHEVRONS

  • 60" square
  • 1880s
  • Excellent
  • $ 2,950.00
  • available

 


WS 10724

Simple, but simply stunning. Narrow angled strips of plain and figured silks, probably from cravats and dressing gowns of the late Victorian period, make three sets of chevron bands. Rich deep colors. Can be hung vertically or horizontally. Powerful image works as well in modern interior as in one with antiques.
         
         
 

 
 

 

1885 N.J. 'ORGANIZED' CRAZY QUILT silk,velvet

  • 64" x 72"
  • dated 1885
  • Excellent untouched
  • $ 2,250.00
  • available

 


WS 10725

A beautiful classic with elements that make it better than most. Dated 1885 in embroidery; numerous small blocks with lots of color, very little black, mostly shades in the red and gold spectrum; embroidered thoroughly with the familiar Victorian era stitchery. Bordered on two sides with ruby red velvet, and lace trim. 125 years old and still radiant in color and materials.
         
         
 

 
 

 

VELVET BOWTIES

  • 64" x 66"
  • turn of the 20th c
  • excellent untouched c
  • $ 1,250.00
  • available

 


WS 10613

Sumptuous cut velvet home furnishings fabrics in earth tones have an illuminated woodland palette of greens and golds and browns that is special and thoughtful (sorry-picture colors are a bit sharp; actual quilt is warm toned). Small scale (about 3") blocks of these jacquard floral weaves are arrayed in a classic BOWTIE pieced pattern joined with a 1/2" wide sashing that makes for a refined composition. Colors much richer in person, fabrics were used for home furnishings, draperies, dramatic outerwear clothing at the turn of the 20th century. A best-of-kind example; very few are ever seen.
         
         
 

 
 

 

VELVET TRIP AROUND THE WORLD

  • 76" square (fits twin or double bed)
  • 1890s
  • Velvet with rayon satin border
  • Ecellent
  • $ 1,650.00
  • available

 


WS 10473

Gorgeous colors seem like every shade of wine, along with golden hues step up the appeal of a classic pattern. Dressmaker touches include the wine quilted satin border with the tiny ruffle edge. Sumptuous precursor to one of the most visually dramatic patterns of the early 20th century.
         
         
 

 
 

 

CIGAR RIBBONS SILK QUILT

  • 66" x 70"
  • late 19th-early 20th
  • Excellent, superb
  • $ 5,800.00
  • available

 


WS 10425

Tour-de-force graphic design for silk cigar ribbons. A rare larger size (they are most often 20" squares for pillows). Contains mostly one brand of cigar ribbons - Hollards - increasing the dramatic impact. Black embroidery emphasizes the graphics, as does the repeat lettering. Jaunty black ruffle border contains it all. Exhibited in 'TEXT ON TEXTILES: WORDS AS DESIGN IN ANTIQUE QUILTS" October 2009, Houston Quilt Festival.
         
         
 

 
 

 

CRAZY BARS QUILT, EMBROIDERED FLOWERS

  • 70" x 76" (fits twin or double bed)
  • 1880s
  • Excellent
  • $ 1,375.00
  • available

 


WS 10179

A refined elegant crazy quilt, where the only embroidery is in varied, beautifully rendered flowers scattered here and there. No over-embroidered seams as in other Victorian crazy quilts. This sophisticated interpretation has random shaped pieces joined first into diamond shapes, then arranged as rows or strips. Initialled M.E.W. Bordered in black silk satin quilted in one-inch diamonds like that used for lapels of Victorian dressing gowns or smoking jackets. Near mint condition, occasional silk splits, nearly invisible among the more than 1,000 small pieces.
         
         
 

 
 

 

VELVET WILDFLOWERS GRASSES EMBROIDERED QUILT

  • 60" x 72" (twin)
  • C. 1880s
  • excellent, untouched
  • $ 1,750.00
  • available

 


WS 10712

Beautifully rendered wildflowers and grasses are embroidered on velvet diamonds, mostly black but some a rich brown. Set in a diamond lattice sashing, everything is accented with double rows of white stitching that looks like interlacing. Embroidery of the type was usually done for Victorian crazy quilts, so to find this beauty on sturdier velvet is a special discovery. Backing is homespun linen
         
         
 

 
 

 

'LAYERED' FANS VELVET PIECED QUILT a cover gir

  • 80" square
  • early 20th c
  • Excellent untouched
  • $ 5,800.00
  • available

 


WS 10714

This vibrant Fans variation quilt is the cover illustration for Robert Shaw's new book "American Quilts: The Democratic Art 1780-2007"(published Oct 2009). The fans are organized so the quilt face appears three-dimensional, as if several squared layers of decreasing size are layered. Irresistible colors, rich solid velvets in teal, ochre, intense rose. Small almost unseen 'ties' anchor the layers, instead of stitching, adding another lively element. A swell and unusual discovery.
         
         
 

 
 
 
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