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LOG CABIN ZIGZAG ANTIQUE QUILT cotton prints

 

LOG CABIN ZIGZAG ANTIQUE QUILT cotton prints

LOG CABIN ZIGZAG ANTIQUE QUILT cotton prints
   

 



Cotton prints ranging over a couple of decades have been combined in this graphic and unusual Log Cabin. The greys are called mourning or wash cottons and were prevalent in turn of the century dresses, followed by early feedsack prints of the 1920s. This is an infrequently seen iteration of the log cabin design in which strips of cotton grouped by light and dark tones are arranged in various rotations to form designs across the quilt surface. The visual liveliness is enhanced by the tiny prints in the strips

75" x 80" c. 1920s cotton