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Unique/Narrative/Pictorial/Unusual Quilts- AMERICAN FLAGS 84 CIGAR FLANNELS ANTIQUE QUILT
- CARD SUITS ORIENTAL PRINT WORKS WHOLE CLOTH QUILT
- CORDUROY PLAIDS ONE PATCH VINTAGE PIECED QUILT
- EAGLE AND STARS CROSS-STITCH QUILT
- FLAGS AND STORYBOOK ANTIQUE TRUNDLE QUILT
- GEORGE WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE KERCHIEFS QUILT, reverses to Flags of the Nations........
- HABERDASHERY RIBBONS LOG CABIN ANTIQUE QUILT
- HOUSE ANTIQUE QUILT
- HOUSE ANTIQUE QUILT reverse coloration
- HOUSE ON THE HILL VINTAGE PIECED QUILT
- LAYERED FLOWERS IN A TINY POT APPLIQUE, vine border
- LOG CABIN LIGHT AND DARK VINTAGE QUILT, pieced of grosgrain ribbons
- MONUMENTAL HOUSE ANTIQUE QUILT, Sally Goforth, Weymouth NJ
- MULTIPLE 'TARGETS' VINTAGE QUILT
- NINE PATCH MEDALLION UNIFORMS VINTAGE QUILT
- PATRIOTIC AUNT ELIZA'S STAR ANTIQUE QUILT
- WORLD WAR I DOUGHBOY ANTIQUE CROCHET SPREAD
- 'POTHOLDER' UNIQUE LOG CABIN VARIATION ANTIQUE QUILT, reds and white
- TREE OF LIFE ANTIQUE QUILT, one bold motif
- 'TILE' ANTIQUE CRAZY QUILT
- 'BARS' HOMESPUN WOOL BLANKETS QUILT
- 'BARS' 1950s NOSTALGIA PRINT
- 'GIDDAP' DONKEYS PIECED VINTAGE QUILT TOP
- 'PRINTED PATCHWORK' - A FAUX CRAZY QUILT
- 'TARGETS' PATRIOTIC ANTIQUE PIECED QUILT
- 'THIS OLD HOUSE' ANTIQUE QUILT
- 25-PATCH DIAMONDS VINTAGE QUILT, feedsacks on turquoise
- 72 BLOCK FLORAL ALBUM APPLIQUE
- AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN CRIB/TRUNDLE QUILT
- AFRICAN AMERICAN HOUSETOP SQUARES ANTIQUE QUILT
- AFRICAN-AMERICAN STEREOTYPE FIGURES VINTAGE QUILT
- AFRICAN-AMERICAN CRAZY STRIP BARS, work clothing
- AFRICAN-AMERICAN BIBLE STORIES APPLIQUE HANGING
- AFRICAN-AMERICAN SNAKE PATH VINTAGE QUILT
- AIRPLANE VINTAGE QUILT
- ALPHABET POSTAGE STAMP ANTIQUE QUILT red and white
- AMERICAN FLAG VINTAGE QUILT
- STRIP BARS ANTIQUE QUILT, five panels
- BARKCLOTH TUMBLING BLOCKS VINTAGE QUILT
- BARRISTER'S BLOCK or LAWYER'S PUZZLE
- BATES VINTAGE BEDSPREADS in a FLORAL STRIPE, two available
- BATHERS ONE PATCH PIECED VINTAGE QUILT
- BEACON BLANKETS NINE-PATCH VINTAGE PIECED QUILT
- BEACON BLANKETS NINE-PATCH ANTIQUE QUILT earth tones
- BEACON BLANKETS ONE-PATCH VINTAGE QUILT, mostly blues
- BIRDS FEEDING THEIR YOUNG, BOSTON TOWN BORDER ANTIQUE JACQUARD COVERLET
- BLUE WORK EMBROIDERED STORYBOOK TRUNDLE VINTAGE QUILT
- BRODERIE PERSE DOUBLE IRISH CHAIN QUILT
- CALIFORNIA SCENES PAINTED QUILT a prize winner
- CANDLEWICK ANTIQUE SPREAD signed Z. HUSTON
- CARTOON FIGURES PAINTED QUILT
- CELEBRITY AUTOGRAPHS HISTORIC VINTAGE QUILT
- CENTENNIAL 1876 AMERICAN FLAGS COMMEMORATIVE ANTIQUE QUILT
- CHEROKEE EAGLE AND STAR VINTAGE QUILT
- CIGAR SILK RIBBONS ANTIQUE PIECED QUILT black and gold
- COMIC BOOK HEROES FLANNEL ONE PATCH
- COMPASS ANTIQUE QUILT, PA Mennonite
- COMPASS with MOONS AND STARS
- CONEY ISLAND BEACON BLANKET
- COTTAGE LANDSCAPE EMBROIDERED VINTAGE BEDSPREAD
- COWBOYS 50s FABRICS ONE PATCH, reversible to SOLID COLOR ONE PATCH
- COWBOYS AND HORSES VINTAGE CRIB QUILT
- COWBOYS HERALDIC ONE PATCH reverses to solid colors ONE PATCH
- CYANOTYPE PHOTOS OF NEW ENGLAND COUNTRYSIDE
- DENIM 'BRITCHES' VINTAGE QUILT
- DOTS VINTAGE PIECED QUILT
- DOUBLE HEXAGONS VINTAGE QUILT, brilliant colors
- ECONOMY PATCH AND ROMAN STRIPE ANTIQUE QUILT, silk
- FEEDSACKS PICTORIAL
- FLORAL APPLIQUE ALBUM VINTAGE QUILT
- FLORAL VINES APPLIQUE VINTAGE QUILT
- FLORAL WREATHS 9-BLOCK APPLIQUE ex. Sandra Mitchell
- FLOWER BASKETS GRANNY'S GARDEN VINTAGE QUIILT
- FLOWER BASKETS IN CHENILLE EMBROIDERED QUILT
- FOLKY FOUR-BLOCK APPLIQUE
- FORTY-NINE STATES SEALS PATRIOTIC VINTAGE QUILT
- FRUIT BASKETS ANTIQUE QUILT
- FRUITS IN COMPOTE APPLIQUE Ruby Short McKim
- HAWAIIAN APPLIQUE VINTAGE QUILT, rose and white
- HONEYMOON COTTAGE VINTAGE PIECED QUILT
- HOUSES ANTIQUE QUILT
- HYDRANGIA WREATHS APPLIQUE 2 available
- LOMAX SISTERS WORLD GEOGRAPHY QUILT
- MAP QUILT of UNITED STATES AND MEXICO VINTAGE QUILT
- MINI-POSTAGE STAMP NINE- PATCH QUILT
- MONTHS OF THE YEAR VINTAGE QUILT blue and white
- MONUMENTAL NINE PATCH POSTAGE STAMP
- MOSAIC or HEXAGONS ENGLISH PIECED QUILT TOP
- NAUTICAL VINTAGE BEACON BLANKETS- two available
- NAUTICAL CRIB QUILT
- NINE PATCH ECONOMY PATCH DENIM CRIB QUILT
- OHIO STARS ANTIQUE QUILT
- PAINTED ANIMALS AND BABIES PICTORIAL
- PHILADELPHIA PAVEMENT VINTAGE CRIB OR TRUNDLE QUILT
- PINE BURR - a three dimensional quilt
- PINE TREES (TREE OF LIFE) red and white
- PLUSHWORK STARS ON SUITING SQUARES ANTIQUE QUILT
- POSTAGE STAMP CHAIN QUILT
- POSTAGE STAMP CONCENTRIC SQUARES 44,370 PIECES
- POSTAGE STAMP with WINDMILL BLADES MEDALLION
- PRIZE RIBBONS PIECED QUILT
- PUPPIES AND DOTS APPLIQUE QUILT
- RARE NURSERY RHYME APPLIQUE QUILT + PILLOW
- RETRO 16-PATCH FLORAL SIMULATED PATCHWORK WHOLE CLOTH
- ROSES FLORAL APPLIQUE ON SEXY BLACK GROUND
- RUSSIAN SUNFLOWER WITH 12-POINT STARS (aka COMPASS)
- SAMPLER ANTIQUE PIECED QUILT
- SAMPLER VINTAGE QUILT
- SCHWENKFELDER EMBROIDERED ALBUM ANTIQUE QUILT
- SEERSUCKER FOUR-POINT or KITE
- SHIRTING STRIPES ANTIQUE CRAZY QUILT
- SINGLE IRISH CHAIN WITH FLORAL APPLIQUES
- SIXTEEN PATCH FOUR PATCH POSTAGE STAMP ANTIQUE QUILT
- SNAKE PATH VINTAGE QUILT
- SOLDIER'S PATCHWORK MEDALLION DIAMOND CHAIN ANTIQUE QUILT
- STAIR STEPS ANTIQUE QUILT, Edwardian cotton home furnishings print
- STARBURST ANTIQUE QUILT, teal ground, yellow strips
- SUITING 'PENNY MAT' QUILT, CLOVERS APPLIQUE
- SUNBONNET BABIES| GREAT LEGS
- SUNBONNET SUE
- SUNBONNET SUE DOING CHORES TRUNDLE QUILT
- SUNBONNET SUE IN THE RAIN WITH HER DOG VINTAGE QUILT
- SUNBONNET SUE PLAYING TOGETHER VINTAGE QUILT
- SUNBURST PIECED QUILT
- TARGET or ONE BIG CIRCLE VINTAGE QUILT
- TARGET, pieced of patriotic bunting
- THIS OLD HOUSE QUILT red green, white 1880s
- TICKING 'CRAZY' BARS PIECED QUILT
- TRAPUNTO COMPASSES WITH FOUR STAR MEDALLIONS ANTIQUE QUILT
- TRIP AROUND THE WORLD "Cloth of Gold" solid colors
- TRIP AROUND THE WORLD 'PUFF' SQUARES
- TRIP AROUND THE WORLD POSTAGE STAMP VINTAGE QUILT
- TULIP APPLIQUE| NAVY BLUE BACKGROUND
- VARIABLE STARS IN A GARDEN MAZE
- VICTORIAN LADIES CIGARETTE PREMIUMS ANTIQUE QUILT
- WHIRLING TULIPS Marie Webster pattern, 2 available
- WORLD WAR II SOUVENIR PILLOW FACES QUILT TOP
- YO YO or BACHELORS BUTTONS abstract geometric pattern
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CENTENNIAL 1876 AMERICAN FLAGS COMMEMORATIVE ANTIQUE QUILT
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| 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.
| Price: | $ 9,500.00 | | Sku: | 10411 |
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