The very fine quilting on this late 19th century quilt measures about
10 stitches per inch and is expertly done. Turkey red and indigo
calicoes make up the eight pointed stars as well as the zig-zag border.
Depicted in the center of this piece is a building that is recognizable
as the Grand Lodge Temple of the Odd Fellows that once stood on Gay
Street in Baltimore, MD. This lodge was built in 1831 and was the first
Odd Fellows lodge in the United States. It was destroyed by fire in
1904. Landmarks in and around Baltimore were popular subjects for use
in album quilts of the genre.
A beautiful example of the whole cloth quilt dating to the first half
of the 19th century. The chintz fabric features a pair of running
horses with mountains and a river in the background the horses appear
to be running across a field of roses and flowers. The colors are
mostly blues and browns. Simple quilting in a diamond shape.
Alternating rows of solid turkey red fabric and pieced pyramids in
fabulous early fabrics. The backing is great too in a cheddar/olive and
brown/burgundy stripe.
A wonderfully executed quilt with very heavy and fine all over
quilting. Each block measures 3 1/4" square, with each piece being just
over 1" square. Quilted with 10 stitches per inch in a grid pattern in
the solid blocks with a simpler X design in the 9 Patch.
This New England quilt is an exquisite example of hand piecing,
applique and quilting. The person who made this quilt was certainly
skilled in the needle arts. In all likelihood, the family of the
quiltmaker would have been wealthy as this quilt is not comprised of
scraps, but of two turkey red calicos and an over-dyed green that would
have been purchased for this quilt.
Beautiful quilted wreaths enhance this bold Irish Chain quilt. The
fabrics appear to be hand dyed in turkey red and green which has
softened and mellowed over time.
This nice early log cabin is not actually a quilt as it is made up of
only two layers instead of three and not quilted, making it a coverlet
or counterpane. Light summer weight without the batting. There are many
wonderful early fabrics that were used to comprise this well thought
out design.
This exceptional quilt is done in the Mariner's Compass pattern. It is
a pattern that only the most accomplished needle woman could undertake.
Each compass has 32 points and it was not an easy task to work the
pattern out evenly while retaining a circle.
Harold Koda: Poiret (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications)
Jonathan Walford: The Seductive Shoe: Four Centuries of Fashion Footwear
18th Century Costume in the National Museums and Galleries of Mersyside
Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans and Fashion, 1840-1900
Dangerous Liasons: Fashion and Furniture in the Eighteenth Century
What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America
From Paris to Providence, Fashion, Art and the Tirocchi Dressmakers' Shop, 1915-1947
Style & Splendor: The Wardrobe of Queen Maud of Norway 1896-1938
