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Here's a One-of-a-Kind !
This wonderful oddity came to us with no history attached,
so we will make our best guess as to what we have here....
We can establish the approximate date by the fabrics and images used:
a colored (crayoned) design, which this woman outlined in black embroidery.
The image of the branch-y, folk-y tree was borrowed from
very early textiles (often crewel), popular in the earliest years of the 1800s.
This very inventive, thrifty, and playful quilt maker, working around 1940,
used what she had, and employed what she knew.
She combined the commercial Tree with "floating" appliqued images ~
primitive and freely cut Butterflies, Scotties and Ninepatches ~
and filled those in with whimsical hand embroidery.
She used what she had, apparently!
She used part of a mattress pad, filled the quilt with a blanket,
did both hand and machine quilting, and added a fringe.
It is as if she was channeling styles and techniques of quilt makers of the previous 150 years!
Excellent, Sturdy Condition.
A Unique Mid 20th Century Treasure!
Price: $285
Here's a One-of-a-Kind !
This wonderful oddity came to us with no history attached,
so we will make our best guess as to what we have here....
We can establish the approximate date by the fabrics and images used:
- the printed cottons are very typical Depression era style
- the black outline embroidery was common on quilts of this time
- the Scottie dog is a dead giveaway ~ FDR's pet, Fala, captured the hearts of many Americans!
a colored (crayoned) design, which this woman outlined in black embroidery.
The image of the branch-y, folk-y tree was borrowed from
very early textiles (often crewel), popular in the earliest years of the 1800s.
This very inventive, thrifty, and playful quilt maker, working around 1940,
used what she had, and employed what she knew.
She combined the commercial Tree with "floating" appliqued images ~
primitive and freely cut Butterflies, Scotties and Ninepatches ~
and filled those in with whimsical hand embroidery.
She used what she had, apparently!
She used part of a mattress pad, filled the quilt with a blanket,
did both hand and machine quilting, and added a fringe.
It is as if she was channeling styles and techniques of quilt makers of the previous 150 years!
Excellent, Sturdy Condition.
A Unique Mid 20th Century Treasure!
