Quilts for sale
Julie Silber, one of today's most respected quilt authorities, and her partner, Jean Demeter, working together as The Quilt Complex, offer a wide range of antique and vintage quilts made between 1800 and 1950.
Our “Featured Quilt” is either a newly found treasure or one we have decided to release for sale from our private collection. Check back often for the most recent additions.
TQC Quilts
“TQC” (The Quilt Complex) Quilts represent our current antique quilt inventory. The quilts come from a variety of sources including trade shows, private collections and “pickers” with whom we have established relations over many years.
Sandra McPherson is a California poet, professor, and publisher who has become a connoisseur of American quilts, with a special affinity for the gutsy, unpretentious, and personal. Many of Sandra's quilts are now in museum collections many documented at African American made quilts.
The Quilt Complex is very pleased to offer more superb examples from her quilt collection.
"ENGINEER'S QUILT
Design by Ralph Roy Adams
Phillipsburg, PA
72 x 72 inches
Circa 1920
Cottons
McPherson Collection
$1400
FIGURAL APPLIQUE CRIB
Unknown Quilt Maker
Collected in Massachusetts
23 x 39 inches
Dated: "1939"
Wools, wool felts
McPherson Collection
$750
COXCOMB
Unknown Quilt Maker
Collected in Tennessee
68 x 86 inches
Circa 1870
Cottons
McPherson Collection
$685
TWIST AND TURN
Unknown Quilt Maker
Collected in Missouri
56 x 77 inches
Circa 1945
Cottons
McPherson Collection
$485
ROY DOOLEY'S QUILT
Inscribed: Roy Dooley
39 x 52 inches
Circa 1950
Wools
McPherson Collection
$385
PRINCE'S FEATHER with BUTTERFLIES
Unknown Quilt Maker
80 x 80 inches
Circa 1950
Cottons
McPherson Collection
$585
OLD MAID'S RAMBLE
Unknown Quilt Maker
Collected in California
66 x 80 inches
Circa 1930
Cottons
McPherson Collection
$885
JACOB'S LADDER VARIANT
Unknown Quilt Maker
Collected in Rutland, Vermont
56 x 92 inches
Circa 1910
Cottons
McPherson Collection
$365
NINE PATCH CENTRAL MEDALLION
Unknown Quilt Maker
Collected in Oakland, CA
58 x 78 inches
1960 - 1970
Corduroys, cottons, cotton blends
McPherson Collection
$535
"AUNT DINAH"VARIATION
UNKNOWN QUILT MAKER
Collected in Iowa
64 x 80 inches
Circa 1940
Wools
McPherson Collection
$225
"CHURCH LADIES"
Made by "Silverlake Presbyterian Church"
Los Angeles, CA
Top: circa 1940 ...Dated on back: "1995"
60 x 70 inches
Cottons (front); cotton blend (back)
McPherson Collection
$385
TQC Quilts“TQC” (The Quilt Complex) Quilts represent our current antique quilt inventory. The quilts come from a variety of sources including trade shows, private collections and “pickers” with whom we have established relations over many years.
Sandra McPherson is a California poet, professor, and publisher who has become a connoisseur of American quilts, with a special affinity for the gutsy, unpretentious, and personal. Many of Sandra's quilts are now in museum collections many documented at African American made quilts.
The Quilt Complex is very pleased to offer more superb examples from her quilt collection.
"ENGINEER'S QUILTDesign by Ralph Roy Adams
Phillipsburg, PA
72 x 72 inches
Circa 1920
Cottons
McPherson Collection
$1400
FIGURAL APPLIQUE CRIBUnknown Quilt Maker
Collected in Massachusetts
23 x 39 inches
Dated: "1939"
Wools, wool felts
McPherson Collection
$750
COXCOMBUnknown Quilt Maker
Collected in Tennessee
68 x 86 inches
Circa 1870
Cottons
McPherson Collection
$685
TWIST AND TURNUnknown Quilt Maker
Collected in Missouri
56 x 77 inches
Circa 1945
Cottons
McPherson Collection
$485
ROY DOOLEY'S QUILTInscribed: Roy Dooley
39 x 52 inches
Circa 1950
Wools
McPherson Collection
$385
PRINCE'S FEATHER with BUTTERFLIESUnknown Quilt Maker
80 x 80 inches
Circa 1950
Cottons
McPherson Collection
$585
OLD MAID'S RAMBLEUnknown Quilt Maker
Collected in California
66 x 80 inches
Circa 1930
Cottons
McPherson Collection
$885
JACOB'S LADDER VARIANTUnknown Quilt Maker
Collected in Rutland, Vermont
56 x 92 inches
Circa 1910
Cottons
McPherson Collection
$365
NINE PATCH CENTRAL MEDALLIONUnknown Quilt Maker
Collected in Oakland, CA
58 x 78 inches
1960 - 1970
Corduroys, cottons, cotton blends
McPherson Collection
$535
"AUNT DINAH"VARIATIONUNKNOWN QUILT MAKER
Collected in Iowa
64 x 80 inches
Circa 1940
Wools
McPherson Collection
$225
"CHURCH LADIES"Made by "Silverlake Presbyterian Church"
Los Angeles, CA
Top: circa 1940 ...Dated on back: "1995"
60 x 70 inches
Cottons (front); cotton blend (back)
McPherson Collection
$385
Labels: McPHERSON COLLECTION