April 22, 2024
EXQUISITE '1848' SIGNED,DATED ANTIQUE APPLIQUE 20 BLOCK URN QUILT
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MASTERPIECE ANTIQUE APPLIQUED 20 BLOCK URN QUILT SIGNED AND DATED 'MARGARET C. ROBERTS' HER QUILT DONE MARCH THE 7th, 1848 86x101, NICE LARGE SIZE 2ND SIGNATURE ON BACK LABEL MRS. L.B. MERRITT (POSSIBLY INHERITED THE QUILT) EXQUISITELY HAND QUILTED AND APPLIQUED, NEVER WASHED, CRISP ALL COTTON, SEED FRAGMENTS, NO FADING,COLORS BRIGHT AND RICH, 20 URNS WITH LARGE VINE BORDER (BINDING SAME GREEN FABRIC AND HAS TURNED EVER SO SLIGHTLY TO A LIGHTER SHADE IN SOME AREAS. ) UNUSUAL QUILTED URNS WITH WREATHS ON TOP FILL THE ALTERNATE BLOCKS,SIDE SETTING TRIANGLES HAVE A WREATH THAT SEEM TO BE RESTING ON A PEDISTAL, AS WELL AS TRIPLE ROD QUILTING THRU OUT. BACK DOES HAVE A LONG DIRT/AGE LINE DOWN THE MIDDLE AS WELL AS SOIL/AGE SPOTS THRU OUT VERY LITTLE WEAR, A FEW OF THE RED SECTIONS HAVE A TOUCH OF WEAR.YOU CAN SEE IN PHOTOS SEE LOWER LEFT CORNER OF QUILT, HAS AGE/TONING, POSSIBLY SMALL WATER SPOT. ALSO A HAND PRINT SIZE SPOT NEAR BORDER, IN SAME CORNER. IT DOES GO THRU TO BACK, POSSIBLY AGE/DIRT, NOT SURE THIS SPOT HAS BEEN SHOWN IN A FEW PICTURES.BE SURE TO ZOOM IN.THERE IS A SMALL SNAG/ SPLIT NEAR THAT SPOT CAN BE STITCHED THIS QUILT IS TRUELY IN REMARKABLE CONDITION,VERY RARELY DO WE FIND ONE THIS NICE,EVERYTHING I'VE MENTIONED IS MINOR. UNUSUAL TO FIND 20 URNS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE
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