Vintage Pennsylvania Dutch Quilt Wreath w/Pale Yellow

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Beautiful hand-made quilt, 73 by 71 inches. Colors: White background with large pale yellow lattice-like grid pattern and colorful wreaths insides the grids, accented with black cross-stitch top stitching. Excellent condition, exquisite stitching, exceptional workmanship and amazing colors. This quilt was in a box full of other hand-made quilts and a woven coverlet dated 19854 inherited from my maternal grandmother. She was Pennsylvania Dutch and born in the little town of Emaus, Pennsylvania in the 1880s. She never used these quilts but kept them because she had inherited them from her mother. I received these items in the early 70's and, like my grandmother, have never used them. This quilt has been folded in my linen closet for almost 40 years! I don't know how old this quilt actually is. As I said before, the coverlet that was in the box with it was dated 1854. However, a gentleman who collects quilts just told me he believes that while these quilts are old, they probably only date from the 1920's or 1930's. That still makes them at least 70 years old! Too bad the Pennsylvania Dutch women who worked so hard stitching these beautiful heirlooms didn't take time to sign or date them!This quilt is in excellent condition with only one corner slightly fraying and a 1" section along one edge starting to fray. T are a few small (less read more

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