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AMAZING 1800s CRAZY QUILT~EMBROIDERED~PAINTED BLOCKS
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Welcome to Keepsake Cottage, where the door is never closed! We're located deep in the heart of Texas, filled to overflowing with wonderful antique quilts. You won't find mass produced quilts here...all of our quilts are guaranteed to be authentic vintage or antique handmade quilts. If they're not, it will be clearly stated, with no word plays to mislead you. I do my best to give an honest description and offer a guarantee on all that I sell. We offer free USA shipping on buy it now and we're happy to sell on the lay-a-way plan. So come on in and browse a while...I know you'll find a quilt to love!
FEATURES: Spectacular 1800s Crazy quilt with gorgeous embroidered and hand painted blocks! A variety of flowers are both painted and embroidered plus there are blocks that have silk pieces formed into litte rosebuds, then stitched onto the embroidered stems. There are embroidered children playing, a little girls face and bonnet, an anchor, appliqued cats, a butterfly, a red bird on a tree limb, the words Sweet Dreams, several signatures...MB, Grace, HRS, MH, Hettie, CLE. There may be more, but that gives you a good idea of what's on this. The decorative top stitching was done using an amazing variety of stitches! There's stitches that look like hills with the sun rising over them, some that are rust colored leaves, some that look like clumps of daffodils with no flowers, just the green, some with crosses inside of diamonds, many that look like flowers with little buds of yellow, blue, red, some that look like berry vines, and much more. There's also simple stitching of turkey tracks, arrows, criss crosses, and more The workmanship on this is just outstanding! PATTERN: Crazy Quilt
AGE: circa mid 1800s FABRICS: variety, including cotton, wool, silk, velvet
STITCHING: entirely hand embroidered, no quilting, backing is anchored to top by stitching through with gold thread, integrating it into the design BINDING: hand stitched and embroidered BATTING: none SIZE: 60" x 68"(+/-) CONDITION: There are a few places where the stitching has come out, a couple of pieces of silk have splits, and there are a few very faint stains. Overall, this quilt is in EXCELLENT CONDITION, even more so considering it is over 100 years old!
LAYAWAY AVAILABLE ON ALL QUILTS OVER $100
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Payment must be received within 7 days of auctions end. I accept paypal, money order, or check. Checks are held 10 business days before item is shipped. International payment by paypal only.
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I ship once weekly. Shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, or postal boxes will be provided upon request or auction end.
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