AMAZING 1800s CRAZY QUILT~EMBROIDERED~PAINTED BLOCKS on eBay, also Quilts, Quilts, Bedspreads, Textiles, Linens, Antiques (end time 13-May-08 18:45:37 BST)

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AMAZING 1800s CRAZY QUILT~EMBROIDERED~PAINTED BLOCKS

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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!

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