AMER AUGUST 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, August 24, 2015.
HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT FRIENDSHIP QUILT FROM CHESTERFIELD, NH. Center patch is inscribed with, "Mrs. Elisha L. Burt: Wilton's School, In Chesterfield NH, Oct. 1851. This quilt is composed of tokens of remembrance from old friends, associates, and school mates". A nine-patch variant, sometimes called a signature patch, with names and vignettes in the center of each. Additionally many of these have intact hair samples worked in intricate patterns contained in gauze. The edges on three sides are finished as a saw tooth pattern. The fabrics are of potent colors and patterns dating from the1st half of the 19th century. SIZE: 8' x 8'. CONDITION: Condition is very good, with some toning and wood acid staining from storage of 150 years in a wooden chest. It appears that this quilt has never been used and was never bound on the straight top edge. The colors are vibrant and the quilt is unwashed. 1054-1 (2,000-3,000) DH0