December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
Consisting of: 1) a bolster sack of blue-checked, plain-wove linen, 52 x 18 1/2 inches, open on one end; 2) a bedsack of blue-checked, plain-wove linen, 68 x 54 inches wide (flat or unfilled) with bottom lining or base of heavy off-white linen or hemp sheeting, 32 inches wide (centered) and closing at bottom with tape ties; and 3) an bed-tick or paillasse of medium-weight, unbleached, plain-wove linen, one side seamed and the other turned, the ends closed, but with four 12-inch long slits set approximately 12 inches in from each side, for filling with straw, flock or other materials to form a mattress. Made of two 40-inch widths of linen, seamed together at center top and bottom. CONDITION: 1) very good to excellent; 2) very good to excellent; and 3) fair to good--the linen with various period patches and darns, some small open holes, the ties of the slits now largely torn off.