Antique Silk Tumbling Blocks Patchwork Quilt: C19th Britain
Regular price
£850.00
Tax included.
Shipping calculated at checkout.
An extraordinary example of a tumbling blocks quilt. Handmade in the early to mid 1800s, and made entirely of dress and ribbon silks.
Each piece of silk has been meticulously wrapped around a diamond shaped paper pattern. The quilt maker used old letters with beautiful handwritten script, some old leaflets and an envelope still with a penny red stamp depicting a young Queen Victoria, stamped London, April 1866 (?)
Never finished the quilt still has its tacking stitches in place, and because it’s never been used it’s in extraordinarily pristine condition.
Measurements:
120 x 220cm