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- Sale 1314
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Mar 15 | 10:00 AM EDT
Live
| Cincinnati
Sale 1314
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Two Pieced Quilts
Estimate$700 – $900
Two Pieced Quilts
A 'Light and Dark' Pattern One Patch Cotton Quilt
Likely Pennsylvania, Circa 1880
72 x 88 inches.
Provenance:
Stella Rubin Antique Quilts and Decorative Arts, Potomac, Maryland, 2002.
A Mennonite 'Tumbling Blocks' Pattern Wool, Velvet, and Satin Quilt
Kentucky, Circa 1890
72 x 82 inches.
Provenance:
Stella Rubin Antique Quilts and Decorative Arts, Potomac, Maryland, 2002.
Literature:
Stella Rubin, Treasure or Not? How to Compare and Value Antique Quilts, London: Octopus Publishing, 2001.
In overall fine and stable condition. Tumbling Blocks quilt with few spots of degradation to satin patches. Light and Dark quilt with fading and soiling to areas of verso. Front with light spotting and scattered loose threads. No apparent holes or rips, with bright, fast colors.
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Leah Vogelpohl
AVP, Specialist, American Furniture, Folk, and Decorative Arts
Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.
