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Lot 225
Sale 4246 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
May 2, 2014
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,500 -
2,500
Price Realized
$1,300
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Two large pieced cotton quilts first half 19th century
The first, a very large quilt with large central circle with appliqued bird on branch, enclosed by squares and banded ends worked with vibrantly colored chintz patches, the backing muslin stamped with "Fine King Cloth"; the second, another large quilt, with field of eight pointed stars enclosing circles within a printed "Greek key" border, both heightened with diagonal quilting; together with an unfinished quilt, comprised of hexagonal pieces backed with family letters and documents, worked with solid cotton patches.
121 in. x 128 in. and 109 in. x 110 in.