01-16-201401-16-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
January 16, 2014 10:00 AMCalender
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Pieced and Appliqued Cotton House Quilt

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$554$450
Auction: Discovery - 2699MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: January 16, 2014 10:00AM

Description:

Pieced and Appliqued Cotton House Quilt, Pennsylvania, c. 1875, with rows of twenty-five red faded to pink houses with windows and doors on squares of sparsely printed and woven patterned cotton, separated by a grid of printed red on white striped fabric, backed with a similar red on white striped printed fabric, with outline and diagonal line quilting, (fading, minor toning),82 x 79 in.

Literature: Pictured in The Flowering of American Folk Art (1776-1876), by Jean Lipman and Alice Winchester (New York: Viking Press),plate 398, p. 272.
Estimate $400-600

Barely washed condition, no holes, stains, or fraying detected.


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Keywords

Pennsylvania, Viking Press, Alice Winchester, Jean Lipman