1820 PATCHWORK QUILT, PIECED CYLINDER ROLL PRINTS, 121" x 117"

Cylinder printed or block printed with hand engraved cylinder prints. Showing use of hand-worked stippled ground. Picotage effect used as fill around the florals and leaves.
Hand pieced and hand stitched blocks containing stars and 9 patch blocks with cutouts for a poster bed.
The quilt is totally hand pieced and hand quilted with cylinder prints from the 1820's and earlier. This wonderful example contains gorgeous early fabrics, mostly in reds, browns, and whites. No backing, and edges are not turned in.
Stitching throughout at 8 to 11 stitches per inch. The stitches are precise and consistent.

APPROXIAMTE MEASUREMENTS

This quilt measures a generous enormous 121" width x 117-1/2'' length. The cutout starts approx., 90" from top with a 30-1/2" cutout, and continues downward for 31"and measures 61" at base of cutout.

CONDITION

In very good unwashed condition, some very light water marks, and no odors. No fading that I could find. Many very small pin holes scattered about. Some small oxidation storage spots here and there, not many. Seam separation on one of the cutouts. An easy fix.

Among the choicest of old time variety of different print designs with cut corners for a poster bed. This quilt spread is a graphic and visual vintage beauty.
This quilt is a wonderful sewn together work of art. Quilter put a lot of thought into the selections of materials to give the quilt a great visual look.
A great addition to one's collection and a hard to find quilt from this time period that has survived.

Our antique textiles are collectible and are not new and not reproductions, and have lived a long and eventful life and sometimes developing flaws. We do not launder or dry clean unless stated in listing, and most times have been in storage for many decades picking up old age storage oxidation spots.

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Very Good