Antique Designs
file prepared by Patricia Cummings
Images of antique designs, or reproductions of same, are shown here for your enjoyment.
1) Adorable Puppies Miniature Quilt - a replication of a circa 1930s coverlet
2) Antique Embroidered Bag with Girl Carrying a Basket of Flowers
3) "Butterflies of Happiness" Cotton Coverlet collected in Vermont
4) Butterfly Potholders and potholder carrier, and Pat's reproductions
5) Goose Girl Pillow with Crazy Quilt Backing - late nineteenth century
6) Gone Fishing Embroidery Design
7) Greenwork Coverlet with ten different flower motifs
8) "LeMoyne Star" Doll Bed Quilt - miniature by Patricia Cummings
9) "Lost Prairie Quilters" Photo (our name for this antique "find")
10) North Carolina Lily Quilt Block from circa 1850
11) Pansy Coverlet, circa 1930s/40s, and the nineteenth century!
12) Victorian Redwork (Casket Cover?) - "Angels Sing Thee to Thy Rest"
13) Redwork Splashers: A Brief History
"Quilts Around Town Show" Chester, Vermont 2007
photo taken by James Cummings, in Chester, Vermont on May 11, 2007.
The beautiful antique quilt above was hanging on the porch of an inn, with no further information about its provenance, nearby. This pieced quilt block can be seen in Barbara Brackman's Blockbase software program, listed as #4047, and called "Friendship Wreath," first published by Lockport Batting, or alternatively called, "Friendship Knot," as published by OCS Wheeler. Both of these blocks have pieced archs.
Thanks to Charlotte Bull, a member of the Quilt History list, for quickly pinpointing the origin of the design of this quilt. The block is similar to quilts with other names whose arcs are a solid piece of fabric. Thanks to all of my quilt historian friends who have taken a look at this and offered suggestions.