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Lot: 1 - American Red & White Sawtooth Sunburst Quilt, 1886
75 x 80 This antique American quilt is a hand-pieced and hand-quilted textile crafted from red and white cotton fabrics. The design utilizes a variation of the Sawtooth Sunburst or Sunflower pattern, featuring white circular medallions with sharp, radiating points along their edges. These patterned blocks are set against a solid red ground and alternate with solid white squares in a checkerboard layout. The perimeter of the quilt is framed by a border of alternating red and white stripes. Intricate hand-quilting is visible throughout the piece, including stylized floral and foliate motifs within the centers of the white circles and a diagonal diamond-grid pattern across the striped borders. A hand-embroidered inscription in red thread is located in one corner, reading Ev. on the first line and 6-86 on the second line, identifying the maker and dating the piece to June 1886.
Lot: 2 - American Hand-Quilted Sawtooth Star Scrap Quilt
66 x 52 A vintage American patchwork quilt featuring a variation of the Sawtooth Star pattern, also known as the Evening Star. The quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted, utilizing an assortment of mid-20th-century scrap fabrics including blue and white ginghams, pin-striped shirting, solid burgundy cottons, and small-scale floral and checked prints. These patterned blocks alternate in a grid with solid goldenrod or Cheddar yellow squares. The reverse side consists of a solid, faded grey-blue cotton fabric. The hand-quilting is executed in a dense fan or shell motif, which has created a highly textured and puckered surface. The quilt is finished with a simple light blue fabric binding.
Lot: 3 - Antique American Triple Irish Chain Hand Quilt
71 x 88 An antique hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton textile featuring a Triple Irish Chain pattern. The quilt top is constructed with a vibrant solid green field, accented by interlocking chains of small red and white squares. Tan-colored fabric squares are utilized at specific intervals and corners within the chains. Large white squares are set at the primary intersections. The piece is extensively quilted by hand, featuring diagonal cross-hatching within the white blocks and nested chevrons and diamonds across the green ground. The reverse is finished with a printed cotton backing fabric displaying a small-scale geometric shirting print of brown diamonds and black dots on a cream ground. Based on the materials, construction, and pattern, the piece is consistent with American quilt-making from the late 19th to early 20th century.
Lot: 4 - Mid-20th C. Dresden Plate Patchwork Quilt
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Lot: 5 - Mid-Century American Hand-Pieced and Hand-Tied Cotton and Suiting Patchwork Utility Quilt
71 x 88 This mid-century patchwork utility quilt is hand-pieced and hand-tied. The front side is composed of nine-patch blocks in a 3x3 grid, separated by vertical sashing strips. The fabrics are a variety of mid-century cottons and cotton blends, featuring patterns such as small-scale florals, ginghams, checks, and abstract geometric prints typical of the 1930s through 1950s. The reverse side is constructed in a strippy patchwork style using large rectangular panels of repurposed men's suiting fabrics, including pinstripes, herringbones, and speckled tweeds in a palette of brown, tan, navy, and gray. A notable feature on the reverse is an intact, repurposed garment patch pocket. The quilt is secured with hand-tied contrasting black and white threads rather than traditional decorative quilting stitches.
Lot: 6 - American Hand-Quilted Winding Ways Patchwork Quilt
81 x 85 A mid-20th-century American hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt. The textile features the Winding Ways pattern, also known as a Wheel of Fortune variant, characterized by interlocking curved seams. The design is executed in a medallion-style layout with concentric rings of scrappy, multi-print segments separated by a consistent solid orange cotton lattice. The center features a four-patch cross block in shades of blue and green. The various prints used in the piecing include stylized florals, geometric patterns, stripes, and novelty motifs such as ladybugs and strawberries. The quilt is constructed from assorted cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps on the front with a solid orange cotton backing. It displays hand-pieced curved seams and is hand-quilted throughout in a simple grid pattern. The edges are finished with a hand-turned binding.
Lot: 7 - American Hand-Appliqued Princess Feather Quilt
61 x75 This hand-quilted utility quilt features a repeating grid of large circular sunburst motifs, identified in American quilting traditions as the Princess Feather pattern. The motifs are hand-appliqu?d in faded red and medium blue cotton fabrics onto alternating squares of cream and light pink. A prominent, contrasting blue hand-sewn blanket stitch finishes the edges of each appliqu?. The entire quilt top is densely hand-quilted in a traditional fan or shell pattern. The reverse side consists of a solid light blue cotton fabric. This piece exhibits a make-do character, utilizing a variety of later fabrics for repairs and binding. The top and bottom borders are finished with a mid-20th-century pictorial novelty print featuring tavern signs and crests with text such as BARTLETT, TAVERN, 1801, and 1906. Side borders include sections of red-and-white checkered gingham and a brown-and-cream floral calico. Several utilitarian patches have been added over time using yellow-and-black plaid and red-and-white checkered fabrics.
Lot: 8 - Ocean Waves Pattern Cotton Quilt, c. 1890-1920
75 x 78 An antique American patchwork quilt featuring the Ocean Waves pattern, a classic geometric design composed of numerous half-square triangles. The quilt is entirely hand-pieced and hand-quilted, utilizing a variety of late 19th and early 20th-century cotton fabrics including slate gray and cornflower blue gingham, striped prints, and pale pink calicos set against a cream-colored ground. The central motifs consist of interlocking diamond forms created by the precise arrangement of small triangles. The hand-quilting is executed in a dense diagonal grid and concentric diamond pattern across the solid cream fields. The reverse is finished with a plain off-white cotton fabric, showcasing the uniform hand-stitching throughout.
Lot: 9 - American Blue & White Applique Alphabet Quilt
55 x 68 This antique alphabet quilt features a complete set of uppercase letters (A-Z) appliqued in a medium-blue cotton fabric onto a cream-colored cotton ground. The unique typographic layout is organized in five rows with a sixth centered letter at the bottom. The central vertical column contains the letters C, H, M, R, W, and Z, flanked by the remaining letters in four symmetrical columns. The piece is distinguished by exceptionally dense and meticulous hand-quilting, featuring horizontal parallel lines across the background and detailed contour echo quilting surrounding each letter, creating a three-dimensional effect. The quilt is constructed with small blue accent squares pieced into a grid pattern that defines the letter placement and is finished with a narrow blue binding in a matching fabric. The reverse side is a plain cream-colored fabric that showcases the intricate hand-stitched quilting patterns.
Lot: 10 - Mid-20th C. Criss-Cross Patchwork Feed Sack Quilt
67 x 78 This is a hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt featuring an X or Criss-Cross block pattern. The quilt top is constructed from a variety of printed cotton fabrics in multiple colors and patterns including florals, polka dots, and geometrics. These blocks are organized into vertical columns separated by solid pink cotton sashing strips. The entire piece is finished with hand-quilted parallel lines. The backing is particularly notable, as it is composed of several repurposed flour or feed sacks. Visible manufacturer stamps on the reverse include a circular logo for the Royal Milling Company with text reading Superlative Self Rising Flour Bleached. Other partial stamps on the backing include Spring Rooster Johnson and Delight White. The interior batting appears to be a thin layer of natural cotton.
Lot: 11 - American Hand-Stitched Yo-Yo Quilt Topper, c. 1950
72 x 96 This textile is a large-scale American yo-yo quilt, also known as a coverlet or bed topper. It is hand-constructed from hundreds of individual circular fabric pieces, known as yo-yos, which have been gathered at the center and hand-stitched together in an interlocking grid. The material consists of a diverse assortment of scrap fabrics, including cotton and various synthetic blends such as polyester knits. The pattern is an eclectic multi-colored scrap design, featuring a wide array of prints including floral motifs, polka dots, stripes, paisley, and abstract geometric patterns. Some sections exhibit a loose arrangement by color or pattern family, such as rows of blue, cream, and brown tones. The fabric selection and colors are characteristic of the mid-20th century.
Lot: 12 - American Hand-Pieced & Quilted Patchwork Quilt
70 x 80 A vintage American hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork scrap quilt, constructed in a variation of the Broken Dishes or Pinwheel pattern. The quilt top is composed of multiple half-square triangle blocks using a diverse range of scrap cotton fabrics, including floral calicos, solids, checks, and stripes, many characteristic of mid-20th-century feed sack prints. These blocks are organized into five horizontal rows separated by wide sashing of light blue cotton fabric with a small stylized navy and white floral medallion print. The piece is finished with hand-quilting in a simple grid pattern across the sashing and patchwork. The reverse features a light blue cotton backing with a repeating circular floral design in white and dark blue, constructed from two panels with a visible horizontal seam. The batting is a thin, lightweight layer.
Lot: 13 - Reversible Hand-Quilted Patchwork Star Quilt
64 x 76 This hand-quilted, reversible patchwork quilt features a repeating geometric pattern on the front composed of eight-pointed star or windmill variations. These motifs are pieced from magenta and dark-toned patterned diamond shapes and set against a light-gray ground fabric with a subtle floral print. The reverse side is constructed from a grid of solid-colored patchwork blocks in various shades of red, pink, blue, teal, and purple. The quilt is finished with visible hand-quilting in a contrasting white thread, forming decorative floral and linear motifs across both sides. The perimeter is finished with a multicolored fabric binding.
Lot: 14 - American Hand Quilted Cotton Star Patchwork Quilt
60 x 70 A vintage American patchwork quilt featuring a variation of a star pattern, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The piece is constructed from a variety of cotton fabrics, including floral, gingham, and geometric prints characteristic of feedsack textiles from the 1930s through the 1950s. The design consists of large blocks, each containing four smaller star motifs set against a white ground. These blocks are separated by solid blue sashing with solid pink cornerstone squares. The entire surface is hand quilted in a simple grid pattern. The reverse side features a solid off-white cotton fabric that displays the hand-stitched grid pattern executed in pink thread.
Lot: 15 - Hand-Quilted Triple Irish Chain & Star Quilt
78 x 78 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted textile features a variation of the Triple Irish Chain pattern. The design consists of a small-scale red and green checkerboard grid interspersed with larger yellow eight-pointed star medallions. The quilt is constructed from solid-colored cotton or cotton-blend fabrics in a primary color palette of red, green, and yellow. The yellow medallions are accented with hand-quilted floral or sunburst motifs, while the yellow and green borders feature a hand-quilted cable and leaf design. The reverse is finished with a white cotton backing printed with small red polka dots.
Lot: 16 - Hand-Quilted Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt
60 x 72 A vintage cotton quilt featuring the classic Grandmothers Flower Garden pattern. The quilt is constructed from hand-pieced hexagonal units. Each floral motif consists of a white central hexagon, a surrounding ring of six lavender-and-white floral printed hexagons, and an outer ring of twelve solid purple hexagons. The quilt is hand-quilted with purple thread that follows the contours of the hexagonal pieces. The reverse is composed of solid white cotton fabric with a horizontal center seam and finished with a narrow white cotton binding. A small white rectangular fabric patch is hand-stitched to the reverse.
Lot: 17 - Mid-20th Century Hand-Appliqued and Hand-Quilted Cotton Tulip Pattern Quilt
66 x 90 This is a hand-appliqued and hand-quilted cotton bed quilt featuring a stylized floral motif. The quilt top is composed of sixteen square blocks, each displaying four floral buds in pink and green fabric arranged in a quatrefoil design on a white ground. The blocks are separated by solid green sashing and joined by white cornerstones featuring hand-quilted circular floral designs. The quilting is executed by hand in linear patterns across the sashing and follows the contours of the applique motifs. The front is constructed from solid-colored cotton fabrics in shades of green and pink, characteristic of mid-20th century textiles. The backing consists of a printed cotton fabric with a vertical stripe and Lily of the Valley floral sprig motif in coordinating pink and green. The style of the backing fabric suggests the quilt top may have been finished or backed during the late 20th-century quilt revival period.
Lot: 18 - Mid-20th Century American Hand-Appliqued and Hand-Quilted Cotton Sampler Quilt
80 x 100 An American sampler quilt featuring twenty individual blocks arranged in a four-by-five grid. Each block displays a unique hand-appliqued motif, including various floral wreaths, baskets of flowers, and bird species such as a cardinal, a hummingbird feeding at a blossom, and a bluebird. The appliqued elements utilize a combination of solid-colored and small-scale printed cotton fabrics characteristic of the mid-century period. The piece is extensively hand-quilted with decorative stitching throughout. The borders between the blocks feature a cable or running vine quilting pattern. Each individual block background is quilted with feathered wreaths surrounding the central applique and fine diamond cross-hatching in the outer areas. The construction consists of a white cotton ground, internal batting, and a plain white cotton backing.
Lot: 19 - American Sawtooth Star Cotton Patchwork Quilt 1997
30 x 68 This is a hand-crafted patchwork quilt featuring twenty-five Sawtooth Star blocks arranged in a five-by-five grid. The stars are pieced from solid-colored cotton fabrics in various shades of blue, pink, magenta, yellow, and lavender, all set against a white ground. The piece is finished with a light blue fabric binding. The quilting is hand-stitched throughout the entire piece. The star blocks feature a diagonal diamond grid quilting pattern, while the white sashing and borders are decorated with an interlocking cable or oval motif. In one corner of the reverse side, there is hand-embroidered text in blue thread reading E. W. over 5 - 9 7. This inscription suggests the piece was completed by an individual with those initials in May 1997.
Lot: 20 - Applique Tulip Quilt w/ Floral Diamond Sashing
50 x 88 This vintage handmade textile is an applique quilt featuring twenty-five individual blocks arranged in a five-by-five grid. Each block contains a tulip motif with flower heads constructed from various scrap fabrics, including calico prints, ginghams, florals, and polka dots in a diverse color palette. The stems and leaves are fashioned from a solid green fabric. The tulip and leaf elements are applied to the white background using a green machine-stitched zigzag finish. The blocks are separated by a lattice-style sashing that features a repeating diamond pattern in a pink and green floral print. The white background of each block displays hand-quilted diagonal grid lines. The quilt is finished with a thin pink and white patterned binding. The reverse side is covered with a full-sheet floral striped backing fabric featuring Lily of the Valley sprays arranged in vertical columns between solid pink stripes on a white ground. The materials appear to be cotton or cotton-blend with a thin internal batting.
Lot: 21 - American Folk Art Patchwork Cotton Strip Quilt
72 x 80 An American folk art strip quilt constructed of vertical columns of varied patchwork cotton fabrics. The textiles include ginghams, plaids, stripes, and floral prints in a variety of colors, separated by solid yellow sashing strips. The piece is hand-quilted throughout in a traditional fan or clamshell pattern. The reverse is composed of off-white cotton fabric repurposed from commercial textile or feed sacks, bearing several faint ink stamps. Visible text on these stamps includes FULL BLEACHED 36 IN, W.T. CO. ? BLOCKTON, and No. 4 ? N.Y. & N.J. The aesthetic of the irregular patchwork and vertical composition is in the style of African American quilts from the Gee's Bend tradition.
Lot: 22 - Indigo & White Cotton Delectable Mountains Quilt
72 x 72 An American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. The textile features a repetitive Delectable Mountains block pattern composed of small triangular elements. The pieced sections utilize indigo blue cotton fabric featuring a small white discharge-printed geometric motif, set against a plain white cotton ground. The quilt is densely hand-quilted throughout with a diagonal diamond grid pattern. It is finished with a narrow indigo print fabric binding and a plain off-white cotton reverse.
Lot: 23 - Mid-20th C. Amish Style Sunshine & Shadow Quilt
82 x 88 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt is designed in the traditional Sunshine and Shadow pattern, a variation of the Trip Around the World design. The central field is composed of small fabric squares, approximately 2 inches each, arranged in concentric diamond bands. The color palette features a variety of solid-colored fabrics including teal, forest green, chocolate brown, mauve, dusty rose, lavender, deep purple, navy, and black. This central patterned field is set within a wide, solid medium-blue border that includes contrasting light-blue corner blocks. The quilting follows a diagonal cross-hatch pattern across each individual square. The reverse side is finished with a lavender calico-style printed fabric featuring a small, repeating white geometric motif. The quilt is finished with a dark blue hand-stitched binding. Materials appear to be cotton or a cotton blend.
Lot: 24 - American Red & White Hearts & Gizzards Quilt
72 x 82 This is a vintage American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton textile. The quilt features a graphic red and white color scheme in a "Hearts and Gizzards" pattern, which is a traditional geometric variation involving intersecting pieced rings with four-patch squares at each junction. This design creates almond-shaped white central segments throughout the field. The quilt is finished with a decorative scalloped edge along the perimeter. Construction details include fine, irregular hand-stitching that follows the geometric forms of the pattern, including diagonal gridwork within the small squares and echoing stitch lines within the white segments. The textile is composed of cotton fabric and contains internal batting.
Lot: 25 - American Turkey Red & White Greek Cross Quilt
92 x 96 This is an antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt, constructed from Turkey red and off-white cotton fabrics. The central field features thirty-six blocks arranged in a six-by-six grid. The block pattern is a variation of the Greek Cross or Cross within a Cross, characterized by a central white diamond surrounded by a red cross with flared arms. The main field is enclosed by a Flying Geese border consisting of a continuous row of red triangles. The quilt exhibits extensive hand-quilting throughout, including concentric fan or clamshell patterns in the background and starburst or floral motifs quilted into the larger white setting squares. The reverse side is composed of off-white cotton fabric with visible vertical seams, and the edges are finished with a simple turned-edge binding.
Lot: 26 - Mid-Century American Scrappy Patchwork Cross Quilt
60 x 72 This mid-century American patchwork quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted, featuring a scrappy and improvisational design. The layout incorporates a series of cross or plus motifs, most notably a large central cross executed in a blue paisley fabric. The top is constructed from a wide variety of cotton fabric remnants, including calico florals, ginghams, polka dots, paisleys, and various geometric prints characteristic of the mid-20th century era. The quilt features vertical hand-quilted stitching throughout. The reverse side is finished with a yellow and white floral calico print.
Lot: 27 - Mid-20th C. American Pinwheel Variation Quilt
66 x 76 This mid-20th-century American scrap quilt features sixteen octagonal blocks, each containing a six-segment pinwheel or fan motif. The blocks are hand-pieced using a variety of cotton scrap fabrics, including ginghams, plaids, florals, and novelty prints. One notable novelty print features white fabric with rabbits emerging from top hats. The blocks are set within a sashed grid pattern composed of solid red and aqua blue cotton. The quilt is finished with a solid light blue cotton backing and is machine-quilted in vertical parallel lines.
Lot: 28 - Mid-C. American Spider Web Patchwork Quilt
72 x 84 A vintage handmade patchwork quilt featuring a Spider Web or Kaleidoscope block pattern. The quilt top is constructed from a diverse assortment of cotton scrap fabrics, including floral prints, stripes, ginghams, and novelty patterns such as a nautical anchor motif. The individual blocks are separated by solid-colored cotton sashing in shades of pink, sky blue, and tan. A blue and white gingham fabric forms the outer border. The piece is entirely hand-quilted with a diagonal diamond grid pattern across the blocks and additional stitching following the structural lines of the patchwork wedges. The reverse consists of a solid cream cotton backing. The selection of fabrics, including large-scale daisy prints, is characteristic of mid-20th-century American domestic textiles.
Lot: 29 - Hand-Stitched 8-Point Star Patchwork Quilt
60 x 66 A mid-20th-century American handmade patchwork quilt featuring a classic eight-pointed star motif, often referred to as a LeMoyne or Sawtooth star variation. The quilt is constructed from a diverse collection of cotton scrap fabrics, including solid tones, various floral prints, striped patterns, and a distinctive black-and-white houndstooth check. These star blocks are set within a sashing of white-ground calico fabric decorated with small red floral clusters. The piece is entirely hand-assembled, showcasing hand-pieced patchwork and hand-quilting in a simple running stitch. The quilting follows the geometry of the stars and incorporates parallel horizontal lines across the sashing. The textile is finished with a thin interior batting and a plain off-white cotton backing.
Lot: 30 - American Hand-Quilted Dresden Plate Quilt
78 x 80 This is an American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt featuring the Dresden Plate pattern, dating from approximately the mid-20th century. The quilt top is composed of twenty square blocks arranged in a four-by-five grid. Each block features an appliqued Dresden Plate motif consisting of radiating wedge-shaped petals in a variety of solid colors including yellow, blue, pink, and red, surrounding a central circular hub. One block in the second row contains a distinct white floral-style applique instead of the multi-colored plate. The blocks are set with dark red sashing and blue cornerstones, and the quilt is finished with a pink and blue border. The reverse side is constructed from a white cotton fabric with a small-scale, multi-directional floral sprig print in pink, red, blue, and green. The entire piece is hand-quilted in a simple grid pattern that follows the sashing and cuts across the appliqued blocks.
Lot: 31 - American Hand-Embroidered Floral Bouquet Quilt
72 x 92 This is a mid-20th-century American cotton quilt featuring twelve white fabric blocks set into a pink sashing grid with white cornerstones and a wide pink border. Each central block is decorated with a hand-embroidered floral bouquet tied with a ribbon bow, rendered in pink thread using line stitching and French knots. The quilt is characterized by dense and intricate hand-quilting. The white blocks feature a diagonal chevron pattern, the pink sashing is quilted with a scrolling vine motif, and the wide pink border is decorated with large, ornate circular feathered wreaths. The reverse side consists of a solid pink fabric which provides a clear view of the complex stitching patterns.
Lot: 32 - Hand-Embroidered Cotton Flower Basket Quilt
70 x 90 A vintage hand-embroidered and hand-quilted bed quilt made from cotton fabric. The quilt top features a 3x4 grid consisting of twelve white blocks. Each block is centered with a hand-embroidered basket motif in golden-brown thread, filled with multicolored flowers including pansies, starflowers, and tulips, and topped with a pink bow. The blocks are separated by pink cotton sashing with white square cornerstones at each intersection. The piece is finished with a narrow pink fabric binding and a solid white cotton reverse. The quilting is performed by hand throughout, featuring horizontal straight-line patterns on the white blocks, a cable or braided design on the pink sashing, star motifs on the white cornerstones, and a traditional clamshell or arc pattern on the outer pink borders.
Lot: 33 - American Star Patchwork Hand-Quilted Quilt
70 x 74 This American traditional bed quilt features a checkerboard layout of alternating blue and white blocks. Within this grid, four blocks contain hand-pieced eight-pointed stars in the Evening Star or Sawtooth Star pattern. One star block is a saturated red, while the other three have faded to a light pink. The white blocks are constructed from various calico fabrics featuring small-scale geometric and floral prints. The entire piece is hand-quilted with blue thread in a diagonal diamond cross-hatch pattern, visible on both the patterned front and the plain white cotton reverse side. The central field is framed by a narrow white inner border and a wider blue outer border featuring a repeating circular floral print. The quilt is finished with a blue and white patterned fabric binding.
Lot: 34 - American Jacquard Woven Coverlet, 19th Century
76 x 84 This is an American Jacquard woven coverlet dating from the mid-19th century. The textile is constructed from two panels of loom-width fabric joined by a horizontal center seam. It is woven from indigo-dyed wool and natural-colored cotton yarns in a traditional two-tone palette of deep blue and cream. The design features a repeating pattern of geometric medallions enclosing varied floral and foliate motifs, including central multi-petaled blossoms and stylized leafy branches. These medallions are framed by multiple decorative borders incorporating zig-zag, dotted, and diamond-grid geometric patterns. The weave exhibits a reversible pattern, characteristic of mid-19th century American folk textiles.
Lot: 35 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Appliqued Floral Basket Quilt
78 x 90 This is a mid-20th-century bed quilt featuring hand-appliqued floral motifs on a white cotton ground. The central design depicts a flower basket constructed from a green and white gingham lattice. The basket contains a variety of pastel-colored flowers, including a prominent yellow daffodil, large pink blossoms, and a blue flower, with several smaller buds. A large, stylized blue ribbon bow is positioned above the basket. This central motif is framed by a lobed quatrefoil border. Each corner of the quilt is decorated with a segment of the matching gingham lattice and a curved vine of three pink flowers with green leaves. The entire surface is hand-quilted in a consistent diagonal diamond grid pattern. The quilt is finished with a decorative scalloped edge bound with narrow green and white gingham fabric. The reverse of the quilt is plain white, showing the hand-quilted stitching.
Lot: 36 - Mid-20th C. American Hand-Quilted Basket Quilt
70 x 76 A vintage hand-stitched cotton quilt featuring a checkerboard layout of alternating solid mustard-gold and white fabric blocks. Each white square contains a centrally positioned hand-embroidered motif of a flower basket. The baskets are rendered in gold embroidery thread, topped with a light blue ribbon bow, and filled with an assortment of multicolored flowers in red, blue, purple, and yellow hues with green foliate accents. The embroidery is executed with traditional techniques including stem stitching and French knots. The quilting is performed entirely by hand with fine, consistent stitches. The white squares are quilted in a diagonal diamond grid, while the mustard-gold squares feature a central circular medallion motif with stylized floral petals. The reverse side consists of a solid off-white cotton fabric that highlights the hand-quilting stitches.
Lot: 37 - American Variable Star Hand Pieced & Tied Quilt
72 x 72 A vintage American hand-pieced and tied utility quilt featuring sixteen patterned blocks in a variant of the Variable Star or Ohio Star design. The quilt top is constructed from a variety of scrap materials including wool, wool-blends, flannels, and silk or early synthetic satin in a palette of navy, maroon, ochre, and brown. These patterned blocks are set into a large field of blue woven wool or wool-blend fabric. The quilt is secured with white yarn tufts positioned at the corners of the patterned blocks and across the field. The outer edge is finished with a pink machine-sewn zigzag stitch. The reverse is composed of blue and white striped cotton ticking.
Lot: 38 - Hand-Appliqued Sunbonnet Sue Quilt
84 x 96 This vintage American hand-stitched applique quilt features the traditional Sunbonnet Sue pattern, also known as Dutch Doll. The quilt is composed of twenty-five individual blocks arranged in a five-by-five grid. Each block contains a stylized figure of a girl in a large bonnet, rendered in various cotton fabrics including solids, ginghams, and calico prints. These figures are hand-appliqued to a mustard-yellow cotton ground using a decorative black blanket or buttonhole stitch. Hand-embroidered floral accents in multi-colored thread are visible on several of the bonnets. The blocks are separated by dark olive-green floral print sashing. The entire piece is extensively hand-quilted with patterns including diamond grids, concentric arcs, and stylized floral motifs, which are also visible on the solid mustard-yellow reverse. The quilt is finished with a narrow, hand-applied black fabric binding.
Lot: 39 - Purple & White Whirligig Pattern Cotton Quilt
66 x 80 This vintage textile is a hand-stitched cotton quilt, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The quilt features twenty individual blocks arranged in a four-by-five grid. Each block contains a stylized, four-armed motif in solid purple cotton fabric hand-applied to a white cotton ground using fine appliqu? stitching. This pattern is a variation of traditional designs known as The Reel or Whirligig. The entire piece is extensively hand-quilted; the white background fields are decorated with a repeating concentric arc or clamshell pattern, while the purple motifs are finished with outline quilting. The quilt is edged with a narrow, hand-applied solid purple cotton binding. The reverse side is a plain white cotton fabric.
Lot: 40 - Nautical & Geometric Patchwork Cotton Quilt
62 x 84 This is a hand-quilted patchwork quilt constructed from a variety of cotton fabrics. The front of the quilt features a dense grid of square patchwork blocks in assorted woven and printed patterns, including ginghams, plaids, stripes, florals, and a navy nautical motif with white fish. The color palette is dominated by navy, medium blue, cream, tan, and dark red. The central patchwork field is enclosed by a wide teal or seafoam green border, which is decorated with a hand-quilted cable or chain-link motif. The quilt is finished with a narrow, dark navy blue fabric binding. The reverse side is composed of a solid cream-colored cotton backing. The entire piece is hand-quilted, featuring a diamond pattern through the central patchwork section. Individual hand-stitching is clearly visible across the surface of the quilt.
Lot: 41 - Victoria Campbell Mixed Fabric Yo-Yo Quilt
46 x 52 This vintage handmade yo-yo quilt or coverlet is constructed from numerous small, gathered circles of fabric, known as yo-yos, which are joined together at their edges to create a continuous mesh-like textile. The piece features a diverse multi-colored patchwork design utilizing various fabric scraps, including cotton, synthetics, and several patterns of double-knit material. The patterns include solid colors, stripes, checks, florals, and abstract prints. A fabric maker label is sewn onto the piece, featuring the words Specially Fashioned in red script above by Victoria Campbell, also in red script. The label has a yellow background with red floral and cross-hatch decorative motifs. The variety of synthetic and knit fabrics suggests a mid to late 20th-century origin, likely between the 1960s and 1980s.
Lot: 42 - American Tied Scrap Quilt, Six-Pointed Star
62 x 72 This vintage American folk art tied quilt features a repeating six-pointed star pattern, constructed from a diverse array of scrap fabrics. The pieced top includes various prints such as stripes, florals, checks, and polka dots, with individual stars formed from diamond-shaped patches. The construction is secured with white yarn ties throughout rather than decorative quilting stitches. The reverse side consists of a large-scale printed fabric with a Southwestern-inspired geometric pattern of arrows and diamonds in lavender, tan, and blue. A section of cream-colored candlewick or chenille fabric with a raised floral motif is integrated into the upper border area. The perimeter is finished with a multi-colored striped fabric binding.
Lot: 43 - Hand-Stitched Yo-Yo Checkerboard Feedsack Quilt
70 x 84 This hand-stitched yo-yo quilt features a checkerboard pattern alternating between solid cream-colored blocks and multi-colored scrap blocks. Each larger square block is constructed from a seven-by-seven grid of individual fabric rosettes, totaling forty-nine yo-yos per block. These rosettes are created by gathering circular fabric pieces at the center and joining them at the edges with hand-stitching. The materials consist of various cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including a wide array of prints such as calicos, florals, and ginghams characteristic of mid-20th-century feedsack textiles. The piece is unbacked and un-quilted, resulting in a lightweight, lace-like coverlet structure.
Lot: 44 - Mid-20th C. American Cotton Sampler Scrap Quilt
64 x 80 This is a vintage American handmade patchwork quilt, constructed in a sampler or scrap style. The central portion of the quilt consists of four large blocks in a Bowtie or Hourglass pattern, rendered in vibrant solid blue and green cotton fabrics. These central blocks are framed by a grid of sashing in a green, yellow, and white plaid pattern. Wide horizontal bands of blue, denim-like cotton fabric separate the central section from the outer sampler borders. The borders and corner blocks feature a diverse array of traditional patterns, including Dresden Plate variations, Star patterns, and various geometric scrap blocks. The fabrics utilized are a mix of cotton prints characteristic of the mid-century feed sack era, including small-scale florals, ginghams, plaids, and geometrics. The entire piece is hand-quilted with a utility-style grid and outline stitch. The backing is a plain off-white cotton fabric.
Lot: 45 - Amish Style Hand Quilted Basket Pattern Quilt
66 x 84 This pieced and hand-quilted cotton bedcovering features a repeating Basket motif, a variation of the fruit or flower basket pattern. The quilt is constructed with blocks set on point, each containing a basket formed from lavender and yellow half-square triangles. These motifs are set against a yellow ground and separated by large, diamond-shaped blocks of gray cotton fabric. The piece is finished with a triple border consisting of a thin inner yellow band, a wide middle gray band, and a final yellow outer border. The entire quilt is hand-quilted in a diagonal grid pattern that follows the orientation of the blocks. The reverse is composed of solid yellow cotton fabric, clearly displaying the hand-stitching in a contrasting dark thread. A white cotton fabric strip has been loosely tacked along the bottom edge of the reverse side, likely intended as a hanging sleeve.
Lot: 46 - 19th C. American Red & Green Star Overshot
84 x 96 This is a 19th-century American hand-woven overshot coverlet, a traditional domestic textile constructed from two separate panels joined by a hand-sewn center vertical seam. The item is woven with a natural cotton warp and dyed wool weft, featuring a complex geometric pattern of repeating eight-pointed stars. These stars are arranged in alternating horizontal rows of red and olive green, separated by thin golden-yellow bands. The textile is finished with an integrated self-fringe on three sides.
Lot: 47 - Mid-20th C. American Appliqued Cotton Tulip Quilt
64 x 78 A hand-crafted cotton bed quilt featuring a traditional stylized tulip pattern, dating to the mid-20th century. The quilt is composed of twelve blocks arranged in a three-by-four grid on a white cotton ground. Each block contains a hand-appliqued floral motif with three blossoms in red, yellow, and teal cotton fabrics on a single stem with two leaves. The central field is framed by a decorative border consisting of a row of red diamonds on a white ground, flanked by solid yellow inner and outer borders. The entire piece is hand-quilted with straight-line and cross-hatch patterns. The reverse side is plain white cotton.
Lot: 48 - Antique American Indigo and White Hand-Stitched Cotton Quilt in Carolina Lily Pattern
60 x 72 An antique American two-color pieced quilt featuring the Carolina Lily pattern, sometimes referred to as the Wood Lily or Tulip pattern. The piece is composed of indigo-dyed cotton and a white cotton ground. The design consists of sixteen primary blocks, each containing a central square flanked by four stylized lily motifs. These primary blocks are separated by smaller geometric units. The textile features exceptionally dense hand-quilting in cross-hatch and diamond motifs throughout the pieced sections and the white negative space. The backing is constructed from plain white cotton. No maker labels or marks were identified during inspection.
Lot: 49 - Two American Handmade Cotton Patchwork Quilts
78 x 86 This lot features two distinct handmade American cotton patchwork quilts. The first is a mid-20th century nine-patch pattern quilt, constructed from blocks of alternating solid pink fabric and various blue-and-white patterned calicoes, ginghams, and pindots. The blocks are joined with solid blue sashing and finished with a navy blue pindot border. The second is an antique indigo and white patchwork quilt, circa late 19th to early 20th century. It displays a geometric layout of small squares and rectangles utilizing a variety of period indigo-dyed shirting prints, including sunburst, floral, and stripe patterns. This piece features a white border with a perimeter of inset blue squares. Both quilts demonstrate hand-pieced and hand-quilted construction.
Lot: 50 - Mid-20th C. Reversible Hand-Tied Scrap Quilt
66 x 82 This is a double-sided patchwork scrap quilt, hand-pieced and hand-tied, dating to approximately the 1940s or 1950s. The quilt features two distinct patterns on its opposing sides. One side is constructed of vertical columns of diamond-in-a-square blocks, where various printed fabric squares are set on point and framed by corner triangles. These columns are separated by wide, solid light-lavender sashing. The reverse side features a Log Cabin pattern, with each block centered by a lavender square and surrounded by concentric strips of assorted printed fabrics. The fabrics used throughout the quilt are a mixture of cotton and cotton-blend scraps, including calicos, florals, ginghams, and solids. The quilt is hand-tied at the center of each block on both sides to secure the internal batting and is finished with a solid light-blue fabric binding along the edges.
Lot: 51 - Grandmothers Flower Garden Cotton Quilt
64 x 84 A vintage cotton quilt featuring the traditional Grandmothers Flower Garden pattern. The quilt is hand-assembled using small hexagonal fabric patches to create a series of floral motifs. The central rectangular field is composed of a lavender and white polka-dot background, accented with flower designs in various purple, pink, and floral prints. This central area is surrounded by a wide border with a pale yellow ground and blue-and-white floral motifs. The outermost border consists of red-toned flowers against mixed backgrounds, terminating in a naturally scalloped edge formed by the hexagonal patches. The item is hand-quilted with stitching that follows the contours of each hexagon. The reverse side is finished with a plain, off-white cotton backing constructed from two panels joined by a vertical center seam. The materials consist of various printed and solid cotton fabrics, including florals, polka dots, and geometric patterns typical of the mid-20th century.
Lot: 52 - Lone Star Patchwork Quilt
72 x 72 This vintage American patchwork quilt features the traditional Lone Star pattern, also known as the Star of Bethlehem. The central motif is a large eight-pointed star constructed from hundreds of small diamond-shaped cotton fabric scraps. These fabrics include a diverse assortment of mid-20th-century prints such as calicos, ginghams, stripes, and solids. The star expands outward in concentric, zigzagging rows of contrasting patterns and colors. The composition is framed by a wide border of various floral and geometric print cotton fabrics. The quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted, with a plain white cotton fabric backing.
Lot: 53 - American Scrappy Patchwork Cotton Quilt c. 1930-50
60 x 72 This is a handmade American scrappy patchwork quilt constructed from various square blocks arranged in a grid pattern. The quilt top features an assortment of printed cotton fabrics, including florals, ginghams, stripes, and solids. Several blocks utilize traditional patterns such as nine-patch variations and pinwheel or star motifs composed of small triangles. The piece is entirely hand quilted in a fan or clamshell pattern which is visible across the front and the plain white cotton backing. The quilt is finished with a simple white fabric binding. The variety of fabrics and patterns is characteristic of quilts from the Depression Era through the mid-20th century, which often repurposed materials from clothing and feed sacks.
Lot: 54 - Log Cabin Straight Furrows Hand Quilted Quilt
68 x 72 This is a vintage handmade patchwork quilt featuring a scrappy Log Cabin pattern in a Straight Furrows layout, which creates diagonal bands of light and dark colors across the surface. The quilt top is constructed from numerous cotton and cotton-blend fabric remnants, including a wide variety of calico prints, ginghams, stripes, and solids. The piece is hand-quilted throughout with a fan or clamshell stitch design. The top and bottom borders are finished in a dark red fabric, while the side borders are light blue. The reverse consists of a solid cream cotton backing. The variety of prints, including some resembling mid-20th-century calico and feed sack designs, indicates a likely manufacture date between the 1940s and 1960s.
Lot: 55 - American Folk Art Hand-Tied Patchwork Crazy Quilt
60 x 72 A mid-to-late 20th-century hand-tied patchwork quilt of American folk art origin. The quilt top is composed of sixteen large rectangular blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid, separated by light blue fabric sashing. Each block is constructed in a crazy quilt style from various irregular fabric remnants. These patches are joined using a decorative yellow blanket stitch. The materials consist of a wide variety of clothing remnants, including double-knits, wool blends, cotton, and synthetic fabrics. Patterns across the patches include various plaids, stripes, houndstooth, checks, and solid colors in a palette characteristic of the 1960s and 1970s. The quilt is hand-tied with small tufts of green and brown yarn visible on both the front and back. The reverse side is a single large piece of neutral-toned plaid fabric in shades of tan, brown, and cream.
Lot: 56 - American Hand-Stitched Patchwork String Quilt
70 x 80 This vintage American patchwork quilt is constructed in a traditional string pattern, a style commonly used in domestic folk art to repurpose fabric remnants. The quilt top is composed of square blocks, each divided into four triangular segments. Within these segments, narrow strips or strings of various cotton scrap fabrics are pieced together diagonally. The diverse array of fabrics includes calico florals, polka dots, stripes, and checks, predominantly in a palette of red, white, and blue, with accents of yellow, green, and purple. The variety of printed textiles is characteristic of the mid-20th century, specifically the 1940s through the 1960s, and may include repurposed feed sack cloth. The entire piece is hand-quilted, featuring a traditional fan or shell stitching pattern that is clearly visible on the solid white cotton reverse.
Lot: 57 - Early 20th C. American Steeplechase Cotton Quilt
72 x 72 This hand-stitched American cotton quilt features a Steeplechase pattern, which is a specialized variation of the traditional Drunkard's Path design. The piece is constructed using a two-tone color scheme of light blue chambray-style cotton and off-white cotton fabric. The central field is composed of hand-appliqued interlocking curved blocks set into a repeating geometric grid. This patterned center is framed by a wide off-white inner border and a narrower light blue outer border. The quilt is finished with dense, hand-stitched diagonal diamond grid quilting across the entire surface, visible on both the front and the off-white reverse. The construction includes hand-sewn seams and a hand-applied perimeter binding.
Lot: 58 - American Bears Paw Variation Quilt, c. 1890-1920
72 x 86 An American utilitarian quilt featuring hand-pieced Bears Paw variation blocks set on point. The blocks alternate with large squares of light blue and white floral sprig-print cotton calico. The pieced blocks consist of various navy and indigo blue cotton fabrics including polka dots, small florals, paisleys, and striped shirting prints, contrasted against cream and white ground fabrics. The reverse side is finished with a blue and white gingham check cotton backing. The three layers are secured by pink yarn ties or tufts placed at regular intervals across the surface rather than traditional decorative quilting stitches. One block in the lower corner utilizes a different set of fabrics than the others, likely indicating a period repair or a variation in fabric supply during original construction.
Lot: 59 - American Hand-Stitched Pansy Applique Quilt
68 x 94 A mid-20th century American hand-stitched applique quilt featuring a Pansy floral design. The quilt displays alternating rows of yellow and purple pansy motifs, each accompanied by three green leaves, set against a cream-colored cotton ground. The centers of the pansies are detailed with hand-embroidered stamens in black and yellow-gold thread. The piece is hand-quilted with a diagonal diamond grid across the field and echo quilting surrounding the appliqued elements. It is finished with a narrow green inner border and a purple fabric binding. The reverse of the quilt is a solid lavender cotton fabric. The quilt bears a stamped mark reading TYLER in black ink on a corner of the purple backing.
Lot: 60 - Mid-20th C. American 8-Pointed Star Cotton Quilt
70 x 82 A hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton scrap quilt featuring a variation of the eight-pointed star pattern. The quilt top is composed of sixteen individual star blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. Each star is meticulously pieced from diamond-shaped fabric scraps including various plaids, ginghams, calico floral prints, and solid cottons in shades of brown, tan, green, pink, and black. These stars are set into a vibrant turquoise-blue solid ground with alternating solid blue square blocks. The quilt is finished with hand-quilting in a simple utilitarian running stitch using white thread that follows the lines of the pieced stars and squares. The reverse side is a plain white cotton fabric, and the edges are finished with a narrow white binding.
Lot: 61 - American Mid-C. Patchwork Cotton Utility Quilt
64 x 74 A handmade patchwork utility quilt dating to the mid-20th century, likely produced between 1940 and 1960. The quilt top is organized into a grid of sixteen large square blocks. Each block is composed of a four-patch variation featuring patterned cotton and cotton-blend squares divided by pink and white striped sashing with a small yellow center square. These primary blocks are separated by wide pink sashing with yellow cornerstone patches at the intersections. The various patches include period-appropriate prints such as small-scale florals, polka dots, and solids in a color palette of blue, brown, green, and pink. The construction is hand-pieced and hand-quilted with large running stitches that follow the vertical and horizontal lines of the sashing. The reverse is finished with a plain off-white cotton muslin backing.
Lot: 62 - Handmade Cathedral Window Multi-Color Quilt
48 x 48 This is a vintage handmade Cathedral Window quilt featuring a three-dimensional folded fabric construction. The piece is built upon a solid black ground fabric, likely cotton or a cotton blend, which forms the lattice structure. The inset window panels are composed of vibrant, solid-colored fabric pieces arranged in a concentric diamond pattern. The color scheme begins with a red center and radiates outward through shades of orange, yellow, teal, royal blue, and purple. The reverse side shows the uniform folding and stitching pattern in the black ground fabric.
Lot: 63 - Hand-Quilted Dresden Plate Applique Quilt
56 x 56 A vintage hand-quilted applique quilt featuring the Dresden Plate pattern. The piece is composed of nine circular blocks arranged in a three-by-three grid. Each plate consists of multiple wedge-shaped petals constructed from various scrap fabrics, including florals, ginghams, stripes, and polka dots, finished with a solid orange circular center. The plates are appliqued onto off-white square background blocks using a black machine zig-zag overcast stitch. These blocks are set within a navy blue fabric field and enclosed by a wide purple outer border. The quilt is hand-quilted with white thread. The navy blue sections feature a diamond grid pattern of small X-shaped stitches, while the off-white blocks are quilted in concentric circular patterns. The backing is made of a solid navy blue fabric.
Lot: 64 - Mid-20th C. Cotton Feed Sack Patchwork Star Quilt
83 x 96 A mid-20th-century hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt. The design features a grid of eight-point star blocks, including variants of the LeMoyne star pattern, executed in a variety of pastel floral and striped cotton fabrics. These textiles are characteristic of American feed sack prints from the 1930s through the 1950s. The stars are set against a plain white cotton ground and are separated by sashing in a blue-on-white floral print. The sashing is accented with diamond-on-point cornerstones. The outer border includes a repeating diamond-on-point motif, framed by thin blue-and-white striped piping and finished with wide white borders. The quilting is performed by hand, with stitches following the geometric outlines of the pieced blocks. The reverse is finished with a solid white cotton fabric.
Lot: 65 - Cathedral Window Pattern Hand-Crafted Quilt
68 x 84 This hand-crafted quilt features a dimensional Cathedral Window pattern, a traditional technique involving the folding and stitching of fabric to create raised frames for colorful cloth inserts. The front displays a bold black framework housing a variety of jewel-toned inserts in shades of red, yellow, emerald green, royal blue, turquoise, pink, and purple. These colors are organized into a central diamond motif with concentric color-themed borders. The reverse side is constructed from a grid of square patches in dark navy and black fabrics, likely cotton or a cotton-blend. The structural seams of the backing are machine-sewn, while the decorative window elements on the front are finished with hand-stitching. This pattern is also referred to as Yeouijumunbo in some textile traditions.
Lot: 66 - Mid-20th C. Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt
74 x 80 This is an American Grandmother's Flower Garden patterned quilt, hand-pieced and hand-quilted. The design features a central flower motif that expands outward into large, concentric hexagonal rings. It is constructed from hundreds of individually hand-sewn cotton hexagon pieces. The color palette includes solid cottons in pink, yellow, light blue, purple, and white, accented by floral prints, including a dark floral calico and a lavender sprig print. The outer perimeter is finished with a scalloped edge that follows the natural geometry of the hexagonal pieces. The quilting is executed by hand with white thread, following the hexagonal shapes of the fabric to create a textured echo effect across the surface. The piece is finished with a solid off-white cotton backing and contains cotton batting.
Lot: 67 - Hand Crocheted Cotton Pinwheel Tablecloth
64 x 74 This vintage textile is a handmade tablecloth or bed coverlet crafted from off-white cotton crochet thread. The piece is composed of repeating square motifs that have been joined together. Each square features a central swirling pinwheel design, surrounded by a delicate openwork crochet mesh. The entire perimeter is finished with a scalloped lace border.
Lot: 68 - American Blue & White Cotton Drunkards Path Quilt
76 x 76 This antique American cotton quilt features a hand-pieced Drunkards Path pattern, a classic geometric design composed of interlocking curved segments. The textile is rendered in a traditional two-color scheme of faded indigo blue and cream muslin. The construction is entirely hand-stitched, with fine quilting lines following the curves of the pattern in concentric arcs, complemented by a diagonal crosshatch pattern in the open white spaces. The central field is framed by a solid blue border and finished with a plain cream cotton backing. The thin profile suggests a natural cotton batting.
Lot: 69 - American Hand-Quilted & Cross-Stitched Quilt 1961
58 x 76 This is a hand-quilted and cross-stitched bed quilt or coverlet of American origin. The item is constructed from a white cotton or cotton-blend fabric base featuring extensive hand-worked cross-stitch embroidery in a palette of orange, yellow, forest green, and taupe. The central decorative motif is a symmetrical folk-art Tree of Life design emerging from a heart-shaped base with stylized tulips and flowers. This central panel is surrounded by a continuous border of small orange blossoms and green vines. Distributed throughout the white field are four green eight-pointed stars, two birds perched on berry branches, and a floral basket at the bottom center. The entire textile is hand-quilted with a diagonal diamond grid pattern. In one corner, the piece features embroidered digits indicating the date of completion as 1961. The reverse side is plain white fabric, showing the texture of the hand-stitched quilting.
Lot: 70 - Mid-20th C. American Flower Garden Patchwork Quilt
58 x 76 An American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton patchwork quilt executed in the traditional Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern. The quilt top is composed of numerous hexagonal floral blocks, each consisting of a central hexagon surrounded by six colored petal hexagons and an outer border of white hexagons. The design utilizes a wide variety of period-appropriate cotton printed fabrics including floral patterns, ginghams, stripes, solids, and a novelty print featuring small panda figures on a blue striped ground. The entire piece is hand-quilted with small stitches that follow the geometric lines of the patchwork. The wide white borders feature elaborate hand-quilted designs of concentric circles and scalloped patterns. The reverse consists of a plain white cotton backing with a vertical center seam. A modern paper inventory tag is pinned to the top edge.
Lot: 71 - American Flying Geese Variation Patchwork Quilt
64 x 76 This handmade American patchwork quilt is constructed using a Flying Geese variation pattern. The design features blocks of triangular pieced segments made from an assortment of scrap fabrics, including florals, plaids, and solids in various colors. The decorative blocks are set within a solid blue sashing grid punctuated by red square cornerstones. The piece is hand-quilted in a repeating Baptist fan or shell motif, clearly defined against the solid pink-toned backing fabric. The edges are finished with a narrow dark binding.
Lot: 72 - Antique American Cotton Sawtooth Diagonal Quilt
70 x 80 This hand-stitched cotton patchwork quilt is constructed from a variety of late 19th to early 20th-century fabrics. The design features a dynamic diagonal arrangement of sawtooth or Delectable Mountains variant blocks. The fabric assortment includes assorted calico prints, checks, stripes, and shirting in a color palette of madder red, navy blue, pink, light blue, chocolate brown, and black. The piece is hand-quilted with diagonal parallel lines across the entire surface. The reverse side is finished with a blue-on-blue grid pattern cotton fabric, and the quilt is finished with a blue patterned binding along the edges.
Lot: 73 - American Mid-20th C. Nine Patch & Cross Quilt
64 x 76 This handmade American patchwork quilt is constructed from hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton fabrics dating from the mid-20th century. The design features a grid of alternating pieced blocks including Nine Patch variations and cross patterns. The blocks are composed of various printed cottons including floral, geometric, and novelty patterns, integrated with solid-colored panels. These blocks are set within a light blue sashing and framed by a wide pink floral print border on one side and a pale green fabric framing on others. The quilt is finished with a solid white cotton backing and exhibits traditional straight-line hand quilting across the surface.
Lot: 74 - American Silk & Satin Yo-Yo Patchwork Quilt
64 x 70 This vintage handmade textile is a square yo-yo quilt, a variation of the traditional circular yo-yo motif popular in the early to mid-20th century. The piece is constructed from individual square-shaped fabric puffs. Each square is created by gathering fabric toward a central point and then hand-sewing the units together along the edges using visible whip-stitching on the reverse. The materials comprise a wide variety of colorful fabrics, including silks, satins, and synthetic blends such as rayon, in a palette of deep red, lavender, mustard yellow, olive green, cream, and brown. The quilt features a complex, multi-colored patchwork arrangement. The construction is entirely hand-executed
Lot: 75 - Americana Scrappy Patchwork Quilt Top, Mid-20th C
38 x 40 This lot features a hand-constructed Americana scrappy patchwork quilt top, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The piece is composed of a variety of cotton and cotton-blend fabric remnants. The patchwork design utilizes small square and rectangular blocks in numerous patterns, including calico florals, ginghams, ticking stripes, and solid colors. Some sections are arranged in traditional nine-patch configurations. Notable elements include a patch with small pink anchor motifs on a dark ground. The central patchwork is framed by a wide blue border fabric with a white polka-dot print. The reverse side shows the assembly technique with visible seam allowances and many loose threads. This item is an unfinished quilt top and does not contain batting, backing, or quilting stitches.
Lot: 75A - Mid-20th C. Dresden Plate Pattern Cotton Quilt Top
72 x 82 This is an unfinished mid-20th century quilt top featuring hand-appliqued floral motifs in a Dresden Plate style. The quilt top consists of multiple white cotton squares, each featuring a central multi-petal flower. The petals are constructed from various vintage cotton scraps, including calicos, floral prints, checks, and solids characteristic of the 1930s and 1940s feedsack era. These blocks are joined together with yellow sashing that features a printed red and green rosebud and floral motif. The reverse side of the textile shows visible hand-stitching used to secure the appliques to the base squares. A large piece of blue cotton fabric is attached along one side, likely intended as a border or backing material.
Lot: 75B - REO & Knox Border String Patchwork Quilt Top
43 x 66 This is a vintage handmade string-pieced quilt top, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The construction utilizes the foundation piecing method, where various cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps are machine-stitched onto a white muslin base. The pattern consists of triangular sub-blocks arranged to create larger diamond and starburst designs. The textile features a wide, unfinished border made from a novelty print fabric depicting early 20th-century automobiles. This border includes printed blue blocks with yellow lettering reading REO and orange stylized script reading Knox, referring to the REO Motor Car Company and the Knox Automobile Company. The reverse side reveals the white foundation fabric with visible diagonal machine-stitching lines used to secure the scraps.
Lot: 76 - Mid-20th C. American Patchwork Quilt Top
66 x 76 This is an unfinished patchwork quilt top of American origin, constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. The design features a bold geometric lattice of wide red bands set against a bright blue field. Four square patchwork blocks are inset into the blue sections. One block features a checkered pattern of solid green and a floral pink and white print. The other three blocks are multi-colored grid patterns composed of various scrap fabrics, including solids, stripes, and small prints. The construction displays a combination of hand-piecing within the scrap blocks and machine assembly for the larger structural sections. This is a single-layer piece and lacks batting, backing, and finished edges.
Lot: 76A - Late 20th C. Patchwork Utility Quilt Top
80 x 82 A handmade patchwork quilt top or small utility quilt constructed from assorted cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps. The textile features a variety of patterns typical of the late 20th century, including floral prints, light blue gingham, a pastel pink and green plaid, and abstract 1980s-style brushstroke designs in pink, teal, and orange. The patterned squares are separated by strips of plain white sashing. The piece is constructed with machine-stitched seams and features prominent, decorative hand-stitching in a contrasting dark thread. It utilizes raw, exposed, and frayed edges at the seams, characteristic of a primitive or rag-quilt style
Lot: 77 - American Folk Art Patchwork Sampler Quilt
27 x 38 This hand-stitched and hand-tied patchwork quilt is a sampler-style piece featuring a grid of alternating blocks. The body of the quilt primarily showcases eight-pointed sawtooth star variants in various scrap fabrics, including calico prints, ginghams, and plaids, interspersed with solid golden-yellow and off-white cotton squares. The upper register of the quilt is distinctive, featuring larger, more complex multi-pointed star patterns and a section of repeating triangular blocks. The textile is constructed from an assortment of cotton fabrics and is hand-tied at the center of each block with green yarn to secure the layers. The reverse is composed of a plain, light-cream cotton fabric with visible hand-stitched seams. The irregular layout and varied block sizes indicate a handmade folk art origin.
Lot: 77A - Mid-20th C. Hand-Quilted 8-Point Star Scrap Quilt
50 x 66 This vintage handmade scrap quilt features a repeating eight-point star pattern, a variant of the LeMoyne Star. The piece is hand-pieced and hand-quilted with visible white running stitches. The quilt is constructed from a diverse collection of cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps, including various ginghams, plaids, stripes, polka dots, and floral prints. These patterned diamonds form the star motifs, which are set within a bright yellow lattice sashing. The intersections of the sashing are highlighted by small dark brown square blocks. The reverse of the quilt features a simple, light-colored solid fabric backing.
Lot: 78 - Handmade Mid-C. Scrap Patchwork Quilt Top
72 x 74 This vintage handmade scrap patchwork quilt top features a repeating eight-pointed star pattern, specifically a LeMoyne Star variant, pieced from various diamond-shaped fabric scraps. The quilt top is constructed from an eclectic mix of mid-20th-century textiles including ginghams, calico florals, stripes, checks, paisley, and solid-colored cotton and blend fabrics. These stars are set within a framework of wide sashing strips, consisting of a small-scale blue and white floral print and a solid dusty pink cotton. The entire piece is hand-sewn using large utility-style stitching. The reverse side displays raw seam allowances, and the overall perimeter of the piece has raw, unfinished edges.
Lot: 78A - Mid-Late 20th C. Scrap Patchwork Quilt Top
66 x 88 This is a vintage American folk art utility quilt top, likely dating from the 1960s through the 1980s. The piece is hand-assembled from a wide variety of rectangular and square fabric remnants in an eclectic mix of natural and synthetic fibers, including cotton calicos, solids, ginghams, stripes, and novelty prints. Notable patterns featured in the patches include floral motifs, butterflies, and stylized elephant figures. The construction utilizes machine stitching in a loose, non-geometric scrap patchwork style typical of domestic utility textiles. This item consists of the quilt top only and is unfinished, lacking batting, backing, or binding.
Lot: 79 - Mid-C. American Folk Art Housetop Variation Quilt
66 x 84 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted textile features a concentric rectangular medallion design, commonly referred to as a Housetop or concentric square variation in the American folk art tradition. The quilt top is constructed from strips of solid-colored fabric, likely cotton or a cotton blend, in shades of muted sage green, pale sky blue, and golden yellow. The entire piece is hand-stitched, utilizing utility-style quilting with rows of running stitches that follow the geometric layout of the pieced strips. The reverse side consists of a solid, single-color fabric in an ochre or dark mustard yellow. This improvisational style of solid-color piecing is frequently associated with Southern American quilting traditions from the mid-20th century.
Lot: 80 - American Grandmother's Flower Garden Cotton Quilt
68 x 76 A traditional hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton patchwork quilt in the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern, dating to the mid-20th century. The quilt top features numerous small hexagons arranged into floral motifs with contrasting centers and concentric rings. It incorporates a variety of period printed fabrics including calicoes, florals, polka dots, and shirting prints in shades of red, blue, purple, and cream. The floral motifs are set against a solid red ground with a narrow tan binding. The entire piece is hand-quilted in a concentric fan or clamshell design. The reverse side features a light-colored backing with a visible inscription and stamp. One corner of the reverse is inscribed in dark ink with the name BERNICE. Centrally located on the reverse are remnants of an indigo blue ink stamp, identifying the use of recycled feed or flour sacks; visible characters include A, S, and H on the upper line and L on the lower line.
Lot: 81 - Mid-20th C. American Patchwork Utility Quilt
72 x 84 This American utility quilt features an improvisational patchwork top composed of various rectangular and square cotton fabric blocks. The material palette includes solid-colored wovens in tan, light blue, and gray, interspersed with pink and white floral calico and blue and white micro-check textiles. The piece is entirely hand-quilted in a traditional Baptist Fan pattern, also known as a shell or arc motif, consisting of repeating concentric curves. The reverse side consists of a plain off-white cotton backing. The quilt is finished with a white fabric binding that is hand-stitched to the edges. The construction displays visible running stitches and irregular fabric joins characteristic of mid-century utilitarian textile production.
Lot: 82 - Hand-Stitched Yo-Yo Quilt Coverlet
64 x 86 This textile is a vintage hand-stitched yo-yo quilt coverlet, a style of American domestic folk art popular in the mid-20th century. The piece is constructed from hundreds of individual fabric rosettes, commonly called yo-yos, which are created by gathering the edges of fabric circles with a drawstring thread. These individual elements are hand-joined at the edges in a grid pattern. As is typical for this style, the piece does not feature a backing, batting, or binding, making it technically a coverlet or decorative throw. The materials consist of a diverse array of scrap fabrics, likely cotton and cotton-blends, featuring various prints such as calicos, ginghams, solids, and novelty patterns including watermelons, daisies, stars, and polka dots. The specific stylized floral and novelty prints suggest a production date between the 1930s and 1950s.
Lot: 83 - Antique American Red & White Striped Cotton Quilt
72 x 80 This antique American quilt is constructed from cotton fabric and features a graphic design of alternating wide white ground sections and narrow red stripes. The textile is extensively hand-quilted with traditional motifs. The wide white bands are decorated with intricate interlocking oval chain-link or cable patterns, alternating with bands of diagonal diamond-grid quilting. The red stripes consist of three narrow bands of pigment-dyed red fabric which are also quilted with small-scale patterns. The reverse side is composed of a plain white cotton fabric, showcasing the detailed hand-stitched patterns and textures.
Lot: 84 - American Pinwheel & Floral Medallion Quilt
68 x 72 This is a hand-pieced and hand-quilted American patchwork quilt featuring a traditional pinwheel or windmill design. The quilt top is constructed from alternating square blocks. One set of blocks features a multi-colored pinwheel motif pieced from shades of royal blue, sky blue, and deep purple. These alternate with solid lavender squares that are decorated with intricate hand-quilted floral and foliate medallions. Additional quilting includes diagonal parallel lines within the pinwheel blocks. The quilt is finished with a chocolate brown border featuring a hand-quilted double-scalloped or wavy line pattern and a narrow sky-blue binding. The reverse side consists of a solid medium-blue fabric. The materials are primarily cotton or cotton-blend fabrics.
Lot: 85 - Amish Style Diamond Pattern Hand Quilted Quilt
62 x 76 A vintage hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt in the Amish style, likely dating to the late 19th or early 20th century. The central field features rows of diamonds set on point, arranged in vertical color-coordinated columns of teal, navy blue, sky blue, dusty pink, charcoal, and olive green. This central field is enclosed by a mauve-toned inner border and a wide, dark charcoal outer border. The quilt is finished with a solid blue cotton backing and a narrow purple binding. The hand-quilting is intricate, featuring an eight-point star motif centered within the larger charcoal diamonds and simple diagonal cross-hatch quilting in the colored patches. The borders are decorated with concentric arc or fan quilting. On one section of the inner border, there is a handwritten inscription in red ink that reads 19-65, which likely serves as a collection or inventory number. The loss of top fabric in several areas reveals a blue-and-white striped underlayer, suggesting a secondary top or a heavy lining was used during construction.
Lot: 86 - Antique American Hand-Quilted Cotton Bars Quilt
82 x 86 This is an antique reversible hand-quilted cotton quilt featuring a bars or strip pattern. Side A is composed of narrow, alternating vertical stripes of red and light blue calico floral prints, set within a wide border of olive green fabric featuring a small, dense print. Side B showcases wide vertical bands, known as bars, in solid teal and rust-toned cotton. The entire piece is hand-stitched with a diagonal grid or diamond motif quilting pattern. The quilt is finished with a dark navy or black fabric binding. The construction utilizes cotton fabric and batting, characteristic of American folk-art quilting traditions from the late 19th to early 20th century.
Lot: 87 - Amish Style Sunshine & Shadows Quilt Wall Hanging
38 x 74 Hand-pieced and hand-quilted textile featuring a Sunshine and Shadows pattern, also known as a Trip Around the World design. The central field is composed of squares arranged in concentric diamond shapes using solid-colored fabric blocks in shades of dark and light blue, lavender, forest green, chocolate brown, and black. The central design is bordered by a series of concentric frames in lavender, royal blue, and a teal-toned outer border. Hand-quilting is visible throughout, following the seams in the central field and transitioning to decorative circular and scalloped motifs in the borders. The backing is a light-colored solid fabric and features a hand-stitched heart motif. Construction consists of hand-piecing and hand-quilting with visible running stitches. No maker marks or labels are present, other than a contemporary inventory tag on the reverse.
Lot: 88 - Mid-20th C. Orange Peel Pattern Cotton Quilt Top
62 x 74 An unfinished American quilt top featuring an Orange Peel pattern, also known as Flower Petal or Lafayette Orange Peel. The piece is hand-pieced and hand-appliqued, constructed from diverse scrap cotton fabrics on a plain-weave white cotton ground. The patches consist of various feedsack and calico prints typical of the 1930s and 1940s, including floral patterns, polka dots, stripes, ginghams, and geometric motifs. The blocks are joined with decorative green cross-stitch embroidery along the seam lines. The design consists of interlocking four-petal floral shapes created by the curved patches meeting at central points. The underside reveals the hand-stitching and the extent of the staining. The outer edges are raw and unfinished.
Lot: 88A - Antique American Hand-Pieced Cotton Quilt Top
74 x 84 This is a hand-pieced antique American patchwork quilt top featuring a postage stamp checkerboard pattern. The central field consists of alternating solid pink squares and a variety of printed cotton fabrics, including indigo-dyed geometrics, purple and white ginghams, monochrome stripes, and small-scale calico florals. The top is finished with a wide, multi-layered border composed of concentric strips of several printed fabrics, including a dark floral print, a striped pattern, and a circular bubble motif on a light ground. The piece is entirely hand-stitched with visible running stitches on the reverse side of the seams.
Lot: 89 - Mid-20th Century American Pieced Cotton Star Pattern Quilt Top
80 x 104 This item is an unfinished vintage quilt top, consisting of the pieced fabric layer only without batting, backing, or quilting. It is constructed from a variety of cotton fabrics featuring four-pointed star motifs, sometimes referred to as a kite or friendship star variant, set on point. Each star is composed of four diamond-shaped fabric pieces joined by white cotton triangles and squares to create a geometric grid pattern. The fabrics used are a diverse assortment of mid-20th-century scrap materials, including small-scale florals, ginghams, polka dots, stripes, and solid colors. These prints are characteristic of the 1930s to 1950s feedsack and calico styles. The construction utilizes a combination of hand and machine stitching, visible on the reverse side of the top. A small, hand-marked character resembling a cursive letter e or a similar symbol is present in dark ink on one of the orange diamond pieces near the center of the textile.
Lot: 89A - Hand-Pieced Cotton Quilt Top with Central Star Motif
78 x 82 A vintage, hand-pieced unfinished quilt top constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend printed fabrics. The central design features a large geometric star motif composed of multi-colored diamond-shaped patches in patterns including yellow calico, blue solids, green polka dots, and navy geometric prints. This motif is set against a background of red and white basketweave-patterned fabric. Wide white fabric borders are attached to the upper and lower edges. The construction utilizes hand-sewn seams throughout. The materials include prints characteristic of mid-20th century American calicos and possible feed sack fabrics.
Lot: 90 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Kitten Print Quilt Top
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Lot: 91 - Mid-Century Shoofly Pattern Hand-Pieced Quilt Top
84 x 108 This vintage hand-pieced quilt top is composed of 42 blocks arranged in a six-by-seven checkerboard layout. The design features Shoofly blocks, a traditional Nine-Patch variation, alternating with solid off-white squares. The patterned blocks utilize an assortment of mid-century scrap fabrics including floral prints, paisley motifs, and gingham checks in cotton and cotton-polyester blends. These scraps are set against solid-colored backgrounds in shades of pink, light blue, lime green, yellow, and lavender. The entire piece is hand-constructed with visible white running stitches. This item is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, backing, or edge binding.
Lot: 92 - Mid-20th C. Appliqued Tulip Bouquet Cotton Quilt
68 x 70 This mid-20th century American hand-quilted and hand-appliqu?d cotton scrap quilt features the Tulip Bouquet pattern. The quilt top is composed of nine blocks arranged in a three-by-three grid on a cream-colored base fabric. Each block contains an appliqu?d vase with a bouquet of flowers, including stylized tulips and smaller floral buds. The appliqu? utilizes a variety of period-appropriate scrap fabrics, including solid red and yellow cottons, red-and-white gingham, purple-and-white checks, and multi-colored floral prints. These elements are hand-stitched to the base using a decorative blanket or buttonhole stitch. The piece is densely hand-quilted with elaborate motifs, featuring feathered fan or wreath patterns bordering the floral blocks and quilted heart designs in the alternating spaces. The composition is set within a comprehensive quilted diamond grid. The quilt is finished with a narrow, hand-applied white fabric binding and contains a thin interior batting.
Lot: 93 - American Hand-Appliqued Flower Garden Cotton Quilt
74 x 92 This handmade cotton quilt features a repeating stylized floral motif, resembling a Dresden Plate pattern, organized in a nine-by-seven grid totaling 63 individual blocks. Each block is set against a white ground and consists of eight petals in various solid colors, including red, orange, light blue, medium blue, and pink. Each floral element is finished with a hand-appliqued yellow circular center. The quilt is framed by a pink inner border and a green outer binding. The construction utilizes cotton fabrics and is entirely hand-quilted with visible, large-scale running stitches. The reverse side is composed of joined panels of white cotton fabric, revealing the hand-stitched quilting pattern through the layers.
Lot: 94 - Mid-20th Century Reversible Hand-Appliqued and Hand-Quilted Cotton Quilt
76 x 84 This mid-20th century reversible quilt is constructed from cotton fabrics and displays extensive handwork. The primary side features sixteen blocks of hand-appliqued motifs in solid blue cotton on a white ground, depicting a variation of the Rose of Sharon or Melon pattern with a central scalloped square and four almond-shaped petals. The design is framed by concentric solid blue and white border strips. The reverse side is made from a floral print fabric featuring yellow roses, pink blossoms, and green leaves on a white background, typical of the 1940s to 1950s era. The piece is hand-quilted throughout with clamshell or fan patterns on the white field and straight-line quilting on the borders. The edges are finished with a separate cream-colored hand-sewn binding.
Lot: 95 - Tulip Wreath Hand-Quilted & Cross-Stitched Quilt
82 x 96 This vintage bed quilt features the Tulip Wreath pattern, a design widely distributed through commercial quilt kits in the mid-20th century. The white cotton ground is decorated with elaborate hand-executed cross-stitch embroidery in varying tones of blue and green. The centralized composition consists of a small oval floral wreath enclosed by a large lyre-shaped garland of tulips and foliage, tied at the base with a decorative blue ribbon bow. The corners are accented with matching floral sprays, and a continuous floral vine border frames the entire piece. The background is densely hand-quilted in a diagonal diamond grid, with additional outline quilting following the contours of the embroidered motifs. The quilt is finished with a narrow, solid light-blue fabric binding. Evidence of pre-stamped blue guide dots indicates the top was produced from a commercial kit, typical of makers like Progress, Bucilla, or Paragon during the 1940s through the 1960s. The reverse features a plain white cotton backing.
Lot: 96 - White Matelasse Damask Machine Quilted Coverlet
94 x 103 This textile is a large-scale wholecloth quilted coverlet or bedspread in an off-white color. The design features a repeating damask pattern characterized by scrolling acanthus leaves, floral blossoms, and fleur-de-lis motifs. These decorative elements are rendered in relief through machine quilting against a ground of dense, parallel horizontal stitching. Based on the construction and design, the piece is likely a mid-to-late 20th-century item. The material is likely a cotton or cotton-blend fabric.
Lot: 97 - Mary Nell Gasper Mid-20th C. Appliqued Floral
76 x 90 This vintage American quilt features hand-stitched floral applique work on a cream-white ground. The design centers on a floral medallion composed of multi-petal pink blossoms, buds, and serrated leaves. A coordinating scrolling vine and flower border follows the perimeter, and the quilt is finished with a scalloped edge bound in pink fabric. The piece exhibits traditional hand-craftsmanship, including detailed outline quilting around the applique motifs and a dense diamond-grid quilting pattern throughout the background. The applique elements are executed in at least two distinct shades of pink fabric. A personalized fabric label is hand-sewn to the reverse corner, which reads Hand Made by Mary Nell Gasper.
Lot: 98 - Antique Sawtooth Diamond Pattern Calico Quilt
84 x 84 This bed quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted, featuring a large-scale center diamond-in-the-square layout with distinctive sawtooth or serrated borders. The front is constructed from two primary cotton calico fabrics: a salmon or madder pink fabric with a small-scale white foliage sprig print and a dark green or black fabric featuring a dense repeating leaf or feather pattern. The hand-quilting is executed in a diamond grid and parallel line pattern across the surface. The quilt is finished with a pink calico binding decorated with small red dots. The backing consists of a single-piece brown cotton fabric printed with a small orange, black, and white C-scroll or gear-like motif over vertical dashed lines. The use of these specific calico prints and the sawtooth border technique are characteristic of late 19th to early 20th-century American quilt-making.
Lot: 99 - Amish Style Nine Patch Hand-Quilted Cotton Quilt
64 x 76 An Amish-style hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton bedcover featuring a Nine Patch pattern set on point. The quilt is constructed from solid-colored cotton fabrics in a palette of tan, dark chocolate brown, and teal, finished with a lime green binding and a solid tan reverse. The pieced nine-patch blocks alternate with large, solid-color setting squares and side triangles. The quilting is executed by hand with high density, featuring intricate feathered wreaths in the large setting squares, diagonal cross-hatching within the nine-patch blocks, and a repeating shell or swag motif along the borders. A single light-green square is present in one of the nine-patch blocks on the middle-left side, a common intentional variation in traditional folk quilts.
Lot: 100 - Holmes Co Amish-Made Hand-Quilted Patchwork Quilt
74 x 84 This is a hand-pieced antique American patchwork quilt top made by the Holmes Co, OH Amish . The central field consists of alternating solid pink squares and a variety of printed cotton fabrics.
Lot: 101 - American Hand-Appliqued Rose of Sharon Quilt Top
74 x 76 This hand-appliqued textile is a quilt top featuring a traditional folk-art floral design known as the Rose of Sharon pattern. The central motifs consist of stylized red scalloped blossoms surrounded by cream-colored leaves and buds. In addition to the repeating floral wreaths, the piece includes a star motif with alternating red and cream points. The ground and applique pieces are constructed from a lightweight, plain-weave fabric, likely cotton. The red fabric used for the floral elements and the simple border is consistent in appearance with Turkey red dyes used in 19th-century American textiles. The item is composed of a single layer of fabric with visible hand-stitched seams on the reverse, indicating it was intended as a coverlet or the top layer of a quilt.
Lot: 102 - Red & White Cotton Double Irish Chain Quilt c.1900
60 x 70 An antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt executed in the Double Irish Chain pattern. The quilt is constructed from solid red and off-white cotton fabrics. The quilting is dense and features a diagonal cross-hatching motif within the chain blocks and a diamond or postage stamp grid within the larger white square blocks. The piece is finished with a simple self-binding edge. On the edge binding, there are two handwritten characters in dark ink, appearing as lowercase x and f, likely serving as historic laundry or owner identification marks.
Lot: 103 - American Lone Star Hand-Quilted Cotton Quilt
64 x 94 This is a vintage handmade American bed quilt featuring a central Lone Star or Star of Bethlehem motif. The large eight-pointed star is constructed from numerous hand-pieced diamond segments using a variety of cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including solids, calicos, florals, and geometric prints. The color palette of the star radiates from a yellow center through concentric rings of orange, red, navy blue, pink, light blue, and green fabrics. The quilt is set against an off-white cotton ground. The side borders are composed of vertical strips of multi-colored diamonds arranged in a chevron-like pattern. The top and bottom borders feature blue fabric panels with inset diamond patches, flanked by smaller patchwork star blocks in red, white, and yellow prints. Hand-quilting is visible throughout the white field, following the silhouette of the central star and transitioning into straight-line patterns near the edges. The reverse side consists of off-white cotton fabric, showing the visible hand-stitching of the quilting process.
Lot: 104 - Mid-C. American Hand-Quilted Medallion Scrap Quilt
68 x 86 This vintage handmade pieced quilt is designed in a concentric square or medallion pattern, a style often associated with the utilitarian and improvisational quilting traditions of the American South. The quilt is strip-pieced using a diverse array of fabric remnants, including solid-colored cottons and various printed textiles such as a tan fabric with green botanical motifs, red and blue stripes, and small-scale florals. The composition radiates from a central blue core through successive borders of yellow, green, lavender, brown, light blue, red, and mint green. The reverse side is finished with a solid cream-colored fabric. The entire surface is hand-quilted in a repeating chevron or V-stitch pattern. The improvisational layout and construction techniques are highly characteristic of the style produced by the Gee's Bend quiltmakers and the Freedom Quilting Bee.
Lot: 105 - American Hand-Appliqued and Hand-Quilted Cotton Floral Motif Quilt
76 x 76 This American applique quilt is constructed from cotton and features a classic red and green color palette on a white ground. The quilt is composed of sixteen square blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. Each block contains a hand-appliqued motif consisting of a stylized central green stem that branches out to support multiple small red flowers with scalloped edges and green leaves. Small red buds or calyxes are present at several stem junctions. The entire piece is densely hand-quilted with a complex background pattern featuring a grid of squares overlaid with diagonal lines and inscribed circular elements. The reverse is made of plain white cotton fabric constructed from at least four joined panels, displaying the hand-stitched quilting lines.
Lot: 106 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Tied Scrap String Improv Quilt
72 x 76 A vintage hand-tied scrap string quilt featuring a complex patchwork of irregular and rectangular blocks. The construction utilizes a variety of cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps in diverse patterns including stripes, ginghams, polka dots, and small floral prints in an improvisational or crumb style. The quilt top is framed by a narrow red border featuring a white floral motif. The piece is assembled using hand-tied light blue yarn or thread ties distributed across the surface. The reverse side consists of a solid, off-white cotton or cotton-blend fabric.
Lot: 107 - American Pinwheel Pattern Cotton Quilt, 1930
74 x 76 This vintage American bed quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted, featuring a repeating pinwheel block pattern, which is a variant of the Dutchman's Puzzle. The blocks are constructed from various medium-blue calico and patterned fabrics alternating with cream-ground floral prints. The quilt features a blue-and-white sawtooth or flying geese patterned inner border and is finished with a purple floral calico outer binding. One of the blocks features hand-embroidery in pink thread reading MOM 1930. The piece is hand-quilted throughout in a diagonal grid or crosshatch pattern. The materials consist of cotton fabrics and batting.
Lot: 108 - Antique Red & White Double Irish Chain Quilt
66 x 66 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt is executed in the classic Double Irish Chain pattern. The design features a high-contrast palette of red and white. Small red squares form an interlocking lattice across the central field. The large alternating white blocks contain elaborate hand-quilted designs, specifically central four-lobed foliate medallions. The background of these blocks and the red squares themselves are further embellished with hand-quilted diagonal cross-hatching. The quilt is finished with a solid red inner border and a wide white outer border that features a hand-quilted wavy cable motif. The reverse side consists of plain white cotton fabric, clearly displaying the pattern of the manual stitching.
Lot: 109 - Hand Stitched Cotton Patchwork Fan Quilt Top
76 x 84 This is an unfinished vintage patchwork quilt top featuring various cotton fabrics, including feedsack-style floral prints, ginghams, and solid colors. The primary design consists of blocks containing four curved fan segments that meet to create a central circular motif. These blocks are separated by wide tan cotton sashing with solid blue cornerstone squares. One section incorporates a larger segment of brown, yellow, and green paisley-patterned fabric. The entire piece is hand-stitched with visible running stitches. This is a quilt top only and lacks batting, a backing, and finished binding. The underside shows raw seam allowances.
Lot: 109A - American Indigo Discharge Nine-Patch Quilt Top
42 x 74 An antique American patchwork quilt top composed of various indigo-dyed discharge print cotton fabrics and woven checks. The construction utilizes a Nine-Patch block pattern alternating between black and white gingham checks and light-colored shirting fabrics featuring small printed motifs such as polka dots, clover patterns, and floral sprigs. These blocks are joined by vertical rectangular panels of indigo-dyed cotton with varied patterns, including a diamond grid with dotted lines, small floral sprigs, and concentric circle-and-dot motifs. A wider horizontal panel of indigo fabric with a vertical geometric dashed-line pattern serves as a border along the lower edge. The reverse side shows the raw seam allowances, confirming the item is an unquilted top lacking batting and backing.
Lot: 110 - 1960s-70s Patchwork Quilt Top w/ Purple Sashing
80 x 86 This is an unfinished handmade patchwork quilt top dating from the mid-to-late 20th century. The piece features a scrap or utility style construction utilizing a string-pieced triangle pattern. The triangular patches are composed of assorted fabric strips in various prints including ginghams, checks, stripes, florals, and 1970s-era geometric zig-zags. These colorful blocks are separated by wide sashing of a solid purple fabric. The materials appear to be a mixture of cotton and polyester/cotton blends characteristic of the era. A strip of burgundy knit fabric is machine-stitched along one edge, likely intended as a border or binding. The reverse of the top reveals machine-stitched construction with raw, unfinished seam allowances and various thread tails. This item consists of the top layer only and does not include batting or backing.
Lot: 110A - Mid-20th C. Courthouse Steps Variation Scrap Quilt
72 x 80 A hand-pieced and hand-quilted scrap quilt featuring a Courthouse Steps variation of the traditional Log Cabin pattern. Each rectangular block is constructed around a central blue and white checkered gingham square. These centers are surrounded by concentric strips of diverse fabrics, including cotton prints with floral, polka dot, and geometric motifs, alongside high-sheen strips suggesting rayon, silk, or synthetic blends. The reverse is finished with a backing of purple floral print fabric assembled from multiple sections. The item features hand-quilting in a utility style with prominent, irregular running stitches in white thread.
Lot: 111 - American Hand Quilted Cotton Dresden Plate Quilt
68 x 90 This vintage American hand-quilted quilt features the classic Dresden Plate pattern. The piece is constructed from a white cotton ground and reverse, with 30 hand-appliqued circular blocks arranged in a five-by-six grid. Each Dresden Plate block is composed of multiple wedge-shaped cotton fabric scraps in a variety of mid-20th-century prints, including calicos, florals, stripes, polka dots, and solids, radiating from a central fabric circle in varying colors. The construction exhibits both hand-appliqu? and hand-quilting throughout. The quilting design follows the contours of the plates with radiating lines and concentric circular stitching on the white field. The edges are finished with a simple turned binding.
Lot: 112 - American Hand-Pieced & Quilted Patchwork Quilt
68 x 80 This vintage American utilitarian quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted in a scrap-style design organized into multiple vertical columns of varying widths. The composition utilizes a variety of horizontal fabric strips and geometric blocks, including a recurring nine-patch variation featuring a yellow floral center. Materials include printed cottons with patterns of polka dots, florals, plaids, and stripes, as well as solid-colored fragments of silk, rayon, or synthetic blends in shades of purple, green, and blue. The quilt is constructed with visible hand-sewn running stitches throughout the body. The backing consists of several panels of coarse-woven, off-white cotton or linen fabric.
Lot: 113 - Hand-Pieced & Quilted Scrappy Cotton Quilt
64 x 80 This is a handmade patchwork quilt constructed from various printed and solid cotton fabrics. The quilt top features a variation of the Snowball or Bowtie block pattern, utilizing a wide range of scraps including red and white polka dots, floral motifs in green, purple, and yellow, and geometric medallion prints. The central patchwork section is framed by a border of red and white polka dot fabric strips with solid lavender cotton squares at each corner. The quilt is hand-pieced and features extensive hand-quilting in a grid pattern with inset diamond shapes. The backing is composed of two panels of solid red cotton fabric joined by a vertical center seam.
Lot: 114 - American Cotton String Patchwork Quilt, 20th C
74 x 76 This vintage American string patchwork quilt is constructed from numerous multicolored cotton and cotton-blend fabric strips pieced diagonally onto white or off-white foundation triangles. These triangles are joined to form square blocks, creating a rhythmic, secondary diagonal pattern across the entire quilt top. The fabric selection includes a wide variety of mid-20th-century prints such as small-scale florals, ginghams, polka dots, checks, and solids, many of which are characteristic of the feed sack cloth used during this period. The quilt features dense hand-quilting in a diagonal grid pattern across the entire surface. The backing and the narrow, hand-finished binding are composed of a solid lavender-colored cotton fabric.
Lot: 115 - Hand-Quilted Basket Scrap Quilt w/ Feed Sack
72 x 80 This is a mid-20th century American utility scrap quilt, hand-pieced and hand-quilted. The quilt top features a series of Basket pattern blocks arranged in horizontal rows, separated by vertical sashing. The blocks are constructed from a wide variety of period-correct cotton fabrics including floral prints, solids, and ginghams. The entire piece is hand-quilted using a horizontal channel pattern. The reverse side of the quilt is constructed from repurposed white cotton flour or feed sacks, a common practice for resourcefulness during the Depression and post-Depression eras. Original commercial printing is visible on the backing material. One section features the brand name HARVEST BOY in red block letters. Above this are the blue printed numbers 368 I 2. Additional smaller blue text identifies the source as ... Mills, Inc. of MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. Harvest Boy was a known flour brand produced in the Minneapolis area during this period.
Lot: 116 - American Cotton Pinwheel Pattern Patchwork Quilt
68 x 76 This vintage American hand-pieced patchwork quilt features a traditional Pinwheel pattern composed of half-square triangles arranged in vertical columns. The primary color palette consists of a solid red cotton fabric combined with a variety of printed fabrics. Notable prints include a black-ground geometric pattern with small multi-colored squares, a white-ground floral print with blue and pink motifs, and several instances of plaid and larger-scale floral fabrics integrated into the scrappy design. The layout is finished with wide solid red borders on the left and right sides. The reverse side is covered in a separate all-over printed fabric featuring a small-scale, repeating ornamental geometric pattern in green, yellow, and black on a red ground. The quilt is finished with a patterned fabric binding consistent with the backing material. The construction reflects a classic style of American utility quilting. No maker labels, signatures, or dates are present.
Lot: 117 - Handmade Patchwork Scrap Quilt w/ Floral Backing
58 x 88 A mid-to-late 20th-century handmade patchwork quilt featuring a central vertical panel of square fabric blocks. The design is constructed from a diverse assortment of scrap fabrics, including cotton and synthetic blends. The patterns present within the patchwork include gingham, stripes, paisley, and a novelty print featuring red strawberries and hearts, interspersed with solid blocks of orange, turquoise, and yellow. The central decorative column is flanked by two wide, cream-colored side borders. The top and bottom edges are finished with narrow borders of purple fabric decorated with a dark floral sprig motif, which also serves as the reverse panel for the entire piece. The quilt is machine-quilted with horizontal channel stitching. The fabric types and prints, notably the textured synthetic knits and novelty patterns, are characteristic of the 1960s through the 1980s.
Lot: 118 - Hand-Quilted Churn Dash Patchwork Quilt
66 x 66 A vintage American patchwork quilt featuring the traditional Churn Dash pattern, also known as Monkey Wrench. The quilt is composed of twenty blocks arranged in a four-by-five grid. Each block is constructed from a variety of scrap fabrics, including a grey pinstriped cotton, dark ground floral prints, and pale yellow patterned textiles, set against light-colored backgrounds. The blocks are joined by a solid green sashing grid. The entire piece exhibits traditional hand-quilting, visible in geometric patterns within the blocks and straight lines along the sashing. The reverse side features a pieced backing made of large panels in two different shades of yellow cotton or a cotton-blend fabric with a visible loose, textured weave. The quilt is finished with a narrow yellow binding. The quilt consists of 20 blocks plus sashing and borders.
Lot: 119 - American Wagon Wheel Quilt w/ Seed Sack Backing
68 x 80 This is a mid-20th-century American bed quilt, hand-pieced and hand-quilted in a traditional Wagon Wheel or Kaleidoscope pattern. The quilt top is composed of various cotton fabrics including floral calicoes, stripes, checks, and solid colors characteristic of the Depression-era feed sack style. The central blocks are arranged in a grid and framed by a wide blue border featuring a printed motif of hearts, geometric lines, and floral sprigs. The entire piece is hand-quilted in a fan or clamshell pattern. The backing is constructed from repurposed white cotton fabric. Faded green stenciled markings are visible on the reverse side, identifying the material as salvaged hybrid corn seed sacks. The stencil includes the text 4-CORN HYBRID SEED and a central graphic of a stylized ear of corn enclosed within a border of leaf or acorn shapes.
Lot: 120 - Hand-Pieced & Tied Patchwork Scrap Quilt
68 x 76 This is a double-sided vintage American patchwork scrap quilt, also known as a hand-tied comforter. The textile is hand-pieced using a variety of cotton fabric scraps, including mid-20th-century prints, ginghams, stripes, and small-scale florals characteristic of feed sack era fabrics. One side of the quilt features an eclectic arrangement of traditional blocks, including Churn Dash or Monkey Wrench variations, Nine-Patch, and Broken Dishes motifs. The reverse side utilizes a simpler patchwork layout of multi-colored rectangular and square blocks. Notable fabric includes a novelty print depicting a village scene with stylized figures, houses, and animals. The layers are secured with hand-tied off-white and blue yarn throughout the body of the quilt.
Lot: 121 - Tufted Chenille Cotton Bedspread w/ Circle Pattern
96 x 102 In the style of the Schumacher Ziz pattern, this is a 100% cotton tufted chenille bedspread or coverlet. Features a pale sage green cotton base decorated with white cotton tufting. The design consists of a repeating pattern of interlocking circles with diagonal cross-hatched intersections. The two side edges are finished with knotted white cotton fringe. Believed to be machine made, see pic of tag in photos.
Lot: 121A - Mid-20th C. Cherry Pattern Chenille Bedspread
90 x 104 A vintage bedspread or large sheet featuring a white woven ground fabric, likely cotton or a cotton blend. The surface is decorated with an allover repeating pattern of embroidered cherry clusters. Each cluster consists of two tufted red cherries with a light blue-gray leaf and stem, executed in a chenille or needle-punch style. The side borders are marked by four parallel red stripes running the length of the textile. The construction and aesthetic are characteristic of mid-20th century American domestic linens.
Lot: 122 - Mid-C. Chartreuse Geometric Chenille Bedspread
82 x 96 A vintage mid-century chenille bedspread or coverlet featuring a vibrant chartreuse or lime green cotton fabric base. The textile is decorated with white cotton tufted chenille embroidery in a design of overlapping circles and a central geometric lattice pattern. The composition is framed by several rows of wavy, undulating chenille lines near the edges. The piece is finished with a white cotton fringe along three of its sides. The reverse side displays the machine-tufted stitch patterns corresponding to the front design.
Lot: 123 - Mid-20th C. Floral Wreath Chenille Bedspreads
98 x 102 This lot consists of a white cotton bedspread featuring a matching floral design executed in different needlework styles. The item is a tufted chenille bedspread with a raised texture. The central design features a large circular wreath composed of purple five-petaled flowers with green stems and leaves. A single coordinating flower is positioned in the center of the wreath, and a curved floral swag appears at the top. The entire white ground is filled with a dense, textured pattern of concentric tufted loops and scrolling swirls characteristic of Candlewick-style embroidery. The edges are finished with a purple scalloped chenille border.
Lot: 125 - Mid-C. Purple & White Tufted Chenille Bedspread
90 x 102 A vintage mid-20th century tufted chenille bedspread featuring a deep plum purple cotton ground. The textile is decorated with cotton yarn tufting in white and purple. The central rectangular field displays a grid pattern of white tufted accents. This central area is surrounded by a wide border composed of concentric, undulating wavy lines in alternating purple and white. This design is characteristic of American tufted textiles from the mid-20th century, a style often associated with manufacturers in Dalton, Georgia.
Lot: 126 - Lavender Chenille Double Wedding Ring Bedspread
88 x 104 A mid-century cotton chenille bedspread featuring a lavender or lilac base fabric. The piece displays an all-over geometric pattern of interlocking circles, commonly known as a Double Wedding Ring or circular lattice design. The pattern is constructed using traditional chenille tufting, where rows of thick cream-colored cotton yarn are stitched onto the base fabric and cut to create a raised, soft pile texture. Three sides of the coverlet are finished with a knotted cotton fringe. The reverse side shows the structural stitching that secures the tufted pattern to the base textile.
Lot: 127 - Mid-20th C. Double-Sided Cotton Patchwork Quilt
72 x 84 This is a vintage handmade American utility quilt, constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps dating from approximately the 1930s to the 1950s. The piece features a double-sided pieced design. The front is a string quilt pattern, characterized by irregular strips or strings of fabric sewn onto a foundation and arranged into uniform square blocks that form a diagonal grid. The fabrics include a variety of mid-century prints such as florals, ginghams, stripes, and solid colors. The reverse side is constructed from larger rectangular and square blocks, prominently featuring a navy-and-white striped fabric alongside a large-scale red, blue, and green floral print and light blue panels. The entire piece is hand-quilted with a visible running stitch throughout.
Lot: 128 - American Cotton Pinwheel Pattern Quilt
68 x 84 An American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt featuring a repeating geometric pinwheel pattern, also known as a whirling logs design, dating from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. The quilt utilizes various period fabrics including indigo blue floral calico, black and white polka dots, stripes, and checkered patterns, interspersed with solid gray elements and a single red-patterned block. The construction features an off-white ground with linear hand-quilted stitching. The reverse is finished with a plain off-white fabric backing.
Lot: 129 - Mid-20th C. American Folk Art Indian Head Quilt
70 x 72 An American folk art quilt featuring sixteen blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. Each block displays a profile of a figure in a feathered headdress, a motif frequently utilized in mid-century textile crafts. The faces are constructed from solid red cotton fabric with hand-embroidered facial features in pink and black thread. The headdresses are pieced together from a variety of patterned scrap fabrics including stripes, checks, florals, and paisley. Decorative elements include yellow and pink ric-rac trim and black blanket stitching around the perimeter of the headdress segments. The white cotton ground is hand-quilted with diagonal rows of running stitches. The reverse side of the quilt is finished with a two-tone floral paisley and calico print in shades of pink, red, and purple. The quilt top is composed of multiple joined white fabric panels.
Lot: 129A - Pictorial Appliqu? Cotton Quilt Featuring Indigenous Style Figures and Ikat Geometric Borders
86 x 90 A hand-stitched pictorial quilt constructed on a white cotton ground. The textile features twelve rectangular panels arranged in a four-by-three grid. Each panel contains a centrally positioned appliqu? figure depicted with long black braids, shown from either a posterior or simplified frontal view. The figures are dressed in various solid-colored garments, including tunics, dresses, and jumpsuits in shades of blue, red, pink, purple, brown, and green. Several figures include a cross-hatched red band across the crown of the head. The panels and the overall border are composed of a printed cotton fabric featuring a multi-colored ikat-style geometric pattern in red, yellow, green, and black. The piece exhibits extensive hand-quilting, with the reverse side showing the stitched outlines of the figures and borders. The style of the figures is consistent with Southwestern pictorial patterns such as Little Chief and Sister Sioux or Best Friends.
Lot: 130 - American Hand-Quilted Bear's Paw Variation Quilt
66 x 74 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted American textile features sixteen blocks in a Bear's Paw variant pattern, each featuring a central red cross motif. The blocks are constructed from an assortment of blue fabrics, including indigo-dyed calico, polka dot, and checked patterns, set against an off-white printed background. The blocks are separated by wide off-white sashing. The entire surface is densely hand-quilted in a traditional fan or shell motif. The reverse is finished with a solid off-white fabric backing.
Lot: 131 - American Improvisational Rail Fence Quilt, 20th C
60 x 76 An American folk art scrap quilt featuring an improvisational block pattern in a Rail Fence or Roman Square variation. The quilt top is constructed from assorted cotton and cotton-blend fabric strips in a diverse range of patterns, including leopard print, yellow paisley, mid-to-late 20th-century floral motifs, and polka dots, alongside solid blocks of red and blue. The construction utilizes mismatched rectangular blocks of varying sizes. The piece is hand-quilted with visible white running stitches in a concentric rectangular echo pattern. It features a solid light blue backing and is finished with a hand-sewn solid pink binding.
Lot: 132 - Antique American Hand-Quilted Crazy Quilt
66 x 74 An American folk art crazy quilt hand-pieced from various early-to-mid 20th-century fabric scraps, including floral calicos, feedsack-style prints, ginghams, stripes, and solids. The irregularly shaped patches are joined with decorative hand-embroidered feather and herringbone stitching in contrasting light-colored thread. The reverse side features a solid light blue cotton fabric with repetitive hand-quilted fan or shell patterns. The piece is finished with a thin light blue fabric binding.
Lot: 133 - Mid-20th C. Cotton Patchwork Tied Scrap Quilt
54 x 76 This vintage American utility scrap quilt is constructed in a nine-patch variation pattern. The quilt top is composed of numerous small squares of diverse cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, featuring a variety of patterns including solids, florals, stripes, ginghams, and novelty fruit prints such as cherries and apples. These patterned sections are separated by horizontal rows of solid red sashing. The quilt is held together by ties made of pink yarn rather than traditional quilting stitches. The backing consists of two large panels of fabric in cream and yellow tones. The edges are finished with a yellow fabric binding. The internal batting is visible through damaged areas and appears to be a coarse natural fiber.
Lot: 134 - American Hand Quilted Dresden Plate Quilt
64 x 84 A vintage American scrap quilt featuring sixteen blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. Each block contains a Dresden Plate motif, a pattern consensus also known as a Friendship Flower, composed of radiating petals made from varied cotton scrap fabrics including calico, checks, stripes, and feed sack style floral prints. The centers of the plates are finished with circular hubs in mustard yellow, light blue, or navy blue solids. The motifs are set against a cream-colored ground and separated by a bold red fabric sashing. The quilt is finished with a matching red binding. The construction is hand-quilted throughout, featuring a traditional clamshell or fan pattern in the background areas and outline quilting along the seams of the individual petals. The reverse side is a solid off-white fabric that displays the hand-stitching.
Lot: 135 - Mid-20th Century Hand-Appliqued and Hand-Quilted Cotton Basket Motif Quilt
60 x 72 A mid-20th-century American applique quilt featuring a repeating basket motif. The central field contains baskets in alternating upright and inverted orientations, hand-appliqued onto a solid white cotton ground. These basket elements are fashioned from navy blue, chocolate brown, and lavender polka-dot printed cotton fabrics. The border consists of a white cotton fabric printed with blue floral medallions and grey scrollwork. The quilt is finished with a narrow, light blue binding. The assembly is entirely hand-quilted, featuring parallel vertical and horizontal running stitches that create a grid pattern across the field. The backing is a single piece of solid white cotton fabric.
Lot: 136 - American Hand Quilted Star Pattern Scrap Quilt
62 x 74 A mid-20th century utility-style patchwork quilt constructed from an assortment of printed cotton fabric scraps. The central design features a prominent four-pointed star motif, a variation of traditional patterns such as the Star of Hope or Friendship Star. The textile incorporates a variety of early-to-mid 20th-century prints, including maroon and white polka dots, small-scale floral calicoes, stripes, and geometric patterns. The quilt is finished with a blue and white wave-patterned binding. The entire piece is hand-quilted with visible running stitches in a square grid pattern. The reverse is composed of a solid cream-colored cotton fabric that displays the hand-stitching and several historical repairs.
Lot: 137 - Mid-20th C. Cotton Patchwork Bow Tie Quilt
66 x 76 This is a double sided quilt of American origin, constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. The design features a bold geometric lattice of wide red bands set against a bright blue field.
Lot: 138 - Mid-20th C. Double-Sided Corduroy & Satin Crazy
72 x 82 A hand-pieced crazy quilt top composed of a diverse array of repurposed fabric scraps. The front, or recto, features a string-pieced design organized into a grid of 56 blocks arranged seven wide by eight high. These blocks are constructed from heavy-weight materials, primarily corduroy and various synthetic satin fabrics, interspersed with occasional plaid cotton patches. The patches are arranged in diagonal, fan-shaped, and geometric patterns, utilizing a bold color palette of saturated purple, burgundy, emerald green, mustard yellow, bright orange, and red. The construction utilizes a rustic quilt-as-you-go technique where the seams are joined with the raw edges exposed on the reverse side. The entire piece exhibits a folk-art or utilitarian character, likely assembled from clothing remnants.
Lot: 139 - American Velvet Patchwork Medallion Quilt
64 x 84 A hand-tied velvet patchwork quilt featuring a medallion design. The central navy blue velvet rectangular panel is surrounded by concentric rectangular borders in shades of red, navy blue, and charcoal grey velvet. The patches are joined with decorative hand-embroidery in yellow, purple, and blue cross-stitching. The quilt is constructed with numerous light-colored yarn ties distributed across the surface to secure the batting. The reverse side is finished with a solid mustard-yellow fabric. The design and materials are consistent with late 19th to early 20th-century American folk-art textiles.
Lot: 140 - Patchwork Quilt Top w/ Feed Sack Era Textiles
68 x 80 An unfinished vintage patchwork quilt top constructed from a diverse assortment of cotton fabrics dating approximately from the 1930s through the 1950s. The top is a scrap-style assembly featuring multiple block patterns including floral-printed squares and pieced radiating motifs resembling a Dresden Plate or star pattern. The fabric selection is characteristic of the American feed sack era, featuring small-scale calico florals, ginghams, polka dots, checks, and novelty prints such as a white fabric with red cherry and plaid circle motifs. The item is an unfinished project consisting of the pieced decorative layer without batting, backing, or binding. Construction involves a combination of hand-piecing and machine stitching with raw, unfinished seam allowances and loose threads visible on the reverse.
Lot: 140A - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Cotton Bowtie Quilt Top
70 x 76 This hand-pieced cotton quilt top features a repetitive Bowtie pattern, which is a common variation of a nine-patch block using corner triangles to create the bowtie silhouette. The construction consists of a wide variety of cotton scrap fabrics characteristic of the mid-20th century, including colorful ginghams, multicolored plaids, floral calicos, and solid-colored fabrics. The bowtie blocks are arranged in vertical rows separated by sashing strips of solid blue fabric and a small-scale navy and white checkered print. The item is an unfinished quilt consisting only of the pieced top layer.
Lot: 140B - Mid-C. Cotton Scrap Quilt Top w/ Faux-Cross-Stitch
48 x 82 This vintage mid-century patchwork quilt top is constructed from an assortment of cotton and cotton-blend scrap fabrics. The primary field is composed of square patches joined together in a one-patch style. The fabrics include a variety of prints typical of the 1940s and 1950s, such as large-scale florals, small calico patterns, plaids, checks, and polka dots. Notable among the scraps are vibrant yellow magnolia-style floral motifs and prints resembling period feed sacks. The piece features a wide border of light blue fabric decorated with a printed faux-cross-stitch pattern of pink tulips and green foliage. The reverse side reveals exposed seam allowances, confirming the item is an unfinished quilt top.
Lot: 141 - Mid-C. Pieced Cotton Quilt Top w/ Circular Pattern
70 x 90 This mid-20th century American pieced quilt top features a complex interlocking circular design. The pattern consists of slate-blue quadrants forming circular motifs, which are defined and separated by a grid of off-white fabric bands. Each major intersection features a red accent square composed of four smaller sections. The red fabric is printed with a small-scale black geometric calico design typical of the 1930s to 1950s. The piece is constructed from cotton or cotton-blend fabrics and is machine-stitched. The reverse side shows exposed seam allowances and loose thread ends. This is an unfinished quilt top
Lot: 141A - Mid-20th C. Feedsack Quilt Top
62 x 78 This is a mid-20th-century American pieced quilt top constructed from various cotton print and solid fabrics. The piece features a grid of string-pieced or strip-pieced blocks, each composed of diagonal fabric scraps. The blocks are joined by cream-colored sashing made from repurposed utilitarian cotton feed or grain sacks. Several strips of the sashing retain original commercial printing from their prior use, with visible black letters including PER and DOH. Faint blue ink characters are also present on the sashing material. The piece is hand-pieced and represents a traditional example of North American folk quilting using recycled materials.
Lot: 141B - Mid-20th C. Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt Top
56 x 72 This is an unfinished handmade cotton quilt top featuring the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern. The piece is constructed from numerous hand-pieced hexagonal fabric scraps in a variety of prints, including pink florals, red centers surrounded by white floral borders, and a purple lattice pattern with green floral motifs. The reverse side exhibits visible hand-stitching and raw seams, confirming its status as a quilt top rather than a completed, layered quilt. The overall color palette of pink, green, yellow, and red is characteristic of 1930s-1940s textiles. The edges are unfinished and jagged, following the hexagonal shapes of the individual patches.
Lot: 142 - Hand-Stitched Red & Green Star Pattern Quilt Top
72 x 76 This textile is an unfinished quilt top, hand-pieced and appliqu?d in a palette of red, sage green, and off-white. The central design features a complex geometric star, similar in construction to a Feathered Star pattern, surrounded by squares and triangles. A notable feature is the extensive use of a sawtooth or shark's teeth border, composed of numerous small, hand-stitched triangles that edge the primary star points and internal blocks. The fabric appears to be a lightweight, plain-weave cotton or a cotton-linen blend. The reverse side shows exposed hand-stitching and raw seam allowances, confirming its status as an unfinished top rather than a completed quilt. A wide red border strip frames the central patterned field.
Lot: 142A - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Cotton Pinwheel Quilt Top
64 x 76 An unfinished, hand-pieced cotton quilt top featuring multiple pinwheel pattern blocks. The blocks are constructed from a variety of scrap fabrics, including floral prints, stripes, ginghams, and polka dots. These blocks are set within a bold red and green sashing. The construction utilizes hand-stitched running stitches. There is no backing or batting present. The fabric selection is consistent with mid-20th century textile production.
Lot: 143 - Mid-20th C. Dresden Plate Quilt Top, Yellow Ground
64 x 84 This is a vintage hand-pieced quilt top featuring a Dresden Plate or sunflower pattern, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The top is composed of multiple circular and semi-circular blocks constructed from a diverse assortment of multi-colored scrap fabrics, including floral calicos, checks, stripes, and solids. These fabric pieces are hand-stitched onto a pale yellow ground fabric. The reverse side reveals the hand-sewn construction technique used to assemble the decorative blocks. The item is an unfinished quilt top, lacking batting and a backing layer. Faint, illegible script characters are visible on one of the yellow panels in what appears to be pencil or ink; however, the marks are too faded to be deciphered.
Lot: 143A - 19th C. American Patchwork Cross & Star Quilt Top
60 x 74 An unquilted American patchwork quilt top hand-pieced from various 19th-century printed cotton fabrics. The design utilizes a repeating block pattern, a variation of the Cross and Crown or Cross and Star motif, featuring central cross elements surrounded by triangles and diamonds that form secondary geometric patterns when joined. The textiles include indigo blues with white discharge prints, madder reds, madder browns, assorted calicoes, and various striped and dotted shirtings. One edge of the piece is finished with a border of curved clamshell or fish scale patchwork.
Lot: 144 - Mid-20th C. American Patchwork Quilt Top
74 x 80 This textile is a mid-20th-century American patchwork quilt top constructed in a one-patch or postage stamp grid pattern. The piece is composed of an assortment of scrap fabric remnants, including various cotton calicos, ginghams, stripes, solids, and floral prints. The variety of patterns indicates the use of household remnants common in the mid-century period, with specific prints such as 1940s-style florals and 1960s to 1970s-style geometrics suggesting a multi-decade accumulation of materials. The squares are joined by hand using large, visible running stitches in a dark thread. This is an unfinished project piece, as it lacks internal batting, a fabric backing, and finished bound edges.
Lot: 144A - American Hand-Pieced Cotton Patchwork Quilt Top
68 x 80 This item is a vintage American patchwork quilt top featuring a hand-pieced construction. The textile is an unfinished top, lacking batting, backing, and binding. It is composed of assorted cotton fabrics, including various printed calicos, ginghams, and solid red and light blue cottons. The layout consists of three horizontal rows of patchwork blocks separated by wide bands of solid light blue fabric. Each individual block is designed with a solid red central square surrounded by radiating trapezoidal and triangular pieces in a variety of multicolored prints, creating a primitive star or stylized floral motif. The quilt top is entirely hand-stitched with visible running stitches throughout the seams, particularly evident on the reverse side. The construction is irregular, reflecting a folk art character. No maker labels, signatures, or marks are visible on the textile.
Lot: 145 - American Red & White Feathered Star Cotton Quilt
72 x 78 This is an antique American handmade patchwork quilt dating to the late 19th or early 20th century. The textile features a classic two-color red and white palette in a variation of the Feathered Star or Sawtooth Star pattern. The layout consists of sixteen 4x4 blocks set against a white ground. Each block is composed of a central red square surrounded by radiating star points with triangular feathered edges and smaller square accents. The quilt top is framed by a wide red inner border and a plain white outer border. The item is meticulously hand-pieced and features dense hand-quilting in a diagonal diamond cross-hatch pattern across the entire surface. The reverse is finished with plain white cotton fabric, which clearly displays the intricate hand-stitched quilting.
Lot: 146 - Antique American Red & White Basket Pattern Quilt
70 x 84 This late 19th to early 20th-century American folk textile is a two-color hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt. The item features a repeating basket pattern, a variation often referred to as a Cake Basket or Fruit Basket, oriented on point. The quilt is constructed from solid red cotton fabric and a white cotton fabric printed with a black pin-dot motif. Each basket unit is composed of a large red triangle for the base with a handle created from multiple small red and white half-square triangles. The quilt is finished with a wide, solid red cotton border. The reverse side consists of a solid cream-colored cotton backing. Technical examination confirms hand-pieced construction and hand-quilting in an off-white thread. The quilting follows the seam lines of the blocks, with additional decorative four-petal floral motifs hand-quilted into the center of each solid red basket base.
Lot: 147 - Hand-Quilted Cotton Basket Pattern Quilt, 1961
66 x 88 This is a hand-quilted bedcovering featuring a traditional pieced Basket pattern. The quilt top is constructed from cotton or cotton-blend fabrics in a pastel palette. The design includes various colored baskets set on point within large pink diamond-shaped blocks, separated by light-colored sashing. The baskets are rendered in shades of blue, yellow, teal, tan, and brown. The central field is framed by a narrow light blue inner border and a wide lavender outer border. The quilt displays intricate hand-quilting, with diamond grid motifs in the central blocks and scrolling feathered patterns in the lavender border. The date 1961 is embroidered in red thread in the lower right corner of the lavender border. The backing is a solid off-white fabric with the initials H P embroidered in light-colored thread in one corner.
Lot: 148 - Modern Geometric Hand-Quilted Cotton Quilt
78 x 90 This textile is a hand-pieced and hand-quilted in Indiana bedcover or throw quilt featuring a modern improvisational geometric block design. The quilt is constructed from various solid-colored matte fabrics, likely cotton or a cotton-blend, in a cool-toned palette of navy blue, royal blue, teal, and slate gray, accented with dark green and brown. The individual squares contain varied arrangements of diagonal strips and triangles. These blocks are separated by a dark navy blue sashing and are framed by a medium blue border with a thin, light-colored binding edge. The quilting is done by hand and follows the diagonal lines of the pieced design. The reverse side features a solid light blue backing fabric.
Lot: 149 - Amish Made Hand Quilted Center Square Coverlet
64 x 70 This is a hand-quilted, reversible bed coverlet or quilt made by the Holmes Co, OH Amish. The piece is constructed from solid-colored fabrics, likely cotton or a cotton-polyester blend. The front side features a central purple field framed by concentric blue and purple borders. The reverse side is composed of a single piece of solid light blue fabric. The entire quilt is hand-quilted with high-contrast thread. The purple and light blue sections feature decorative floral and vine quilting motifs, while the blue borders are quilted with a diagonal diamond crosshatch pattern. The edges are finished with a dark blue fabric binding.
Lot: 150 - American Red & White Hand-Quilted Cotton Quilt
66 x 78 An antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted textile quilt. The item features a repeating geometric pattern in a two-color red and white scheme. The design consists of red pieced elements that create a diagonal pinwheel or star-variant lattice effect across an off-white ground. The entire surface is finished with hand-quilting in a diagonal diamond grid pattern. The quilt is constructed from cotton fabrics with a cotton batting and a plain off-white cotton backing. This style of red and white two-color quilt was a popular American pattern from the late 19th through the early 20th century.
Lot: 151 - American Hand-Appliqued and Hand-Quilted Umbrella Girl Cotton Quilt
76 x 82 An American quilt featuring the Umbrella Girl pattern, which is a variation of the traditional Sunbonnet Sue motif. The quilt consists of sixteen square blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. Each block features a central figure of a girl wearing a bonnet and a wide-skirted dress, carrying an open umbrella, shown from a rear-view perspective. The applique is constructed from a variety of polychrome cotton fabrics, including floral calicos, solid colors, and a novelty print featuring vintage toys such as sailboats and cars. The figures are detailed with black and colored embroidery for the umbrella handles, dress outlines, and bows. The blocks are joined by pink cotton sashing and finished with a thin floral print binding. The piece displays extensive hand-quilting throughout in fan and diamond patterns. The reverse side is finished with a plain, off-white cotton backing.
Lot: 152 - Mid-C. Hand-Embroidered Floral Patchwork Quilt
74 x 86 A handmade patchwork quilt featuring a checkerboard arrangement of alternating solid green and white squares. The quilt consists of twenty-four white squares, each showcasing a unique hand-embroidered floral motif including varieties such as poppies, pansies, lilies, and poinsettias. The piece is constructed with hand-quilting in a concentric fan or shell design throughout the body. It features a wide solid green border and is finished with a green fabric binding. The reverse is composed of a solid white fabric. The design and execution are consistent with mid-20th century domestic textile production.
Lot: 153 - Magic Vine Hand-Stitched Applique Cotton Quilt
88 x 96 This vintage hand-stitched applique quilt features a design commonly associated with the Magic Vine or Rose of Sharon patterns. The central field is organized in a 3x3 grid containing nine floral sprays on a pale celadon green cotton ground. Each flower is constructed from purple and lavender fabric petals with yellow embroidered centers. The composition is enclosed by a scrolling dark green vine border accented with lavender buds. The textile exhibits intricate hand-quilting throughout, including large circular medallions with radiating patterns in the negative spaces and various floral and geometric motifs filling the background. The piece is finished with a thin purple binding and a solid lavender reverse.
Lot: 154 - Hand-Quilted Lone Star Patchwork Quilt
84 x 90 This mid-to-late 20th-century hand-quilted patchwork quilt features the traditional Lone Star pattern, also known as the Star of Bethlehem. The central design is an eight-pointed star composed of concentric rings of diamond-shaped fabric in navy, purple, lavender, pink, and red. The outer tips of the star alternate between yellow and green diamonds. The star is set against an off-white ground that is decorated with intricate hand-quilted motifs including circular, scrolled, and floral patterns. The quilt is finished with a double border consisting of an inner blue floral print band and an outer solid pink band. The reverse side features a contrasting vintage floral print with yellow roses and pink blossoms on a white ground, framed by wide pink borders. The item is hand-constructed with small, even quilting stitches throughout.
Lot: 155 - Mid-C. Spiderweb String-Pieced Cotton Quilt Top
64 x 70 This is a vintage handmade unfinished quilt top, likely dating to the mid-20th century, approximately 1930s to 1950s. The piece is constructed using a string-piecing technique, where small strips of fabric are sewn together to form larger segments. These segments are arranged into a series of large, radiating circular motifs resembling a spiderweb or a variation of a Dresden Plate pattern. A distinctive red and white striped cotton fabric is used throughout the design to anchor the circular sections. The top features a diverse assortment of printed cotton scraps, including various calicos, florals, ginghams, and polka dots characteristic of feedsack-era textiles. The construction consists only of the pieced decorative front layer; there is no batting, backing, or finished binding, with raw seam allowances visible on the reverse.
Lot: 155A - American Hand-Pieced Silk & Cotton Crazy Quilt Top
62 x 76 An antique American folk art crazy quilt top, hand-constructed using an eclectic array of irregularly shaped fabric remnants. The piece features a diverse mix of materials including weighted silks, satins, velvets, and woven or printed cottons such as gingham and small-scale floral motifs. The color palette is varied, contrasting deep jewel-toned satins against neutral and pastel patches. The item is an unfinished textile, consisting only of the pieced top layer without batting, backing, or edge binding. The reverse side reveals hand-stitched seams and raw fabric edges.
Lot: 156 - American Spider Web Variant String Quilt Top
68 x 78 This vintage American textile is a hand-pieced quilt top featuring a Spider Web or Kaleidoscope variant pattern. The construction utilizes a string piecing technique where various multi-colored fabric strips radiate from solid red cotton square hubs or cornerstones to form a repetitive geometric design across the surface. The fabrics consist of a wide assortment of mid-20th century printed and solid cottons, including period feed sack prints, calicoes, stripes, polka dots, and checks. The piece is hand-sewn with visible white running stitches throughout the seams. This item is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, a backing, or finished binding.
Lot: 156A - Antique American Strippy Patchwork Quilt Top with Indigo Botanical Printed Fabric
86 x 86 An antique American strippy-style patchwork quilt top dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, approximately 1880-1910. The design is composed of five vertical columns of scrap-style patchwork alternating with four vertical columns of indigo-dyed cotton fabric printed with a white botanical fern or leaf sprig motif. The patchwork is made from a diverse selection of rectangular cotton patches featuring late Victorian-era prints, including calicos, small-scale florals, scrolls, stripes, and plaids. Notable patterns include a recurring purple and white crescent or half-moon motif. The piece is a quilt top only and does not contain batting, a finished backing, or quilting. The reverse side demonstrates the foundation piecing technique used for construction, showing where patches have been sewn onto dark fabric strips. The edges are raw and unfinished.
Lot: 157 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Log Cabin Scrap Quilt Top
68 x 70 This textile is a primitive American quilt top featuring the traditional Log Cabin block pattern. It is constructed from a diverse assortment of fabric scraps, including cotton ginghams, calico floral prints, striped ticking, solids, and denim-style textiles. The construction consists of hand-pieced blocks using a primitive running stitch technique, where fabric strips are layered and stitched around a central square. This piece is a single-layer quilt top or a very lightly backed utility piece without traditional edge binding or heavy decorative quilting. The variety of fabric prints and the construction method suggest a mid-20th century origin.
Lot: 157A - Mid-20th C. Maple Leaf Cotton Scrap Quilt Top
70 x 86 A vintage hand-pieced quilt top featuring the traditional Maple Leaf pattern, also referred to as the Autumn Leaf pattern. The top is constructed from an assortment of mid-20th century scrap fabrics, primarily cotton and cotton blends. Fabric prints consist of various florals, ginghams, checks, and geometric patterns in colors such as red, blue, pink, and dark grey. These blocks are joined by irregular sashing pieces in shades of light blue, cream, and pale yellow. The construction exhibits a mix of machine sewing for the primary seams and hand-stitching for specific elements, particularly the leaf stems. Pencil marks from the layout and tracing of the pattern pieces remain visible on several blocks. This item is the pieced top only and does not include batting, backing, or finished binding.
Lot: 158 - Mid-20th C. Lemoyne Star & Plaid Cotton Quilt Top
64 x 78 A hand-pieced quilt top constructed from assorted cotton fabrics. The design features alternating blocks of an eight-pointed Lemoyne Star pattern and a red, white, and blue plaid cotton fabric. The star blocks consist of a bright pink cotton ground with a small blue square at the center, with star points made from a variety of scrap-style fabrics including florals, paisleys, stripes, and geometric prints. The blocks are hand-joined using visible running stitches, as seen on the reverse side. The item is an unfinished textile and lacks batting, backing, and binding.
Lot: 158A - Mid-20th C. English Paper Pieced Star Quilt Top
61 x 82 An unfinished mid-20th century pieced quilt top featuring a repeating eight-pointed star pattern, a variation of the LeMoyne Star. The stars are hand-pieced from an assortment of multicolored printed cotton fabrics including calico florals, polka dots, ginghams, and stripes. Each star block is set against a solid bright yellow background, and the blocks are joined by a light blue sashing with a pink and yellow floral motif. The piece is constructed using the English Paper Piecing (EPP) technique. The reverse side shows several diamond-shaped segments that still contain their original paper templates. These templates are composed of recycled printed matter, with visible text fragments including NY, pieces, home, Ford, G, and tern. This item consists of the top layer only and does not include batting or backing.
Lot: 159 - Mid-C. Spiderweb Mixed Scrap String Quilt
70 x 96 This vintage handmade scrap string quilt features a multi-pointed spiderweb or vortex pattern, created with radiating strips of fabric in varying widths. The construction utilizes a diverse assortment of mid-to-late 20th-century scrap fabrics, including cotton, polyester knits, and synthetic blends. The fabric selection includes a wide range of colors and patterns, such as avocado green, harvest orange, vibrant blues, reds, houndstooth, geometric plaids, and floral prints. The piece is machine-pieced and machine-quilted with parallel vertical stitching lines through all layers. The edges of the quilt are raw and unfinished.
Lot: 160 - American Hand-Quilted Star Patchwork Cotton Quilt
60 x 70 A vintage hand-quilted patchwork quilt, likely of American origin, dating from the mid-20th century. The design features twenty large octagonal blocks arranged in a grid, with each block containing a central eight-pointed star variation resembling a LeMoyne Star. These blocks are constructed from a diverse assortment of vintage printed fabrics, including small-scale florals, stripes, paisleys, and novelty motifs such as umbrellas and bows. The octagonal blocks are set against a lattice of pink and white floral diamond-shaped patches and finished with a simple pink fabric binding. The piece is hand-quilted throughout, featuring visible running stitches in a dark pink or red thread that follow the geometric outlines of the patchwork. The backing is composed of a solid pink fabric, likely cotton or linen. The variety of prints, specifically the novelty shirting and small floral patterns, are characteristic of American quilts from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Lot: 161 - Hand-Appliqued Sunbonnet Sue Scrap Quilt
60 x 84 This vintage hand-appliqued scrap quilt features the Sunbonnet Sue pattern, composed of forty-two individual blocks arranged in a six-by-seven grid. Each block depicts a figure of a girl in a bonnet, hand-appliqued using various patterned and solid scrap fabrics, including calicos, florals, stripes, and ginghams. The figures are outlined with decorative green hand-stitching, consistent with a blanket or buttonhole stitch. The quilt is constructed with a tied technique featuring small blue yarn ties at the intersections of the blocks. The backing is a lightweight fabric with a dense, small-scale multi-color floral print in shades of yellow, pink, blue, and green on an off-white ground. The piece is finished with a narrow floral border that matches the backing fabric. Materials appear to be cotton or a cotton-synthetic blend.
Lot: 162 - American Hand-Tied Maple Leaf Patchwork Quilt
70 x 88 This vintage American patchwork quilt, dating to the second quarter of the 20th century, features a repeating Maple Leaf or Autumn Leaf pattern. The quilt top is composed of individual blocks with a black cotton background and pieced leaf motifs in shades of dusty rose, slate gray, and olive green. The blocks are separated by horizontal and vertical sashing in a pale peach cotton fabric. The three layers are secured together with numerous hand-tied knots of yellow yarn rather than decorative quilting stitches. The reverse side is made of a two-tone pink and purple checked cotton fabric. The leaf panels are constructed from a mix of cotton and potentially weighted silk or rayon blends, while the sashing and backing are cotton. The internal batting is visible in areas of wear and is cotton.
Lot: 163 - Mid-Century American Hand-Pieced and Hand-Tied Scrap Quilt
68 x 82 A hand-pieced and hand-tied scrap quilt featuring vertical columns of multi-colored fabric patches. The layout includes variations of Nine-Patch blocks and irregular strip-pieced sections. The quilt is constructed from a variety of cotton and synthetic blend fabrics, including florals, ginghams, stripes, solids, and red corduroy. Instead of traditional quilting stitches, the layers are held together by red yarn ties spaced across the surface, characteristic of a utility quilt. A wide border along one side and the bottom is made from a distinctive orange, brown, and tan striped fabric featuring a repeated diamond geometric motif. The reverse consists of two panels of plain white cotton or poly-cotton fabric joined by a horizontal central seam, through which the red yarn ties are visible.
Lot: 164 - Schoolhouse Pattern Multi-Fabric Patchwork Quilt
74 x 86 This vintage American patchwork quilt features the traditional Schoolhouse pattern, consisting of 24 individual blocks arranged in a 4-by-6 grid. Each house motif is pieced from a variety of scrap fabrics including printed calico, gingham, plaid, paisley, and solids in diverse colors. The house blocks are set against a white background and are separated by light blue sashing with pink square cornerstones. The quilt is finished with a wide, solid medium-brown border that matches the solid brown backing fabric. The quilting is executed with machine-stitched vertical straight lines. The construction involves a combination of hand-pieced blocks and machine-stitched assembly and quilting.
Lot: 165 - Hand-Pieced Cotton Quilt Top, Birds in the Air
78 x 80 This antique quilt top features the Birds in the Air pattern, comprised of square blocks set on point. Each patterned block contains multiple small triangles arranged to form a larger triangular design, suggesting flight. These blocks alternate with solid squares of red calico printed with a small white floral motif. The materials consist of various cotton calico prints and white cotton muslin. Notable prints include indigo discharge fabrics with geometric designs and several earth-toned floral prints in shades of brown, yellow, and gold. The construction is entirely hand-pieced, with meticulous hand-stitching visible on the reverse side. The reverse also reveals the use of diverse scrap fabrics for the internal components of the triangle blocks. This item is a quilt top only and has not been layered with batting or a backing.
Lot: 165A - Mid-C. Hand-Pieced Cotton Touching Stars Quilt Top
This item is an unfinished, hand-pieced quilt top featuring a repeating geometric pattern known as Touching Stars or Seven Sisters. The design consists of six-pointed stars, each constructed from six diamond-shaped fabric pieces surrounding a central white hexagon. These star motifs are separated by larger off-white hexagonal blocks, creating a honeycomb-like secondary pattern. The materials include a variety of printed cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps typical of the mid-20th century, featuring colorful floral motifs, stripes, and paisley patterns in a palette of lavender, bright blue, red, yellow, and green. The piece is hand-sewn with visible stitching and seam construction on the reverse side. As an unfinished quilt top, it does not include batting, backing, or decorative quilting stitches.
Lot: 166 - Cotton Quilt Top, Teal & Paisley Star Pattern
80 x 92 A vintage unfinished quilt top featuring a repeated star pattern, hand-pieced from solid teal-green cotton and a paisley-printed cotton with a palette of pink, red, yellow, and green. The blocks are set into a cream-colored or off-white cotton ground. Each decorative block consists of a central teal diamond surrounded by four paisley panels and four teal-colored points. The blocks are joined by wide vertical and horizontal cream cotton sashing strips. This item is an unfinished top, consisting only of the pieced decorative layer without batting or backing. Visible running stitches on the reverse side confirm hand-sewn construction.
Lot: 166A - American Cotton Basket & Flying Geese Quilt Top
74 x 84 This is an unfinished American pieced quilt top crafted from cotton fabric. The design consists of a twelve-block grid featuring a traditional basket motif. Each basket is constructed from triangular segments and features a curved, appliqued handle. The blocks are separated and bordered by multiple rows of a flying geese pattern, characterized by repeating triangular patches. The fabric used for the decorative motifs is a golden yellow cotton with a fine white dash or grid print, set against a cream-colored ground. The reverse side shows the raw seam construction and includes several period additions: a strip of aged adhesive tape with the handwritten note Minor restitching on several patches.
Lot: 167 - Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt Top
66 x 76 This vintage quilt top is designed in the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern, a traditional American folk art design. The piece is constructed from individual cotton hexagons joined by hand-stitching. Each floral motif is typically composed of a central yellow hexagon, an inner ring of solid-colored fabric, and an outer ring of coordinating floral or geometric calico prints. These motifs are set against a field of white or off-white connecting hexagons. The assortment of printed fabrics is indicative of mid-20th-century scrap quilting and includes period-appropriate feed sack materials. This item is an unfinished quilt top, consisting only of the pieced front without batting, backing, or binding.
Lot: 167A - 1930s Grandmother's Flower Garden Hand-Pieced Cotton Quilt Top
84 x 90 This item is an unfinished hand-pieced quilt top featuring the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern, also known as Honeycomb. The piece is constructed from various cotton fabrics, including assorted calico floral prints, solid colors, and gingham patterns. The design consists of multiple floral rosettes formed by hexagonal patches. Each rosette features a central hexagon surrounded by a ring of solid-colored petals, which is then encased in a ring of patterned or contrasting fabric. These floral motifs are set into a continuous ground composed of white hexagonal pieces. The entire top is assembled using hand-stitched seams, with raw seam allowances and visible hand-stitching appearing on the reverse side.
Lot: 168 - American Mid-C. Floral Lattice Cotton Quilt Top
82 x 84 This is an unfinished American quilt top featuring a hand-appliqu?d floral lattice pattern. The ground is constructed from multiple joined panels of cream-colored cotton fabric. The decorative design consists of stylized blossoms with pale pink petals and yellow circular centers, interconnected by a grid of green stems and leaves. The specific shades of mint green and pastel pink are characteristic of American textile production from the 1930s and 1940s. The reverse side reveals visible hand-stitching and raw seam allowances where the decorative elements are attached to the ground. The edges of the entire piece remain raw and unfinished, as it was not completed into a quilted textile with batting or a backing layer.
Lot: 168A - Hawaiian Style Pink and White Applique Quilt Top
74 x 84 This square textile is an unquilted top or decorative coverlet featuring a traditional Hawaiian-style applique design. The ground is composed of a single layer of white plain-weave fabric, likely a cotton or cotton-linen blend. A pink fabric is hand-appliqued to the center in a large, four-way symmetrical medallion motif. This central medallion is complemented by four matching corner motifs and a narrow pink fabric border around the edges. The motifs consist of stylized, scrolling botanical or geometric elements characteristic of Kapa Lau needlework. The applique is attached with fine hand-stitching. The item does not contain batting or a backing fabric.
Lot: 168B - Floral Appliqued & Embroidered Cotton Tablecloth
82 x 82 This square tablecloth is constructed from an off-white cotton or linen weave base fabric. The central decoration consists of four identical appliqued motifs arranged in a diamond formation. Each motif features a blue square fabric piece set on a point, accented with two five-petal pink flowers and green leaves. The appliqued elements are finished with a dark decorative blanket stitch. The centers of the flowers are detailed with embroidered yellow French knots. The perimeter is framed by a pink fabric border strip, which is also secured with a dark blanket stitch. The reverse shows the hand-stitched construction.
Lot: 168C - American Hand Appliqued Tulip Feed Sack Quilt Top
74 x 74 A mid-20th century American handmade quilt top featuring hand-appliqued floral motifs. The unquilted top is constructed from a cream-colored cotton ground divided into four quadrants by pink and tan printed fabric sashing and borders. Each quadrant contains a central motif of a pink pot holding four stylized tulip-like blossoms in shades of yellow, orange, and pink, supported by green stems and leaves. The sashing and borders are constructed from repurposed commercial printed feed sack fabric. Legible text from the original sacks is visible throughout, including Chicago - Kansas City, Manufactured By, Soy Bean Meal, and Milk, Cod Liver Oil. The reverse side shows the hand-stitching of the applique work and the reverse of the feed sack print.
Lot: 169 - American Court House Steps Variation Cotton Quilt
60 x 70 A vintage utility scrap quilt featuring a variation of the Court House Steps pattern, a derivative of the Log Cabin design. The quilt top is composed of multiple hand-pieced cotton fabric scraps, including various calico prints, ginghams, stripes, and solid-colored fabrics in shades of blue, brown, pink, and lavender. The blocks are arranged in a four-by-four grid. The quilt consists of three layers: a hand-pieced top, a natural cotton batting interior, and a solid cream cotton muslin backing. The layers are joined together with hand-stitched quilting in parallel diagonal running lines. The overall construction and fabric types are consistent with American folk textile traditions from the early to mid-twentieth century.
Lot: 170 - Mid-Late 20th C. Patchwork Utility Quilt w/ Fringe
94 x 110 A patchwork utility quilt constructed from a variety of fabric remnants including cotton, synthetic blends, and knit materials such as jersey and ribbed knits. The quilt is designed with a large-scale grid pattern, with each major block composed of smaller squares and rectangles featuring floral, striped, checked, and geometric prints along with solid colors. It is machine-pieced with straight-line stitching and features raw seam allowances on the reverse side. The edges are finished with a bright green yarn fringe attached via overcast stitching. The specific mix of fabrics and patterns suggests a production date in the mid-to-late 20th century, likely between the 1960s and 1980s.
Lot: 171 - Handmade Patchwork Cotton Crazy Block Tied Quilt
70 x 88 This handmade scrap quilt is constructed from a grid of square blocks, with each block featuring an irregular crazy quilt arrangement of various fabric remnants. The top surface consists of a diverse range of printed and solid-color fabrics, including cotton and synthetic blends with floral, gingham, striped, polka dot, and checked patterns. The layers are secured by hand-tied red yarn at the corner junctions of the internal blocks. The reverse side features a single continuous piece of printed cotton fabric with a small-scale floral calico design in shades of burnt orange, chocolate brown, and olive green against a cream ground. The edges are finished with a turnover binding of the backing material.
Lot: 172 - American Appliqued Basket Pattern Cotton Quilt
66 x 80 This vintage American quilt is executed in a variation of the Basket pattern, featuring 64 individual blocks set on point. Each block contains a hand-pieced basket base constructed from various scrap cotton fabrics, including solids and period prints such as florals and geometrics. The curved handles of each basket are hand-appliqued to the blocks. These blocks are set against a dark indigo-blue cotton background. The entire piece is hand-quilted in a diagonal cross-hatch pattern. The reverse side consists of a light pink solid cotton backing with a central vertical seam. The edges are finished with a separate dark-colored binding. No maker's marks, labels, or signatures are present.
Lot: 173 - Hand-Quilted Sampler Patchwork Feed Sack Quilt
76 x 80 This item is an American hand-quilted sampler patchwork quilt, dating to the mid-20th century, approximately 1930-1940. The piece features a variety of traditional pieced blocks, including Churn Dash, Pinwheel, Maple Leaf, and various Nine Patch and Four Patch configurations. It is constructed from numerous printed cotton fabrics characteristic of the Depression era, such as feed sack prints, ginghams, stripes, and calico florals. The quilt contains cotton batting and is finished with a solid light green-yellow cotton backing. The entire surface is hand-quilted in a geometric maze or grid pattern.
Lot: 174 - American Hand-Stitched Spider Web Scrap Quilt
66 x 80 This hand-stitched American scrap quilt is executed in the Spider Web pattern, also referred to as a Kaleidoscope design. The quilt top is comprised of numerous cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps including stripes, plaids, florals, polka dots, and a novelty print featuring horse-drawn carriages. These fabric strings are pieced together into octagonal motifs centered within alternating frames of solid brown and black fabric. The curved inner edges of the solid frames create a decorative lattice effect across the surface. The piece is finished with a solid gray fabric backing and a coordinating gray binding. Hand-quilting is visible on the reverse side, following a geometric arrangement that echoes the piecing of the top.
Lot: 175 - Antique American Pieced & Tied Stylized Fan Quilt
70 x 76 This antique American pieced and tied quilt, likely dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, features a geometric block pattern that is a variation of a stylized fan or bow tie design. The front is constructed from an assortment of scrap fabrics including wool, wool-blends, and heavy cottons. The color palette is composed of muted tones including navy blue, charcoal, dark purple, ochre yellow, and olive green. Decorative white embroidery, specifically a blanket or feather stitch, accents many of the interior seams, a technique common in Victorian-era crazy quilts. The quilt layers are held together by hand-tied yarn knots in red, yellow, and white rather than traditional quilted stitching. The reverse side of the quilt is made from a woven blue and yellow plaid or checked cotton fabric.
Lot: 176 - Two Mid-20th C. Unfinished American Quilt Tops
76 x 82 flower patter, 36 x 86 wedding ring. This lot consists of two unfinished American quilt tops, dating from approximately the mid-20th century. The first item is a tulip applique quilt top featuring stylized red and yellow tulips with green stems and leaves, hand-applied to a white cotton ground. The white fabric is marked with hand-drawn graphite or ink templates for a future quilting pattern, including feathered wreaths and diagonal grid lines. The second item is a partially pieced quilt top in the Double Wedding Ring pattern. Several interlocking rings have been completed using a variety of multicolored floral and geometric cotton prints, typical of Depression-era or feedsack-style fabrics. These rings are joined at intersections with solid purple fabric squares. Large areas of the white cotton ground are marked with blue or grey lines indicating the planned placement for the remaining rings.
Lot: 176A - Mid-20th C. Pink Floral Drunkard's Path Quilt Top
48 x 84 This textile is an unfinished quilt top featuring the Drunkard's Path pattern, composed of repeating hand-pieced quarter-circle curved segments. The construction utilizes alternating sections of solid pink cotton fabric and a cream-colored cotton fabric featuring a small-scale floral print of pink roses and blue flowers. The item consists only of the pieced upper layer, lacking batting, backing, and quilting. Hand-stitched seams with visible allowances and loose threads are apparent on the reverse side. The floral print and color palette are characteristic of American textile production from the mid-20th century.
Lot: 177 - Hand-Pieced Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt Top
70 x 90 An unfinished vintage American quilt top hand-pieced in the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern. The design features multiple hexagonal floral motifs, each constructed from a central patch surrounded by concentric rings of contrasting fabric patches. These floral units are set into a background field of white hexagonal patches. The piece is entirely hand-sewn, with visible whip-stitching and raw seam allowances on the reverse side. The materials consist of a variety of cotton solids and prints, including ginghams, stripes, pindots, and various floral patterns typical of mid-20th century dress and feed sack fabrics.
Lot: 177A - Cotton Shoofly & Churn Dash Quilt Top
70 x 80 A mid-20th century American hand-pieced cotton quilt top featuring a checkerboard layout of alternating blocks. One set of blocks is composed of a uniform pink cotton fabric with a small white and blue floral print. The alternating blocks are pieced in Shoofly and Churn Dash pattern variations, utilizing a diverse assortment of cotton scrap fabrics including calicoes, ginghams, stripes, and novelty prints in various colors such as navy blue, red, green, and yellow. Several fabrics appear consistent with mid-century and Depression-era feed sack prints. The item is an unfinished textile consisting only of the pieced top layer with raw, unhemmed edges.
Lot: 178 - Mid-20th C. Drunkard's Path Cotton Quilt Top
86 x 88 A vintage hand-pieced quilt top featuring the traditional Drunkard's Path pattern. The design is composed of square blocks with inset quarter-circles, arranged to create a repeating motif of interlocking curved shapes. The fabric is a plain-weave cotton in a two-tone color palette of golden-orange and white. Close-up inspection of the reverse side reveals irregular hand-stitching along the seams, confirming the manual construction of the piece. This item is an unfinished quilt top, meaning it consists only of the decorative upper layer and has not been layered with batting or a backing. The perimeter edges are raw and unfinished.
Lot: 178A - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Star Pattern Quilt Top
74 x 94 A hand-pieced quilt top featuring large eight-pointed star blocks, a variant of the LeMoyne Star or Lone Star pattern. This unfinished textile is constructed from a wide variety of printed and solid-color fabrics characteristic of the 1930s to 1940s feed sack era, primarily cotton with some potential cotton-rayon or silk blends. The scrappy star motifs incorporate small-scale floral prints, polka dots, ginghams, checks, stripes, and paisley patterns. These blocks are set into a grid separated by wide pink sashing with light blue cornerstone squares. The construction is hand-sewn throughout, and the piece remains in an unfinished state without batting, backing, or binding. Raw seam allowances and hand-stitching are visible on the reverse side.
Lot: 179 - Unfinished Dresden Plate Cotton Quilt Top
66 x 76 An unfinished vintage quilt top featuring the Dresden Plate pattern, characteristic of American folk quilting from the mid-20th century. The piece is constructed of square cream cotton background panels arranged in a diagonal on-point orientation. Hand-appliqued to these panels are circular blocks, each composed of approximately ten wedge-shaped fabric scraps in a variety of prints and solids, including florals, ginghams, checks, and stripes. These scraps are consistent with dress and feedsack fabrics of the period. The blocks are secured to the background using a decorative red blanket stitch. The individual wedges and the background squares are joined with a combination of machine and hand-sewing. A large, unfinished strip of solid green cotton fabric is partially attached to one edge with a simple running stitch. This is an unfinished top only
Lot: 179A - American Turkey Red & White Sawtooth Quilt Top
68 x 84 This textile is an unfinished quilt top of American origin, constructed from hand-pieced cotton fabrics. The design features a series of repeating geometric blocks, each consisting of a central white square framed by multiple nested borders of alternating red and white triangles in a sawtooth pattern. The red fabric is characteristic of late 19th-century Turkey Red dyes. The piece is an unfinished top, lacking batting and a backing layer. Visible hand-stitching and seam allowances are present on the reverse side.
Lot: 180 - Mid-20th C. Pink & Cream Geometric Star Quilt Top
70 x 84An unfinished machine-pieced quilt top featuring a complex geometric design. The textile is constructed from equilateral triangles arranged to create a repeating pattern of large six-pointed stars in pink, separated by cream and pink triangular accents. The fabric exhibits a subtle luster, characteristic of cotton sateen or early synthetic blends from the mid-20th century. One end of the top is finished with a wide horizontal two-tone border consisting of one cream stripe and one pink stripe.
Lot: 180A - Hand-Pieced 8-Pointed Star Patchwork Quilt Top
72 x 84 This is a mid-20th century hand-pieced quilt top featuring an Eight-Pointed Star pattern, also known as a LeMoyne Star. The textile is constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps including striped shirtings, ginghams, small-scale floral prints, and solid colors. These scrappy elements form the stars, which are set within an off-white cotton ground. Dark olive-green square cornerstones are positioned at the grid intersections. The construction is entirely hand-sewn, as evidenced by the visible running stitches and unfinished seams on the reverse side. The item remains in its unfinished state, consisting only of the pieced top layer without batting or backing.
Lot: 181 - Mid-C. LeMoyne Star Hand-Quilted Scrap Quilt
60 x 82 This vintage scrap quilt features a hand-pieced eight-point star pattern, often identified as a LeMoyne Star or Friendship Star. The quilt is constructed from a wide variety of mid-20th century cotton fabrics, including various floral prints, plaids, stripes, and solids. The star blocks are arranged in vertical columns across the field. The left side of the quilt utilizes a yellow floral sashing, while the right side transitions into wider vertical strips of solid lavender, white, and pink fabric. The entire piece is finished with a solid blue fabric binding. The reverse side consists of a white cotton fabric with a delicate blue and green floral sprig print. The quilting is executed by hand in a utility-style grid pattern using large, visible running stitches in blue thread.
Lot: 182 - American Cotton String Quilt, Mid-20th C
64 x 80 This vintage American patchwork quilt is constructed from hand-pieced cotton strips in a string quilt pattern, featuring twelve large blocks arranged in a four-by-three grid. Each block contains diagonal strips of varied scrap fabrics, including colorful cotton prints such as polka dots, florals, stripes, and leopard-style spots, interspersed with solid red, white, pink, and blue segments. The blocks are separated by a solid red cotton sashing joined by light blue cornerstone blocks at the intersections. The quilt is finished with functional hand-quilted horizontal lines that run across the entire width of the piece. The reverse consists of a single panel of off-white cotton fabric.
Lot: 183 - 1952 Friendship Quilt
80 x 82 This is a mid-20th-century friendship or signature quilt, constructed from 36 white cotton blocks arranged in a six-by-six grid and separated by light blue sashing. Each block features unique hand-embroidered designs likely worked from commercial stamped kits, including floral wreaths, baskets of flowers, bluebirds, morning glories, and a horseshoe. The quilt is extensively personalized with embroidered names and dates, several of which are marked 1952. The surnames represented?including Miller, Yoder, Lehman, Bontrager, Hostetler, Schlabach, Beachy, Hochstetler, and Eash?are highly characteristic of Amish and Mennonite communities in the American Midwest. Notable signatures include Wilma Beachy 1952, Ada Bontrager 1952, Emma Eash 1952, and Orpha Yoder, whose block includes a heart with the dates 1934 and 1952. Other blocks are dedicated to Mother, Aunt Ella, Aunt Anna, and Sisters Ella and Elsie. The piece is entirely hand-quilted, featuring diagonal line work within the blocks and decorative cable and diamond patterns throughout the sashing. The quilt is finished with a plain white cotton backing.
Lot: 184 - Hand-Quilted Dresden Plate Pattern Quilt
68 x 82 This textile is a vintage hand-quilted bedcovering featuring the traditional Dresden Plate pattern. The quilt is comprised of twenty individual blocks arranged in a four-by-five grid. Each block contains a circular arrangement of sixteen pointed fabric petals in a variety of solid colors, including shades of forest green, turquoise, navy blue, mustard yellow, brown, and pale pink. These decorative plates are hand-appliqu?d onto a solid lavender or lilac purple cotton ground. A central circular patch of the same purple fabric finishes each plate. The central field is bordered by an off-white inner frame and a matching lavender outer border. The reverse side consists of a solid off-white cotton fabric. The construction is entirely hand-quilted. The background areas feature diagonal parallel line quilting, while the areas surrounding the Dresden Plate blocks are quilted with radiating concentric circles. The off-white inner border is decorated with a hand-quilted cable or rope-like motif. The color palette and construction techniques are characteristic of mid-20th-century American quilting, typically dating from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Lot: 185 - Amish-made Trip Around the World Quilt With Feedsacks
36 x 36 This vintage small-format patchwork quilt features a Trip Around the World pattern is made by the Indiana Amish. The backing material is a repurposed 100-pound cotton feed sack. Printed markings on the reverse, visible in mirror image, identify the manufacturer as the Anderson Feed and Grain Co. of York, Pennsylvania. The text includes 100 LBS NET, ANDERSON, BROILER RATION, and MANUFACTURED BY ANDERSON FEED & GRAIN CO., YORK, PA.
Lot: 186 - Antique Blue & White Cotton Checkerboard Quilt Top
70 x 82 This is an unfinished antique patchwork quilt top constructed from square fabric blocks in a checkerboard arrangement. The piece is composed of various lightweight cotton fabrics, including a solid medium-blue fabric and three distinct printed calico patterns on cream or white grounds. The printed patterns feature a repeating circular motif with interior stars, a horizontal stripe pattern interspersed with small diamond-and-dot clusters, and a blue diamond grid pattern. The fabrics and print styles are characteristic of dress and scrap fabrics from the late 19th to early 20th century. The top consists of pieced squares but remains an unfinished project, lacking a batting layer, backing fabric, and decorative quilting stitches. The perimeter edges are raw and show construction seams.
Lot: 187 - Mid-Century Hand-Pieced Cotton Sawtooth Quilt Top
70 x 76 This vintage hand-pieced quilt top is constructed from multiple panels of lightweight, semi-sheer cotton or cotton-blend fabrics, possibly a lawn or chambray weave. The design features a geometric patchwork pattern including a multi-colored checkerboard field in shades of pink, lavender, powder blue, primrose yellow, and charcoal-green. This field transitions into a larger-scale checkerboard pattern of yellow and charcoal-green. One edge is finished with a border of sawtooth triangles in alternating blue and dark green. The piece is hand-stitched throughout, with visible seam allowances on the reverse side. This item is an unfinished quilt top, consisting of the pieced face only, without batting or a backing layer.
Lot: 188 - Holly Hobbie Character Patchwork Quilt Top
80 x 92 This is a vintage handmade patchwork quilt top featuring licensed Holly Hobbie character fabric and an assortment of mid-century prints. The piece is constructed in a scrap-quilt style using multiple fabric squares including green and white stripes, various floral motifs, strawberry prints, ginghams, and polka dots. Several patches prominently feature the Holly Hobbie character with visible printed marks including "? HOLLY HOBBIE" and "H. HOBBIE." The assembly consists of hand-stitched squares, notably visible on the red fabric patches. The item appears to be an unfinished project, characterized by raw, unbound edges and the absence of batting or a backing layer. The fabrics are a mixture of cotton and cotton-synthetic blends consistent with domestic textiles from the 1970s.
Lot: 189 - Late 20th Century Machine Quilted Cotton Medallion Quilt
76 x 80 A strip-pieced medallion quilt constructed from various cotton fabrics. The design features a central white square surrounded by thirteen concentric rectangular borders of varying widths. The fabric selection includes a mix of solids, plaids, and floral and abstract prints in a color palette of white, pink, purple, red, navy, light blue, tan, cream, dark brown, and forest green. The entire surface is machine-quilted in a uniform square grid pattern. The reverse is backed with a plain white cotton fabric and finished with a light green fabric binding.
Lot: 190 - American 20th C. Nine-Patch Variation Scrap Quilt
60 x 74 An American patchwork scrap quilt featuring a Nine-Patch variation design. The piece is constructed from a diverse assortment of mid-to-late 20th-century textiles including solid-colored cottons in orange, red, and yellow, houndstooth check patterns, striped shirting, and various floral prints. The Nine-Patch blocks are organized in horizontal rows and separated by vertical orange sashing strips and horizontal bands of floral and geometric patterned fabrics. The quilt features machine-stitched quilting in an all-over spiral or swirl motif. The reverse is finished with a plain off-white cotton backing, and the edges are bound with a small floral print.
Lot: 191 - Mid-20th C. American Hand-Quilted Scrap Quilt
66 x 76 A folk-art style quilt featuring a variation of the Dresden Plate or pinwheel pattern. The quilt is hand-pieced using a variety of printed and solid-colored cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps, including several pieces with a textured crepe-like weave. The central motifs consist of blocks with radiating petal-like wedges and circular appliqued centers. These blocks are arranged in a grid separated by wide solid turquoise blue sashing and finished with a white border. The reverse side features a plain-weave cream cotton muslin backing. The entire piece is hand-quilted with a utilitarian running stitch that follows the outlines of the blocks and sashing. A white rectangular inventory tag with a barcode is pinned to the top edge.
Lot: 192 - Handmade Staggered Strip Quilt w/ Floral Reverse
64 x 72 This handmade patchwork quilt features a horizontal staggered strip or brick pattern. The front is composed of rectangular fabric blocks in a color palette of mint green, sage, pale yellow, and white. These sections are accented by a multi-colored striped fabric containing vertical bands of black, red, green, and white. The individual fabric pieces exhibit various textures and weaves. The reverse side of the quilt features a light blue ground with small white polka dots and a printed floral pattern of white daisies with yellow centers and green foliage. The construction includes machine-stitched horizontal channel quilting that follows the lines of the patchwork strips. The quilt is finished with a thin white fabric binding around the perimeter.
Lot: 193 - Mid-Century Atomic Print Cotton String Quilt Top
64 x 80 This is a mid-century handmade string quilt top likely dating from the 1950s. The piece is constructed from narrow strips of various lightweight cotton and cotton-blend fabrics organized into larger rectangular blocks. The fabrics feature diverse prints characteristic of the Atomic Age, including boomerangs, geometric shapes, abstract line work, and stylized novelty motifs. The palette consists of pastel shades of blue, yellow, and pink with accents in black, red, and orange. The construction features visible machine stitching. The reverse of the piece reveals large, raw seam allowances and loose threads, identifying it as an unfinished quilt top.
Lot: 194 - American Cotton Quilt Top, Cut Glass Dish Pattern
74 x 88 This hand-pieced cotton quilt top features a two-color geometric design in cobalt blue and off-white. The textile is composed of eight blocks arranged in a two-by-four grid, with each block separated by plain off-white sashing. The blocks are constructed in the Cut Glass Dish pattern, featuring a central square with inset triangles forming a stylized geometric star. The assembly is hand-stitched with white thread, which is visible on the reverse side of the piece. A blue border strip is attached to one longitudinal edge, while a partial strip is present on the opposite side. This is an unfinished quilt top, lacking batting, backing, and decorative quilting.
Lot: 195 - Dresden Plate Variation Cotton Quilt Top
75 x 83 This textile is a hand-pieced quilt top featuring a variation of the Dresden Plate or Aster pattern. The design consists of multi-colored radiating petals constructed from various printed cotton fabrics, including florals, paisleys, stripes, and geometrics. Many of the fabrics are characteristic of mid-20th-century calico and feed sack prints. Each floral motif centers on a solid yellow circular patch. These elements are hand-stitched into a ground of solid mint-green cotton fabric. The reverse of the piece reveals hand-sewn seams and raw seam allowances. The item is an unfinished quilt top without batting, backing, or binding.
Lot: 196 - Tulip Applique Quilt Top
74 x 90 This is a vintage hand-appliqued quilt top featuring a stylized tulip design. The textile is composed of white cotton square blocks, each centered with a multi-piece fabric tulip in varying colors including red, light blue, dark blue, pink, orange, yellow, and purple. Each flower is finished with a green fabric stem. The blocks are joined by lavender cotton sashing strips with bright lime-green fabric cornerstones. Some of the applique fabrics exhibit a slight sheen, suggesting the use of sateen or rayon blends common in mid-20th-century textiles. The piece is a completed quilt top assembly but lacks batting, backing, and quilting stitches.
Lot: 197 - Hand-Pieced Six-Pointed Star Cotton Quilt Top
66 x 76 This is an unfinished vintage quilt top featuring a repeating pattern of six-pointed stars. Each star is hand-pieced from alternating diamond-shaped segments of solid navy blue cotton and a floral calico print featuring red, yellow, and blue flowers on a white ground. The stars are integrated into a field of white and pale yellow diamond-shaped cotton pieces. The construction is entirely hand-sewn using a running stitch, which is clearly visible on the reverse side along with the seam allowances. The item consists only of the pieced top layer and lacks batting, backing, or binding. The fabrics and pattern are consistent with mid-20th century American quilt-making, likely dating from the 1930s to 1950s.
Lot: 198 - Antique Hand-Pieced Wandering Lover Quilt Blocks
62 x 76 This lot consists of several joined antique quilt blocks and fragments, hand-pieced during the late 19th to early 20th century. The blocks feature the Wandering Lover pattern, a geometric design characterized by radiating arms constructed from rows of small triangular units, often called Flying Geese. The materials comprise an assortment of period-correct cotton fabrics, including indigo-dyed calicoes with discharged white patterns, striped and dotted shirtings, red and blue ginghams, and solid madder-toned cotton. The blocks are joined with larger rectangular sections of varying fabrics, and the construction demonstrates traditional hand-stitching techniques. Individual blocks show different color combinations, such as red and white stripes, black and tan solids, and pink and indigo prints.
Lot: 199 - Hand-Pieced Cotton Double Wedding Ring Quilt Top
76 x 88 This is an unfinished vintage quilt top featuring the traditional Double Wedding Ring pattern. The piece is hand-pieced from a wide variety of scrap cotton fabrics, including calicos, gingham checks, stripes, and small floral prints. These fabrics are characteristic of American textiles from the mid-20th century, specifically the 1930s through the 1950s. The interlocking circles of the pattern are set against an off-white cotton background. The edges are unfinished and frayed, indicating that the piece was never completed with batting or backing. The construction utilizes hand-stitching throughout the various wedge-shaped segments and circular joins.
Lot: 200 - Hand-Pieced Lone Star Pattern Cotton Quilt Top
74 x 78 A hand-pieced cotton quilt top featuring a Lone Star or Star of Bethlehem pattern. The central design is a large eight-pointed star composed of concentric diamond-shaped pieces in various cotton fabrics, including solids, stripes, florals, and calicos. One inner round incorporates a mid-century stylized print of pink and green squares with bird and floral motifs. The star is set against a plain white cotton ground. The piece consists of a finished top only and lacks batting, backing, or finished binding. Hand-stitched construction is evident through the visible seam allowances and irregular stitching on the reverse side.
Lot: 201 - Hand Appliqued Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Top
64 x 84 This vintage textile piece features the traditional Sunbonnet Sue, also known as Dutch Doll, pattern in a repeating motif. The item is an unfinished quilt top composed of six rectangular blocks arranged in a two-by-three grid. Each block consists of a mint green cotton ground with a hand-appliqued figure in profile. The figures are constructed with pink sunbonnets and full skirts paired with pale yellow bodices and hems, and each is shown holding a small pink and red flower. The applique elements are secured with hand-sewn blanket stitching, also known as buttonhole stitching, in a dark contrasting thread. The blocks are joined by pink cotton sashing with small square cornerstones. The reverse side reveals the hand-stitching through the base fabric. The outer edges of the sashing are raw and finished with pinking shears, indicating the piece was prepared for final assembly with batting and a backing.
Lot: 202 - Friendship Ring Quilt
45 x 90 This textile item consists of four joined square blocks featuring a variation of the Dresden Plate or Friendship Ring pattern. Each block displays a circular ring composed of approximately 40 to 45 individual narrow fabric wedges. The wedges are made from various mid-20th-century printed cotton scraps, including florals, stripes, polka dots, checks, and geometric motifs, many characteristic of feed sack fabrics. The fabric rings are hand-appliqu?d to a cream-colored cotton background using a visible running stitch. The center of each ring is open, showing the background fabric. The blocks are joined together, but the piece remains an unfinished quilt top without batting, backing, or finished edges.
Lot: 203 - Mid-20th C. Bow Tie Patchwork Quilt Top
72 x 92 This mid-20th-century cotton or cotton-blend patchwork quilt top is constructed in the Bow Tie pattern, also known as the Spool pattern. The design features a series of machine-pieced blocks in solid shades of purple, pink, red, blue, and green. These patterned blocks alternate with solid cream-colored squares in a checkerboard configuration. The textile is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, a backing, or finished bound edges. The reverse side reveals raw fabric edges and machine-stitched seams.
Lot: 204 - Mid-20th C. Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt Top
64 x 80 This is an unfinished quilt top featuring the traditional Grandmother?s Flower Garden pattern. The piece is composed of numerous hexagonal cotton and cotton-blend fabric patches. The design is organized into distinct floral motifs, each featuring a solid brown hexagonal center, a primary ring of varied floral print petals, and a secondary outer ring of solid purple hexagons. The floral prints include small-scale calicos and a pink grid pattern with multi-colored blossoms. These floral units are set into a continuous background path of solid green hexagons. Visual inspection of the reverse side confirms hand-pieced construction, showing visible hand-stitching and raw seam allowances. Based on the fabric patterns and construction style, this item is consistent with American textile production from the mid-20th century, approximately the 1930s through the 1950s.
Lot: 205 - Mid-20th C. Double Irish Chain Cotton Quilt Top
74 x 93 This is a vintage pieced cotton quilt top featuring a variation of the Double Irish Chain pattern. The design is composed of large central cream squares framed by a grid of smaller alternating squares in a solid purple fabric and a multi-colored floral print. The floral textile features a small-scale blossom pattern in shades of purple, yellow, and turquoise on a white ground. The ground fabric is a cream-colored cotton with a visible weave characteristic of muslin. The top is constructed with machine-pieced seams and some potential hand-sewing. The edges of the textile are raw and unfinished. The reverse side shows exposed seam allowances and loose threads.
Lot: 206 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Nine Patch Quilt Top
78 x 78 This textile is a hand-pieced cotton quilt top featuring a Nine Patch pattern. The design utilizes alternating pieced blocks and large, solid cream cotton squares. The decorative blocks are constructed from a variety of mid-20th-century printed cotton fabrics, featuring patterns such as florals, stripes, cherries, and tropical palms in shades of red, blue, green, and yellow. The construction is hand-sewn, and the item remains in an unfinished state with raw, unhemmed edges.
Lot: 207 - Hand-Appliqued Cotton Tulip Motif Quilt Top
74 x 80 A vintage hand-stitched applique textile, likely intended as a quilt top or a decorative throw. The piece is constructed from a cream-colored cotton ground featuring a subtle woven check pattern. It is finished with a solid blue border on all four sides. The decorative elements consist of stylized floral motifs in each corner, depicting tulips in orange, yellow, and blue fabrics with green stems and leaves. All floral components are attached to the ground fabric with visible hand-stitching. The design and layout are characteristic of applique patterns from the 1930s, particularly those resembling the work of Marie Webster. The reverse side of the textile clearly shows the hand-stitched construction of the applique work and the border attachment.
Lot: 208 - Large Scale Log Cabin Variation Patchwork Quilt
74 x 78 A hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton utility quilt featuring a large-scale asymmetrical Log Cabin variation pattern. The face is constructed from strips of various patterned fabrics including blue, black, and gray ginghams, checks, and stripes, contrasted with white and cream ground fabrics. The quilting is hand-stitched in a linear pattern that follows the orientation of the fabric strips. The reverse is backed with three joined panels of coordinated gray and white checked gingham fabric.
Lot: 209 - American Log Cabin Hand-Quilted Cotton Scrap Quilt
80 x 96 A hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton scrap quilt of American origin. The quilt is constructed in the traditional Log Cabin pattern, consisting of twenty rectangular blocks. Each block is composed of various printed and solid cotton fabrics, including calicos, florals, stripes, and solids in a palette of pink, blue, black, and cream. A repeating foliate print in blue, green, and red is featured throughout the piecing. The reverse side features a whole-cloth backing of magenta cotton printed with a white scrolling foliate and floral pattern. The quilt exhibits visible hand-quilting in parallel horizontal lines and is finished with a narrow magenta fabric binding.
Lot: 210 - American Hand-Quilted Cotton Scrap Sampler Quilt
66 x 82 A vintage American hand-quilted sampler quilt featuring a utilitarian scrap-work design. The quilt top is organized into four vertical columns separated by solid mint-green sashing. Two columns feature repeating Pinwheel or Star variation blocks in pink and blue gingham. The remaining two columns include various traditional patterns such as Bowtie blocks, octagon centers, and diverse patchwork arrangements. The piece is composed of a variety of mid-20th-century fabrics including printed calico florals, stripes, polka dots, and solid-colored cotton or cotton-blend scraps. The reverse consists of a plain white or off-white cotton fabric. The item is hand-stitched with diagonal line and chevron quilting patterns.
Lot: 211 - American Patchwork Scrap Quilt w/ Green Sashing
74 x 80 This is a vintage handmade patchwork scrap quilt featuring a grid of blocks set within solid green sashing and borders. Each block is constructed from multiple half-square triangles arranged in various geometric patterns, including pinwheel and broken dishes variations. The quilt is composed of a diverse array of printed and solid textiles, primarily cotton and cotton blends. Fabric patterns within the patches include ginghams, stripes, florals, and small geometric prints. The quilt is finished with a solid green backing and a narrow red fabric binding. The construction and style are consistent with mid-20th-century American folk-art quilting traditions.
Lot: 212 - American Log Cabin Scrap Quilt, Late 19th-20th C
74 x 80 An American hand-pieced and hand-quilted Log Cabin pattern scrap quilt dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. The quilt features a five-by-five grid of twenty-five individual blocks. Each block is constructed of concentric fabric strips radiating from a central square. The blocks are separated by black sashing strips punctuated by pink cornerstone squares at each intersection. The piece is hand-quilted throughout with diagonal cross-hatching using dark thread and finished with a hand-turned binding. The materials consist of a variety of domestic textiles including printed cotton calicos, striped cottons, solid and twill-weave woolens, and figured fabrics. The reverse side features a pieced backing of several large-scale floral printed cotton fabrics.
Lot: 213 - Hand-Quilted Spider Web Star Patchwork Quilt
70 x 80 This vintage American bed quilt features twelve primary blocks in a Spider Web or Kaleidoscope star pattern. Each block is hand-pieced from a variety of mid-20th-century cotton fabrics, including stripes, polka dots, ginghams, and solids, radiating from a central hub. These blocks are set against a background of repeating floral print fabric featuring purple and yellow flowers. The bottom edge is finished with a wide border of blue and white geometric printed fabric, and the entire quilt is bound with a solid lavender fabric. The piece is entirely hand-quilted in a concentric fan pattern across the entire surface. The diverse array of small-scale prints and feedsack-style patterns indicates a mid-20th-century origin, likely from the 1930s to 1940s.
Lot: 214 - Mid-C. Cotton Polka Dot Snowball Variant Quilt
72 x 76 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted American scrap quilt is constructed in a Snowball variant pattern using cotton fabrics and cotton batting. The primary design features white octagonal blocks with red polka dots set against a medium blue ground with white polka dots. The composition includes secondary blocks in purple and black polka dot fabrics. The quilt is finished with a pieced border of black and white polka dot fabric. The reverse is composed of a solid light aqua cotton fabric. Construction exhibits visible hand-quilting in a diamond and geometric pattern that follows the piecing lines. The binding is formed by turning the backing fabric over to the front face and hand-stitching it down.
Lot: 215 - Hand-Tied Patchwork Scrap Quilt w/ Mixed Fabric
20 x 60 A handmade patchwork scrap quilt featuring an asymmetrical arrangement of square fabric swatches in various materials, including cotton, flannel, and terry cloth. The design incorporates a diverse range of printed and solid fabrics, with visible motifs such as nautical sailboats and anchors, floral patterns, and geometric designs in multiple colors. The quilt is constructed with white yarn ties at the intersections to secure the layers and is finished with a solid maroon fabric backing.
Lot: 216 - American Hand-Quilted Scrap Quilt w/ Plaid Sashing
54 x 60 This mid-20th-century American scrap quilt is constructed from a variety of cotton fabrics including floral prints, stripes, polka dots, and solids. The quilt features a grid of patchwork blocks set within a green, red, and white diagonal plaid cotton sashing. Each square block is composed of three vertical segments, with the central segment further subdivided into three smaller horizontal patches. The piece is finished with a solid lavender-pink cotton backing and displays hand-quilting in a traditional fan or clamshell pattern. The construction exhibits irregular hand-stitching typical of handmade utility quilts from this period.
Lot: 217 - Late 20th C. Hexagon Pattern Patchwork Quilt
50 x 68 This hand-assembled patchwork quilt is constructed using a variation of a hexagon or tumbling blocks pattern. The top is composed of multiple hand-pieced units of solid and floral-printed cotton or cotton-blend fabrics in a palette of lavender, purple, light blue, and peach. The quilt layers are joined by visible yarn or thread ties at the patch intersections rather than traditional quilting stitches. The reverse side consists of light blue fabric panels accented with horizontal bands of coordinating patchwork. The edges are unfinished or frayed.
Lot: 218 - Double Sided Patchwork Tied Remnant Quilt
60 x 80 This lot features double sided vintage, handmade patchwork tied quilt constructed from an assortment of fabric remnants, including cotton and poly-cotton blends. The first side is characterized by large, irregular blocks of solid pink, mint green, and dark green. It incorporates a central vertical strip with a botanical and avian motif, alongside a novelty fabric panel depicting early American ceramic motifs. This novelty print includes text such as BONE CHINA, PLYMOUTH, U.S. POTTERY NEW JERSEY, and Fenton's Works Bennington Vermont. The second side exhibits a busier arrangement of smaller patches, featuring various ginghams, stripes, floral patterns, and a bold mid-century modern geometric print. Both sides are finished with yellow yarn ties distributed across the surface to secure the layers. The textile remnants include prints in the style of manufacturers such as Waverly and Schumacher, notably patterns resembling Waverly Somerset Hall and Schumacher Barnet Cotton Check.
Lot: 219 - American Mid-20th C. Reversible Patchwork Quilt
64 x 72 A reversible, hand-pieced, and hand-tied cotton patchwork quilt. One face features a large central square with a blue and white floral chevron pattern, surrounded by eight-pointed star blocks. These elements are set within wide borders of a bold floral print featuring pink roses on a blue foliate ground. The reverse face consists of a grid layout featuring multiple eight-pointed star blocks composed of various calico, gingham, and striped cotton fabrics. The quilt is hand-tied at intervals with white thread and finished with a pink fabric binding at the top edge.
Lot: 220 - American Mid-20th C. Log Cabin Variation Quilt
68 x 70 This American utility scrap quilt dates from the mid-20th century, approximately 1930 to 1950. The piece is hand-pieced and hand-quilted in an improvisational style that incorporates elements of traditional Log Cabin and Court House Steps patterns, specifically resembling a Housetop or Half-Log Cabin variation. The quilt top is constructed from a wide variety of period cotton scrap fabrics including calicos, ginghams, small-scale florals, solids, and various checks and plaids in a palette primarily of blues, tans, and reds. The central composition of irregular blocks is framed by a wide border of tan, green, and black plaid fabric. The entire surface is hand-quilted in a dense Baptist Fan pattern characterized by concentric arcs of running stitches. The backing consists of a solid medium-blue utility cotton with a fine horizontal texture, featuring a large make-do patch of the border plaid fabric integrated into one corner. The binding is finished with a separate blue and white striped fabric.
Lot: 221 - American Geometric Patchwork Quilt, mid-20th C
64 x 78 This hand-quilted American patchwork quilt features a geometric scrappy layout utilizing a block pattern variation reminiscent of Snowball and Rolling Stone designs. The composition is centered on octagonal shapes framed by smaller squares and rectangles. The construction incorporates a variety of cotton fabrics, including red and white striped cotton, gray and pink floral calicos, a blue and white marbled print, and solid shades of navy and light blue. The quilt contains a thin inner batting and is finished with a solid off-white cotton backing. The piece is entirely hand-quilted in a diagonal grid (diamond) pattern, with visible hand-stitching on both the front and the reverse. The edges are finished with a narrow, hand-applied off-white cotton binding.
Lot: 222 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Appliqued Floral Cotton Quilt Top
96 x 96 This is an unfinished handmade applique quilt top featuring a stylized floral motif. The piece is constructed from a lavender-purple cotton or cotton-blend ground fabric with turquoise-aqua sashing and border panels. The design consists of four repeating blocks, each depicting a tan-colored vase or urn containing three tulip-like flowers and green foliage. The flowers are composed of orange outer petals with centers that are either solid purple or feature a purple-and-white checkered pattern. The applique elements are made from a soft, non-fraying material and are secured to the ground fabric with decorative hand-stitching, including blanket-stitching and cross-stitching in contrasting thread colors. The reverse side reveals the hand-stitched construction and confirms the item is a single layer without batting or backing. The design reflects a folk-art aesthetic characteristic of mid-20th-century American kit-style needlework.
Lot: 223 - Cotton Log Cabin & Courthouse Steps Quilt Top
68 x 82 This is a vintage pieced cotton quilt top featuring a variation of the Log Cabin or Courthouse Steps concentric square pattern. The top is constructed from multiple square blocks made of various printed cotton scraps, including floral, polka dot, striped, paisley, and geometric motifs. These patterned blocks are set within wide sashing of off-white or cream-colored cotton fabric. The construction is hand-stitched, which is visible in the seam work and on the reverse side of the piece. The fabrics are consistent with mid-20th-century dress prints and potential feed sack remnants. The item is an unfinished quilt top, consisting only of the pieced front layer without batting, backing, or finished bound edges.
Lot: 224 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Cotton Patchwork Quilt Top
62 x 84 This hand-pieced cotton patchwork quilt top features a grid of blocks in a variation of traditional patterns such as Shoofly or Square-in-a-Square. The design incorporates small square patches set on-point within larger blocks, alternating with solid cream or white squares. The piece is constructed from a variety of cotton fabrics including navy and white gingham, checks, solid colors, and printed calicos. The central field is framed by a blue inner border with a wavy caterpillar or lightning print and an outer border with a grey and white geometric motif. The item is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, backing, or quilting stitches.
Lot: 225 - Grandmothers Fan Quilt Top
74 x 94 A vintage unfinished quilt top featuring the Grandmothers Fan pattern. The textile is composed of twenty square blocks arranged in a four-by-five grid. Each block displays a pieced fan motif in one corner against a white fabric background. The fans are constructed from a variety of scrap fabrics including floral calicos, solids, and small-scale geometric prints in a palette of purple, green, yellow, pink, and blue. Each fan segment radiates from a solid peach-colored fabric base. The blocks are connected by aqua green sashing with white cornerstone squares and the entire assembly is finished with a matching aqua green border. The pieces are machine-stitched together.
Lot: 226 - Machine Pieced Purple Star & Sage Quilt Top
60 x 75 This is an unfinished vintage quilt top of American origin, likely dating to the mid-20th century. The piece is constructed of machine-pieced solid fabrics, including deep purple, sage green, and an off-white muslin or cotton blend. The design features twelve geometric blocks arranged in a grid, separated by sage green sashing and finished with a wide sage green border. Each individual block is a nine-patch variation containing a central white square surrounded by half-square triangle units that form a geometric star motif. The reverse side shows exposed machine-stitched seam allowances and the unfinished nature of the textile.
Lot: 227 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Cotton Fan Quilt Top
35 x 40 This is a mid-20th century American folk-style quilt top featuring a Quarter Fan pattern. This quilt top has been folded in 4 and stitched together and is now 35 x 40. The piece is hand-pieced from various cotton scrap fabrics, including solids, florals, checks, and polka-dot prints, many of which are characteristic of Depression-era feedsack textiles. The construction consists of individual blocks, each featuring a multi-pieced fan in one corner with a consistent pink center section. The perimeter features a solid light blue border with visible, irregular white basting stitches. This item is an unfinished quilt top.
Lot: 228 - Mid-20th Century Floral Hand-Embroidered and Appliqued Cotton Coverlet
68 x 76 This mid-20th century coverlet is constructed from a white, textured woven cotton or cotton-linen blend fabric. The piece is composed of three vertical panels joined by visible seams. The central decorative element is a large floral bouquet featuring purple and lavender flowers with yellow embroidered centers. Some petals are formed through fabric applique, while others are defined by embroidery. This central spray is tied with a white fabric appliqued bow and ribbon tails. Six smaller, individual white flower motifs with yellow centers and yellow-green leaves are positioned symmetrically on the side panels. The entire perimeter is finished with a hand-crocheted or tatted lace trim. One small area is patched and multiple stained areas.
Lot: 229 - Hand-Pieced and Hand-Quilted Pink and Off-White Churn Dash Crib Quilt
48 x 64 This vintage American child or crib quilt features fifteen hand-pieced blocks arranged in a three-by-five grid. The blocks are a variation of the Churn Dash or Monkey Wrench pattern, constructed as nine-patches using dusty pink and off-white cotton fabrics. Each block is composed of half-square triangles at the corners, solid off-white side squares, and a solid pink central square. The blocks are separated by dusty pink sashing and finished with a thin, hand-applied off-white binding. The piece is extensively hand-quilted with an interlocking cable or continuous circle motif in the sashing and a diagonal diamond grid pattern within the pieced blocks. The reverse consists of a solid off-white cotton fabric that clearly shows the hand-stitched quilting lines. The internal batting appears to be a thin layer of cotton.
Lot: 230 - Disney Mickey Mouse Cotton Patchwork Quilt Top
74 x 76 A handmade patchwork quilt top from the mid-20th century, constructed from various printed cotton fabrics. The piece is assembled in a concentric square or modified log cabin pattern. A prominent square features novelty print fabric depicting licensed Disney characters including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Pluto in various poses. The surrounding patchwork consists of a diverse range of textiles such as floral sprigs, polka dots, stripes, ginghams, and solid colors. A border of green and white shamrock-patterned fabric is attached to two sides. This item is an unfinished quilt top, featuring raw, frayed edges and exposed seam allowances on the reverse side. It lacks batting, backing, and quilting stitches.
Lot: 231 - Postage Stamp Patchwork Quilt Top w/ Inscriptions
70 x 90 Hand-pieced postage stamp style patchwork quilt top featuring small fabric squares set on-point. The piece is constructed from a diverse assortment of fabric scraps including cottons and possible synthetic blends. Fabric patterns range from vintage-style florals and stripes to 1960s-70s era novelty prints, polka dots, and a solid neon yellow square. This is an unfinished quilt top that has not been layered with batting or a backing. It is currently laid over a red fabric base with raw, frayed edges. Several squares feature handwritten inscriptions or stamps. One yellow square is marked in black ink with Dear Audrey and FANTASTIC!!. Another square shows a partial stamp including TROY, N.Y. and zip code 11205. Other squares contain illegible cursive handwriting in pink and a faint circular stamp. The reverse side reveals raw, unfinished seams and thread ends from the hand-stitching process.
Lot: 232 - Machine Pieced Churn Dash Pattern Quilt Top
78 x 96 This is a vintage pieced quilt top featuring a traditional pattern commonly known as Churn Dash, Monkey Wrench, or Hole in the Barn Door. The piece is machine-constructed using a combination of solid white cotton or cotton-blend fabric and a stylized floral print. The patterned fabric displays orange, yellow, and light green flowers over a black and white patterned background, a style typical of the mid-to-late 20th century, likely the 1960s or 1970s. The blocks are arranged on point and separated by large triangular white setting pieces. The item is an unfinished top, consisting only of the pieced front layer without batting, backing, or finished edges. Machine stitching is visible on the reverse side of the piece.
Lot: 233 - Cotton Double Irish Chain Quilt Top
70 x 84 A mid-20th century American quilt top featuring the Double Irish Chain pattern. The textile is constructed from cotton fabrics, showcasing large off-white or cream blocks alternating with a grid-like chain design. The chain is composed of small squares in two distinct patterns: a solid medium-blue and a floral calico print with small pink and blue flowers. The piece exhibits both machine-piecing and hand-stitching techniques. This is an unfinished quilt top, consisting of the pieced front panel only, without batting, backing, or quilting. The reverse side reveals raw seam allowances and hand-stitched assembly.
Lot: 234 - Late 20th C. Appliqued & Patchwork Palm Tree Quilt
44 x 48 This is a decorative textile piece featuring a combination of applique and patchwork construction, likely intended for use as a crib or lap quilt. The central rectangular panel is composed of cream-colored fabric with a central light blue appliqued palm tree motif. This central area is finished with concentric echo quilting that follows the silhouette of the tree. The inner border is a patchwork design consisting of alternating solid purple triangles and floral-patterned diamonds. The purple triangles are embellished with quilted five-petal flower motifs, while the floral diamonds, which feature a print of pink, teal, and cream tones, are finished with diagonal line quilting. Two solid outer borders in bubblegum pink and teal blue surround the patchwork, both featuring a decorative machine-quilted scroll or loop pattern. The reverse of the quilt is a solid lavender-colored fabric that showcases the decorative stitching from the front. The piece is finished with a thin cream-colored binding along the edges.
Lot: 235 - Mid-20th C. American Hummingbird Scrap Quilt
66 x 76 This is a mid-20th-century American hand-quilted patchwork quilt, likely dating from the 1930s to the 1950s. The quilt features sixteen blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. Each block contains a central multi-point motif resembling a star or petal, commonly identified as the Hummingbird or Periwinkle pattern. These motifs are constructed in a scrap or string style using a wide variety of period cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including floral prints, stripes, solids, and various plaids. The blocks are separated by yellow sashing strips with small multi-colored plaid squares at each intersection. The textile is finished with a wide plaid border along the top edge. The piece is hand-quilted throughout in a simple horizontal linear pattern. The reverse side is composed of plain off-white cotton fabric, showing the hand-stitched running stitches.
Lot: 236 - Trip Around the World Feed Sack Patchwork Quilt
68 x 82 A vintage hand-quilted patchwork quilt featuring the Trip Around the World pattern, also known as Sunshine and Shadows. The design is composed of small fabric squares arranged in concentric diamond-shaped rings radiating from a central point. The quilt top is constructed from numerous cotton fabric remnants, including various mid-20th century prints such as florals, ginghams, stripes, and solids in a palette of pink, blue, lavender, black, and white. The materials are characteristic of period feed sack or flour sack textiles. The quilt is hand-stitched with visible linear running stitches across the squares. The backing is pieced from several large panels of floral-patterned cotton fabric on pink, lavender, and white grounds. The interior features a thick, white natural fiber batting.
Lot: 237 - American Hand-Quilted Grandmothers Fan Quilt
64 x 76 This vintage American patchwork quilt is hand-pieced in a traditional Grandmothers Fan pattern. The quilt top is constructed from numerous scrap fabrics, including ginghams, checks, and various floral and geometric calico prints, arranged in fan-shaped segments. These segments are set against a light blue cotton ground and separated by sashing made from a blue, green, and white plaid fabric. The piece is finished with a solid light blue border and matching binding. The reverse side features a large-scale novelty print fabric typical of the late 1960s or 1970s, depicting stylized birds and floral motifs in a palette of pink, purple, orange, and green on a white ground. Hand-quilting is visible throughout the quilt, following the contours of the fan shapes and the sashing. The materials consist of cotton and cotton-blend fabrics with internal batting.
Lot: 238 - Mid-20th C. Patchwork Quilt w/ Floral & Gingham
60 x 80 This handmade patchwork quilt is constructed from various cotton fabrics arranged in a grid of twelve decorative blocks. Each block features a geometric pinwheel variation made from a mix of prints, including red-and-white checks, blue-and-yellow florals on a grid pattern, and multi-colored small-scale calicos. The blocks are separated by wide pink sashing printed with a blue-and-white stylized floral design, punctuated by light yellow floral cornerstones. The piece is framed by dark green vertical borders on the left and right sides and finished with a narrow cream-colored binding. The backing is a solid cream or off-white cotton fabric. The quilting consists of an all-over machine-stitched meandering pattern of stylized hearts and leaves. The combination of mid-20th-century fabrics and modern machine quilting suggests a vintage quilt top that was professionally finished at a later date.
Lot: 239 - Hand-Stitched Concentric Bullseye Scrap Quilt
88 x 96 A vintage hand-stitched utility quilt featuring a concentric bullseye or spider web patchwork design. The central medallion consists of a freeform red fabric appliqu? with a quilted circle center, surrounded by radiating spokes of dark plaid fabric. This motif is enclosed by numerous concentric rings composed of a variety of fabric scraps, including multi-colored plaids, stripes, suit-weight wool blends, and small-scale printed cottons. The quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted using large-scale white running stitches that follow the circular pattern of the top. The reverse is finished with a solid neutral tan or beige fabric. The edges are finished with a simple fold-over binding using a plaid scrap fabric. The construction reflects mid-20th-century American folk art and utility quilting traditions.
Lot: 240 - Mid-20th C. American Cotton String Patchwork Quilt
64 x 76 This is a vintage American patchwork quilt constructed in a string or scrap style, dating from approximately the mid-20th century. The quilt top is pieced from a diverse array of cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including gingham, plaid, floral, striped, and abstract patterns in a multi-colored palette of blue, red, pink, green, and yellow. The design is organized into vertical columns separated by strips of green-and-white floral print sashing. The left and right vertical edges are bordered with a brown and white checkered fabric. The piece is hand-quilted throughout using a simple running stitch that creates a textured, grid-like pattern visible on the reverse side. The reverse consists of multiple panels of plain off-white or white cotton fabric.
Lot: 241 - Antique American Octagonal Pattern Scrap Quilt
80 x 84 An antique American scrap quilt featuring a geometric pattern composed of octagonal blocks with central diamond-shaped squares, a design sometimes referred to as a Stone Mason's or Octagonal Bowtie variation. The piece is constructed from a wide variety of cotton scrap fabrics typical of late 19th and early 20th-century utility quilts, including calico prints, ginghams, plaids, and solid colors in shades of blue, green, brown, cream, and yellow. The quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted in a traditional concentric fan or shell motif. The reverse consists of plain, off-white cotton fabric with a central vertical seam.
Lot: 242 - American Hand-Stitched Snowball Utility Quilt
64 x 72 This vintage American utility quilt features hand-pieced and hand-quilted construction. The front is designed with a grid of alternating patchwork blocks. One set of squares is composed of dark plaid or tartan fabrics in navy and green tones. These alternate with a modified snowball or economy block pattern, which uses a central fabric of multicolored dots on a pink ground, framed by corner triangles of various scrap cotton fabrics including light blue solids, polka dots, and small floral prints. The reverse side is finished with a red, blue, and white striped cotton ticking fabric. One edge of the quilt is trimmed with white eyelet lace. The quilting consists of simple, functional straight-line stitching throughout.
Lot: 243 - American Hand Quilted Patchwork Quilt, Grain Sack
66 x 82 A vintage American hand-quilted patchwork scrap quilt dating to the early-to-mid 20th century. The quilt top is constructed from an eclectic variety of cotton fabric scraps including ditsy florals, ginghams, and geometric prints characteristic of the 1930s and 1940s. The design is structured with vertical bars and blocks of blue and white striped ticking or shirting fabric interspersed with diagonal string-pieced and square patchwork blocks. The piece is hand-quilted throughout in a horizontal channel pattern. The reverse is composed of plain white cotton fabric constructed from repurposed grain or flour sacks. Faded blue stenciled lettering is visible on the backing material with legible text including FINE, PURE GRAIN, and MANUFACTURED BY.
Lot: 244 - American Patchwork Quilt w/ Embroidered Border
70 x 84 A large handmade American folk art tied scrap quilt featuring an eclectic patchwork top. The construction consists of irregular rectangular and square patches in a style reminiscent of a utility crazy quilt. The fabrics used comprise a varied assortment of materials including cotton solids, ginghams, stripes, corduroy, and velvet. The color palette is diverse, featuring shades of red, navy blue, purple, yellow, black, and tan. The reverse side is constructed from a single large-scale floral print fabric with white and grey leaves and small pink and yellow blossoms on a dark blue ground. The quilt is finished with a white fabric border decorated with yellow thread embroidery in a simple floral and scroll pattern. The three layers are secured together with pink yarn ties spaced regularly across the surface of the quilt.
Lot: 245 - American Half-Square Triangle Scrap Quilt
44 x 52 This mid-20th century American utility quilt is hand-pieced and hand-tied. The front features sixteen large blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid, separated by wide light blue cotton sashing. Each individual block is composed of sixteen small half-square triangles arranged in a grid pattern. The quilt utilizes a scrap aesthetic with a diverse array of patterned cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including various calicos, florals, plaids, and geometric prints. Several blocks incorporate a recurring small-scale floral print on a white ground, while the rightmost column features a consistent yellow, pink, and white plaid. The quilt is finished with hand-tied white thread visible throughout the sashing and block centers. The backing is a solid light blue cotton fabric.
Lot: 246 - Kellen Patchwork Quilt
58 x 78 A hand-stitched cotton patchwork quilt in the Kellen pattern, attributed to Pottery Barn. The quilt features a reversible design. The front is composed of concentric strips of various blue, gray, and brown woven shirting and workwear fabrics, arranged in a Log Cabin variation to create a large-scale geometric diamond layout. The reverse displays a printed cotton with an all-over paisley and floral medallion pattern in green, purple, red, and yellow on a white ground. The item is constructed with vertical running hand-quilting stitches and finished with a narrow floral print binding.
Lot: 247 - Hand-Pieced Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt Top
46 x 66 This vintage quilt top is hand-pieced in the Grandmothers Flower Garden pattern. The design features multiple floral motifs composed of hexagonal fabric patches. Each floral cluster consists of a central hexagon surrounded by six coordinating print patches, all joined by a ground of solid orange hexagons. The piece is constructed from a wide variety of printed and solid cotton fabrics, including patterns such as calico, floral, polka dot, stripe, and plaid. Several fabric prints are characteristic of feedsack materials from the second quarter of the 20th century. The assembly is performed with hand-stitching, which is visible on the reverse side along with the folded-over seam allowances typical of hand-joining techniques. The item remains in its unfinished top state, without batting, backing, or binding. The perimeter consists of raw, hand-cut hexagonal edges.
Lot: 248 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced 6-Point Star Quilt Top
74 x 88 This hand-pieced cotton quilt top features a repeated six-pointed star pattern. The stars are constructed from a diverse assortment of mid-20th-century scrap fabrics, including floral calicos, feedsack-style prints, plaids, checks, and stripes, set against a white cotton ground. The assembly is entirely hand-sewn, with visible stitching and raw seams on the reverse side. The variety of prints suggests a production date between the 1940s and 1960s. This item is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting or a backing fabric.
Lot: 249 - Pink & Cream Pinwheel Pattern Cotton Quilt Top
72 x 78 This hand-pieced quilt top is constructed in a repeating pinwheel variation pattern composed of large half-square triangles. The textile is made from two distinct cotton fabrics: a solid pale pink and a cream-colored fabric featuring a small, repeating black diamond or lozenge print. The central field is bordered by a narrow strip of the printed fabric and a wider outer band of the solid pink fabric. The reverse side features exposed seam allowances, indicating that the piece remains an unfinished quilt top and lacks a middle layer of batting or a backing fabric. The piece is attributed to the United States, dating from the early to mid-20th century.
Lot: 250 - Grandmother's Fan Pattern Quilt Top
80 x 92 This is a vintage American quilt top featuring the Grandmother's Fan pattern. The piece consists of machine-pieced blocks joined together to form a larger textile, currently in an unfinished state without batting or backing. Each block contains a quarter-circle fan motif comprised of approximately six to seven tapered fabric segments in a variety of prints and solid colors. These segments include mid-20th-century textiles such as calicos, polka dots, stripes, checks, and small-scale florals, many of which are characteristic of 1930s to 1950s scrap fabrics or feed sacks. The fans are anchored by solid green or pink corner pieces and set against a solid lavender purple cotton or cotton-blend background. The construction shows consistent machine stitching.
Lot: 251 - Geometric Foundation-Pieced Cotton Quilt Top
84 x 100 This is an unfinished quilt top featuring a modern geometric design, likely dating from the 1970s to 1980s based on the color palette. The textile is constructed from cotton or cotton-blend fabrics in shades of navy blue, slate blue, terracotta, peach, and pale sage green. The pattern consists of square blocks divided diagonally, with one half in solid navy and the opposing half featuring diagonal stripes of varying widths. This design is characteristic of a Roman Stripe pattern variation. The item is machine-pieced using a foundation piecing technique. As visible on the reverse side, the striped sections are sewn directly onto a light-colored cotton muslin foundation for stability. This piece consists only of the pieced top layer and does not include batting, a final backing, or binding.
Lot: 252 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Applique Floral Scrap Quilt Top
76 x 92 This unfinished vintage quilt top features hand-appliqu? medallion blocks. Each block is centered with a diamond shape from which four clusters of pointed leaves radiate. The appliqu? is constructed from an assortment of mid-century "scrap" printed cotton fabrics, including floral, geometric, and paisley motifs in shades of blue, yellow, orange, and purple. The white cotton ground blocks are joined by wide emerald green sashing with contrasting light pink cornerstones. The decorative floral elements are attached to the ground fabric using a visible hand-sewn running stitch. The sashing and cornerstones appear to be machine-pieced. The item consists of the pieced top layer only and lacks batting, backing, and finished binding.
Lot: 253 - American Depression Era Patchwork Scrap Quilt Top with Repurposed Industrial Sack Borders
60 x 72 A vintage American utility quilt top featuring hand-pieced patchwork blocks arranged in an on-point diamond pattern. The central section is framed by wide borders and a backing made from repurposed, unbleached cotton industrial sacks. The border material retains original stenciled commercial markings in black ink. Visible partial characters include rd Co., ORATED, V-S, S.A., LES-N, and WICE, indicating the fabric was salvaged from industrial product bags, likely for flour, feed, or sugar. The construction is that of an unfinished quilt top with raw, unhemmed edges. Has soiling, see pics.
Lot: 254 - Unfinished Hand Appliqued Tree of Life Quilt Top
84 x 92 This is an unfinished quilt top featuring a central Tree of Life or Apple Tree folk art motif, likely dating from the late 20th century. The piece centers on a large cream-colored panel depicting a stylized tree with a dark green trunk and branches. The tree is decorated with multiple hand-appliqued fruits in various patterns, including solid red, green calico, and multi-colored floral prints. The fruit motifs and leaves are attached with visible hand-stitching, and the stems are embroidered in a green running stitch. The central panel is framed by a patchwork border of light green, red, and cream fabric squares joined with dark green sashing. Several of the light green squares feature individual hand-appliqued apple motifs matching those on the central tree. The fabrics appear to be a mix of cotton and polyester-cotton blends. The reverse side shows visible hand-stitching for the applique motifs, while the sashing and block construction are machine-pieced.
Lot: 255 - American Mid-20th C. Floral Appliqued Bedspread
A vintage hand-appliqued cotton bedspread or counterpane featuring a stylized floral motif in a variation of the Rose of Sharon pattern. The design consists of central four-petaled flowers rendered in two-tone pink fabric with yellow centers. These central blossoms are accented by mint green leaves and pink floral buds arranged in a cross-axial pattern. The piece is constructed from white cotton fabric and includes a wide, gathered ruffle along three sides. The reverse side displays visible hand-stitching used to secure the appliqued elements, and the item is unlined. The ground is composed of multiple rectangular panels joined with visible seams. Has soiling, see pics.
Lot: 256 - Mid C. Handmade Patchwork Scrap Quilt Top
70 x 90 This is a vintage handmade patchwork quilt top constructed from various multi-colored cotton and cotton-blend fabric patches. The piece features a utilitarian square grid layout, often referred to as a scrap or postage stamp style. The fabrics include solid colors in black, yellow, and purple, along with several patterned textiles such as pink and white gingham, blue and white gingham, various striped patterns, a blue fabric with large dark circles, a green and pink geometric square print, and an olive green botanical or floral print. The patches are joined by hand using a visible white running stitch. This item is an unfinished quilt top, as it lacks internal batting, a backing fabric, and finished edge binding.
Lot: 257 - Strip-Pattern Scrap Quilt
70 x 76 A mid-20th century hand-quilted utility or scrap quilt made in NC. The piece is constructed in a horizontal strip-style pattern, featuring rows of varied vertical fabric patches alternating with continuous bands of blue and gray striped ticking-style fabric. The patchwork incorporates an assortment of period fabrics, including floral calicos, plaids, polka dots, and solids, typical of the 1930s through 1950s. The quilt is hand-quilted with a simple running stitch in a horizontal wave pattern. The reverse is composed of a plain cream-colored cotton backing with several visible repair patches, including one featuring a red and white checked fabric. The item is finished with a multi-colored fabric binding. No manufacturer or maker's marks are identified.
Lot: 258 - Hand-Pieced & Quilted Scrap Star Quilt
62 x 72 This vintage quilt is composed of sixteen individual blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid and made in SC. Each block features an eight-pointed star in a pattern characteristic of the LeMoyne Star style. The construction is entirely hand-pieced and hand-quilted. The materials consist of assorted scrap cotton and cotton-blend fabrics in various prints including florals, paisleys, stripes, ginghams, and geometric patterns. These star blocks are separated by solid turquoise cotton sashing with slightly darker turquoise cornerstones. The quilting follows a simple straight-line grid along the sashing and diagonal patterns within the stars. The reverse is finished with a solid turquoise cotton backing. The variety of fabric prints, ranging from mid-century calicos to bold florals, suggests a mid-to-late 20th-century origin.
Lot: 259 - American Hand-Pieced Reversible Quilt, Late 19th C
80 x 88 An antique American hand-pieced and tied reversible scrap quilt dating to the late 19th or early 20th century. The quilt is constructed from a variety of printed cotton fabrics, including indigo-dyed calicos, light-colored shirtings with small-scale floral and geometric motifs, and various red and purple prints. The interior batting is cotton. One side features a structured Courthouse Steps Log Cabin pattern layout with red central squares surrounded by alternating light and dark printed logs. The reverse side features an eclectic medallion-style composition with a central checkerboard of blue-and-white polka dot squares and light floral prints, bordered by decorative bands of Flying Geese triangles, checkerboard patterns, and small Log Cabin blocks. The three layers are secured by hand-tied yarn knots rather than decorative quilting stitches.
Lot: 260 - American Cotton Medallion Diamond Quilt, mid-20C
64 x 74 This mid-20th-century American hand-quilted patchwork quilt features a central medallion or concentric diamond design. The center is composed of four diamond-shaped blocks in orange and red prints set against a white and red patterned ground, surrounded by a light blue field with small floral blocks. The design radiates outward in a series of concentric diamond-shaped bands made from various printed cotton fabrics, including teal green, purple floral prints, and cream-colored floral calico. Large pink triangles fill the outer corners. The item is hand-quilted throughout, featuring decorative fan or clamshell quilting in the corner sections and straight or diagonal lines following the patchwork in the central diamond sections. The backing is composed of two different fabrics: a small-scale floral calico print in shades of brown, orange, and green on a white ground, and a wide solid pink band along the bottom edge. Materials consist of cotton fabrics and batting.
Lot: 261 - American Hand-Pieced Log Cabin Variation Quilt
80 x 80 A vintage American handmade patchwork utility quilt constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps. The quilt features multiple square blocks, including several variations of the log cabin motif with strips of contrasting fabric pieced around a central square, as well as simpler grid-based patchwork blocks. The collection of fabrics includes a diverse range of mid-20th-century patterns such as calico florals, ginghams, polka dots, stripes, and solids in a wide-ranging color palette of pink, red, blue, green, and yellow. The piece exhibits an improvisational, vernacular aesthetic with visible hand-stitching and irregular borders.
Lot: 262 - Mid-Century Modern Hand-Appliqued Turtle Quilt Top
56 x 72 An unfinished quilt top composed of twelve square blocks, each featuring a hand-appliqued turtle motif. The turtles are constructed from four pieced quadrants of various blue cotton fabrics, including navy, turquoise, and chambray denim. Each turtle is finished with a red hand-blanket stitch around the perimeter and two hand-embroidered red eyes. The background fabrics for each block consist of a variety of mid-20th-century cotton prints, including floral patterns, paisley designs, and abstract geometric graphics. A printed selvage mark reading S VATS is visible on the background fabric of the center block. The reverse side reveals exposed seam allowances, hand-stitching, and knotted threads.
Lot: 263 - American Cotton Dresden Plate Quilt, c. 1890-1920
56 x 82 An antique American utility scrap quilt or quilt top featuring hand-pieced construction. The primary design consists of a variation of the Dresden Plate or Friendship Wheel motif. These circular blocks are set within a grid of blue cotton sashing made from at least two distinct fabrics: a blue-on-blue polka dot print and a blue-on-blue striped shirting. A secondary section of the textile displays a simple checkerboard grid of small rectangular scraps. The quilt is composed of a wide variety of late 19th and early 20th-century cotton fabrics, including indigo-dyed prints, red-and-black calicos, assorted shirting stripes, floral prints, checks, and ginghams. One block features a wedge of dark brown velveteen or corduroy. One central circular motif displays a dark blue fabric printed with white anchors. No maker labels or signatures are visible. A modern white paper inventory tag with a barcode is attached to the edge.
Lot: 264 - American Cotton Scrap Quilt Top, Late 19th-20th C
66 x 86 An antique American cotton quilt top, dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. This unfinished quilt top, often referred to as a flimsy, is entirely hand-pieced in an improvisational utility style. The composition features distinct sections utilizing various traditional patterns, including diamond-in-the-square or postage stamp blocks, vertical string-pieced strips, and checkerboard motifs. The piece is constructed from a wide array of period textiles, including indigo-dyed prints, small-scale calicos, woven ginghams, and diverse shirting stripes. The reverse side exhibits raw seam allowances, confirming that the top was never assembled into a finished quilt with batting or a backing layer.
Lot: 265 - Mid-20th C. American Patchwork Crazy Quilt Top
60 x 76 This is an unfinished mid-20th century American quilt top featuring a random patchwork crazy quilt design. The piece is constructed from a wide assortment of cotton and cotton-blend scrap fabrics, representative of dress remnants or feed sack materials from the 1930s through the 1950s. Patterns include various floral calicos, ginghams, plaids, polka dots, solids, and geometric target prints. A notable novelty print with cartoon lambs or bunnies on a yellow ground is featured near the center. The construction utilizes machine-stitched seams to join the irregularly shaped fabric pieces. As an unfinished top, the item lacks batting, a backing, and finished binding. The reverse side clearly displays the machine-stitched seams and raw fabric edges.
Lot: 266 - Waverly Renoir Roses Hand-Pieced Quilt Top
80 x 86 This is an unfinished vintage patchwork quilt top, hand-pieced in an eclectic string or crazy quilt style. The design consists of irregular fabric patches organized by a diagonal lattice of solid-colored sashing in red, light blue, and green. The patches incorporate a diverse range of mid-century textile patterns, including blue and white gingham, red and white checks, various stripes, calico florals, and a novelty print depicting a cartoon character face. One edge is finished with a wide border featuring a large-scale yellow and green floral print on a white ground. The selvage of this border fabric is printed with the following text: An Original Waverly Fabric Renoir Roses. The reverse side reveals the hand-sewn construction with raw seam allowances and remnants of paper used as a foundation for the piecing. The top is composed of various cotton and cotton-blend fabrics.
Lot: 267 - Patchwork String Quilt w/ Fuchsia Backing
60 x 62 A handmade patchwork utility quilt, designed in a string quilt or rail fence variation. The quilt top is constructed from rectangular blocks containing multi-colored fabric strips of varying widths, arranged in a pattern of alternating horizontal and vertical orientations. The textile comprises a wide variety of prints and solids, including florals, polka dots, geometric motifs, and striped patterns in a color palette of navy, forest green, peach, brown, and cream. The materials consist of mixed fabrics, including cotton and silk/satin. The quilt is finished with a wide, fuchsia-colored textured fabric binding and a matching solid fuchsia backing, which appears to be a later addition or mid-20th-century finishing. Several strips of shiny fabric exhibit characteristic shattering, indicative of weighted silk common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. No maker labels or signatures are present.
Lot: 268 - Mid-20th Century Scrappy Patchwork Quilt Top
74 x 78 This textile is an unfinished, machine-pieced patchwork quilt top, likely dating from the mid-20th century, circa 1960s-1970s. The design features a scrappy aesthetic with alternating nine-patch and sixteen-patch blocks alongside large squares of single fabrics. The materials consist of various printed cottons and synthetic blends. Patterns reflect the era, including large-scale florals, gingham, calico, polka dots, and geometric designs. The color palette includes saturated tones of orange, lime green, bright pink, and blue. The piece exhibits machine-stitched assembly throughout.
Lot: 269 - Mid-20th C. Mixed String-Pieced Utility Quilt
80 x 84 A handmade utility quilt constructed in a string-pieced crazy quilt pattern, dating to the mid-to-late 20th century. The design features alternating solid navy blue blocks and multi-colored scrappy blocks. The scrappy sections are composed of fabric strips in various patterns, including plaids, stripes, and several floral prints. One notable block contains a large-scale print of blue and white sunflowers on a pink lattice ground, characteristic of 1970s textile design. The quilt is finished with a wide, ruffled border in red fabric with a small white floral calico print. Materials consist of various cotton and synthetic blend scrap fabrics. The piece displays a rustic construction with visible white basting stitches and a mix of hand and machine assembly.
Lot: 270 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Stitched Scrap Patchwork Quilt
56 x 66 This unfinished patchwork quilt top is a hand-sewn example of mid-20th-century American utility quilting. The piece is constructed from an extensive assortment of recycled textile scraps, including printed cotton calicos, ginghams, plaids, stripes, solid-colored cottons, denim, and various synthetic or knit fabrics. The patches are assembled in a random scrap design with rectangular and square pieces joined by hand using a white thread running stitch. The reverse of the textile reveals raw, unfinished seam allowances and significant fraying, indicating that the top was never completed with batting, a backing, or binding. The wide range of fabric patterns and textures?specifically the small-scale florals and mid-century synthetic knits?suggests a period of assembly dating from approximately the 1940s through the 1970s.
Lot: 271 - Mid-C. Hand Appliqued Cotton Floral Tree Quilt Top
76 x 90 This item is a handmade, unfinished quilt top dating from the mid-20th century. The piece features a checkerboard layout of alternating solid navy blue and bright yellow cotton blocks arranged on point. The yellow blocks are decorated with repeating appliqued floral motifs resembling a stylized tree of life. Each green stem features an arrow-shaped base and two pairs of diamond-shaped leaves. The tops of the stems are adorned with three multi-layered flower heads. These flower heads are constructed using a hexagonal base, a patterned fabric ring, and a solid circular center, utilizing various mid-century scrap fabrics in shades of red, orange, purple, and diverse floral and geometric prints. The construction consists of machine-pieced primary blocks, while the decorative motifs are applied with visible hand-stitching. The reverse side clearly displays the hand-sewing used for the applique work. The edges are raw and unfinished, indicating the piece was intended to be layered with batting and a backing for final quilting.
Lot: 272 - Mid-C. American Crazy Quilt Top w/ Pink Sashing
66 x 84 This mid-century crazy quilt top features a patchwork design composed of irregularly shaped fabric scraps arranged into large rectangular blocks. These blocks are separated by wide sashing strips of solid pink fabric. The scrappy portions include a diverse array of patterns such as floral prints in various scales, gingham checks, polka dots, stripes, houndstooth, and solid colors. The fabrics appear to be a mix of cotton and cotton-blends, consistent with domestic textile production from the mid-20th century. The reverse of the piece is lined with a single layer of coarse-weave off-white cotton fabric, which exhibits the texture and appearance of repurposed flour or feed sacks. Simple diagonal hand-stitching is visible on the backing, securing the layers together. The edges are unfinished with raw fabric visible, suggesting this may be a completed quilt top or that the original binding has been removed.
Lot: 274 - Hand-Sewn Cotton Patchwork Quilt Top, Mid-20th C
60 x 76 A hand-sewn scrap patchwork quilt top constructed from a diverse assortment of cotton print fabrics. This item consists of the pieced decorative layer only and has not been finished with batting or backing. The arrangement features an irregular, non-repeating patchwork design incorporating various mid-20th-century textiles. Notable patterns include a magenta and white floral stripe, blue fabric with white and orange floral motifs, a white ground with large-scale red and blue floral prints, black and white gingham, and a blue and white concentric circle or bubble pattern. Additional fabrics include brown polka dots, various calico florals, and diagonal stripes. The reverse side reveals exposed hand-stitched seam allowances and loose threads typical of domestic folk-art construction.
Lot: 275 - Hand-Tied Diagonal String Patchwork Quilt
68 x 84 This is a vintage hand-tied patchwork string quilt featuring a utilitarian scrap-style design. The quilt top consists of 42 square blocks arranged in a 7 by 6 grid. Each block is string-pieced with diagonal fabric strips of varying widths, creating a repeating chevron or diamond-like visual pattern across the surface. The construction utilizes a variety of mid-to-late 20th-century fabrics including synthetic double-knit polyesters, cottons, and blended textiles. Colors include solid red, blue, green, yellow, and purple, interspersed with various floral, striped, and geometric prints. The three layers of the quilt are secured with hand-tied tufts of thread visible at regular intervals throughout the grid. The edges are finished with a simple red fabric binding. The reverse side is covered in a light green and white striped cotton or cotton-blend fabric.
Lot: 276 - American Hand-Pieced & Quilted Scrap Quilt
68 x 70 This is a vintage American patchwork scrap quilt featuring a geometric design. The top is hand-pieced from a wide variety of period textiles, including calico florals, gingham, ticking stripes, plaids, and solid cotton fabrics in shades of blue, pink, tan, and cream. The pattern incorporates various block styles including large half-square triangles, four-patch squares, and rectangular fence-style bar strips. The quilt is hand-quilted in a utility style with parallel rows of straight stitching. The reverse side consists of a plain, light-colored cotton fabric, possibly muslin. The edges are finished with a simple turned-edge binding.
Lot: 277 - American Hand Quilted Feed Sack & Scrap Quilt
64 x 80 This mid-20th-century American scrap quilt is hand-quilted and features a variety of multi-colored cotton fabrics, including calicos, florals, ginghams, and novelty prints such as anchors. The construction follows a vernacular string or scrap pattern organized into irregular blocks, many of which contain central diamond or square-in-square motifs. The piece consists of the patchwork top, internal cotton batting, and an off-white cotton backing made of two panels joined by a central vertical seam. The quilting is worked by hand in a dense, echoing design. The array of printed cottons is typical of American feed sack textiles used in quilting between the 1930s and 1950s.
Lot: 278 - Mid-Century American Hand-Pieced Geometric String Quilt
66 x 80 This hand-pieced scrap quilt features a variation of a string star or string diamond pattern. The quilt top is constructed from square blocks divided into four quadrants, each filled with diagonal fabric strips known as strings. These blocks are organized to create a series of large, concentric diamond motifs across the surface. The composition is unified by diagonal bands of solid pink textured fabric. The materials consist of a diverse mix of mid-century fabrics including rayon and acetate crepes along with various cotton prints. Patterns include florals, plaids, and geometric designs characteristic of the 1940s and 1950s. The quilt features a solid bright blue backing, possibly a synthetic blend or cotton sateen, and is finished with machine-stitched grid quilting and a simple blue binding.
Lot: 279 - Hand-Pieced Nine-Patch Scrap Quilt Top
68 x 84 An unfinished, hand-pieced patchwork quilt top featuring a wide variety of 20th-century cotton and cotton-blend scrap fabrics. The construction consists of large Nine-Patch blocks set on point in a diagonal grid. The arrangement of the blocks and fabric colors creates a visual effect similar to a Trip Around the World pattern. The fabric assortment includes an eclectic mix of prints, including polka dots, stripes, plaids, and various floral calicos in a color palette dominated by blues, reds, pinks, and greens. The central field is framed by a wide border of black and white fabric featuring a scrolling vine or foliate pattern. The entire top is hand-stitched, as evidenced by the irregular running stitches and raw, un-felled seam allowances visible on the reverse side.
Lot: 280 - Dunmoy Irish Linen & Quilted Textiles
Approx 15 x 26 This collection features multiple quilted textile items, including table runners and a decorative mat. One rectangular table runner is crafted from green fabric featuring a central printed scene of two bluebirds in a nest within an apple tree with white butterflies. The bottom edge of the fabric is printed with the marks Warranted Fast Colours, Dunmoy, and Pure Irish Linen. The reverse of this piece bears a handwritten inscription in purple ink that reads Ev over 10-06. The group also includes a square cream-colored mat featuring a teal-green fabric appliqu? of interlocking circles. The center contains a small appliqu? basket in a red and white patterned fabric filled with three red fruits. This piece shows elaborate hand-stitched quilting in radiating and concentric patterns and is finished with a cream-colored binding. Two additional rectangular table runners feature rose motifs. One displays a gray trellis-style background pattern with printed pink roses and buds clustered at one end, finished with a bright pink fabric binding. The other runner is decorated with an all-over diamond quilted pattern and a print of large pink roses and green leaves on a cream ground, also finished with a bright pink fabric binding. Construction across the collection includes a mix of machine-printed fabrics, hand-appliqu?, and hand-quilting. Materials include linen, cotton, and synthetic batting.
Lot: 281 - Set 4 Valentine's Day Quilted Textiles
Largest is 24 x 44 A collection of four small decorative quilted items featuring various Valentine's Day motifs. The group consists of a square piece with a central heart-within-a-heart applique on a pink rose floral background, framed by a black border patterned with pink hearts and a solid pink binding. A rectangular panel features a bright lime green background with nine appliqued squares and diamonds containing romantic imagery and text including You're my Sweetheart, Be my Valentine, Sweet as Candy, and Crazy for you! It is finished with a white border featuring small pink hearts. A third item is a rectangular quilt with a blue and white checkered grid containing nine panels of roses, hearts, and cherubs, with the bottom section featuring the embroidered text I Love You above three red silhouetted cherubs and a red heart-patterned border. The fourth item is a long rectangular table runner with a white diamond-quilted ground depicting a stylized tree with scrolled branches, pink blossoms, heart-shaped leaves, and blue birds, with Happy Valentines Day in script at the bottom and a teal binding. All items are constructed from printed and solid fabrics with interior batting, utilizing machine quilting, applique, and machine embroidery.
Lot: 282 - Hand-Embroidered Patchwork Quilt w/ Bunny & Floral
31 x 38 This hand-embroidered baby or crib-sized patchwork quilt is designed in a 3x3 grid layout. Five squares feature central white panels with hand-embroidered scenes of a rabbit peeping over a wooden fence with three large roses in the foreground. The embroidery utilizes brown thread for the rabbit outlines, green for the eyes, and varying shades of blue, pink, and yellow for the roses. These panels are surrounded by a purple and white floral print border. The alternating four squares are made from a floral print fabric featuring red, pink, purple, and yellow blossoms on a pink background. The quilt is finished with a solid pink binding along the edges. The reverse side is composed of a pink fabric printed with large multi-colored polka dots in shades of blue, green, purple, and pink. The materials are likely cotton or a cotton-synthetic blend.
Lot: 283 - American Red & White Hand-Pieced Spool Quilt Top
74 x 82 This antique American hand-pieced quilt top features a repeating geometric spool pattern, also commonly known as a bow tie pattern. The textile is constructed from red and off-white cotton fabrics. Each individual block is composed of a central rectangular piece flanked by two trapezoidal elements that form the spool motif. These blocks are hand-stitched together, alternating colors to create a secondary optical design across the field. The reverse side reveals the hand-sewn construction with exposed raw seam allowances typical of late 19th to early 20th-century folk textiles. This piece is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, backing, or quilting stitches.
Lot: 284 - American Hand-Appliqued Butterfly Crib Quilt
36 x 36 A vintage American hand-crafted butterfly appliqu? quilt constructed from various printed and solid cotton fabrics. The design features a nine-block configuration arranged in a three-by-three grid, with each block containing an individually appliqu?d butterfly motif. These motifs utilize an assortment of mid-20th-century fabrics, including floral, striped, and polka-dot patterns, which are secured to the cream-colored cotton ground using hand-stitched blanket (buttonhole) embroidery in contrasting threads. The blocks are separated by teal green fabric sashing with cream-colored cornerstones and finished with a matching teal green binding. The textile is hand-quilted throughout, exhibiting cable or scrolled patterns within the sashing and decorative outline quilting surrounding each butterfly.
Lot: 285 - Two Handcrafted Floral Quilted Wall Hangings
21-31 x 42 This lot consists of two contemporary handcrafted quilted textiles intended as decorative wall hangings or table runners. The first item features a central vertical panel depicting a vase of irises in purple and cream tones on a mottled purple ground. This central imagery is framed by a sawtooth inner border in alternating lime and forest green shades and an outer border of mottled purple fabric. The piece is finished with a solid purple binding. Construction includes piecing and applique with hand-quilted accents following the design. The reverse is solid purple fabric with visible hand-stitching in a light-colored thread. The second item is a rectangular piece with an off-white field featuring a machine-quilted diagonal grid pattern. It includes a large central oval inset of floral fabric depicting lilies in pink, lavender, and blue against a grayish-blue ground. A narrow pinkish-peach mottled border frames the oval and an outer rectangular section of the field. The piece is finished with an off-white binding and a solid off-white reverse. Both items are constructed from cotton or cotton-blend fabrics.
Lot: 286 - Two Quilted Decorative Textile Items
31 x 34, 36 x 36 This lot consists of two vintage quilted decorative textile pieces. The first item is a square patchwork wall hanging or table topper featuring an eight-point star pattern, a variation of the Lone Star or Broken Star design. The central star is constructed from diamond-shaped pieces of dusty pink ditsy floral print and off-white solid cotton fabric, flanked by off-white square and triangular blocks. It is finished with a wide pink floral border and off-white binding. The piece features intricate hand-quilting throughout, including floral designs in the solid blocks and a feathered scroll pattern in the border. The second item is a solid lavender quilted piece with a grey or taupe satin-finish binding. The lavender fabric has a slight sheen, suggesting a satin, silk, or synthetic blend. The piece is decorated with elaborate quilting featuring a central floral medallion, heart and flower motifs at the corners, and an overall diagonal diamond grid background. No maker labels, signatures, or tags are visible on either item. Measurements: Not provided.
Lot: 287 - Hand-Quilted & Applique Textile Panels
12 x 12, 15 x 28 This collection of vintage quilted textile panels includes a variety of decorative techniques and motifs. One rectangular panel features three horizontal bands of hand-appliqued baskets in multicolored calico prints, separated by rows of hand-quilted heart designs on a cream ground with peach-colored binding. An elongated rectangular piece is constructed from a printed fabric featuring large blue roses and buds on a pale blue and white striped ground, finished with a dark blue binding and a machine-quilted diamond pattern. Another rectangular panel features a central printed graphic of a yellow vintage open-top automobile with the license plate IK872 in a landscape setting, bordered by light mint green fabric and finished with hand-quilted echo stitching. A square panel features a large central hand-appliqued four-petaled pink flower with a yellow center and four green leaves at the corners, set against a cream background with dense hand-quilted clamshell stitching. The pieces are composed of cotton fabrics and batting.
Lot: 288 - Pair Folk Art Easter Bunny Applique Childs Quilts
23 x 28, 27 x 32 A pair of handmade, folk-art style childs quilts or decorative wall hangings featuring Easter-themed appliqu? designs. The first quilt displays a central hand-appliqu?d tan fabric rabbit wearing a maroon-colored floral print dress accented with a small white daisy. This figure is set against a light gray-blue background with circular hand-quilting and is framed by a wide border of pink, yellow, and orange floral print fabric. The item is finished with a bright lime green binding and has a solid vibrant pink reverse showing visible white hand-quilting stitches. The second quilt features a hand-appliqu?d white fabric rabbit with pink inner ears wearing a teal dress and matching cap. The dress is detailed with a white lace collar and a cluster of metallic-toned floral and egg-shaped ornaments. The rabbit is set against a floral print ground with small rabbits and eggs, framed by a solid lime green inner border and an outer border of yellow chicks and Easter egg motifs. This piece is finished with a light pink binding and has an off-white reverse. Both quilts demonstrate traditional hand-appliqu? and hand-quilting techniques.
Lot: 289 - Panorama Product NW Coast Tea Towel & Quilted Mats
Approx 16 x 28 This lot comprises four vintage printed textiles. The first item is a printed linen tea towel featuring a bold Northwest Coast Indigenous style eagle design in black and red. Below the graphic is a narrative titled STORY OF THE EAGLE recounting a mythological tale of transformation. The bottom margin is marked PRINTED IN CANADA and A PANORAMA PRODUCT. The reverse side of this towel features a red print with white heart and floral motifs in wavy lines. The second item is a rectangular quilted textile titled A Kitchen Prayer. The central poem is framed by colorful illustrations of various fruits including grapes, strawberries, watermelon, and apples. It is finished with a black fabric border and features a white diamond-stitched quilted backing. The third item is a rectangular quilted textile featuring botanical illustrations of nine potted houseplants. Each plant is labeled with its common name: Ti Plant, Wax Plant, Southern Yew, Zebra Plant, Mock Orange, Tree Ivy, Hurricane, Lady Palm, and Caladium. It is finished with a pink fabric border and white diamond-stitched quilted backing. The fourth item is a rectangular quilted textile featuring a grid of various kitchen and botanical motifs. The vignettes include mushrooms, a basket of pears, a floral tureen, chili peppers, salt and pepper shakers, and a fruit bowl. It is finished with a pale green fabric border and white diamond-stitched quilted backing.
Lot: 290 - Trio Quilted Panels: QEII Jubilee & Irish
Approx 20 x 28 This lot features three vintage souvenir quilted fabric panels, each finished with a diamond-stitched pattern and white perimeter binding. The first panel commemorates the 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The central design includes a crown and laurel wreath above the text The Queens Silver Jubilee and the date 1977. Six circular vignettes illustrate royal residences and events, including Balmoral, Trooping the Colour, State Coach leaving Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, and Sandringham. The design is flanked by the flags of the United Kingdom and home nations. Printed marks at the bottom edge include Clive Mayor and Made in Gt. Britain. A partial tag for pure cotton is present. The second panel is an illustrated map of Ireland titled Irish Scenes. The map features landmarks such as the Giants Causeway, Belfast Castle, Rock of Cashel, and the Cliffs of Moher. The border is decorated with a shamrock pattern and contains two verses of poetry about Ireland. Printed marks at the bottom edge include Fast Colours, Irish Scenes, and Pure Irish Linen Standall Brand. The third panel, titled Irish Family Shields, displays a central green map of Ireland surrounded by a grid of numerous heraldic crests representing common Irish surnames, such as O'Byrne, McCarthy, and Fitzgerald. Printed marks at the bottom edge include Irish Linen and Made in Ireland.
Lot: 291 - Pair Hand-Crafted Nursery Quilted Blankets
21 x 40, 29 x 44 This lot consists of two hand-crafted quilted panels or baby blankets featuring nursery-themed motifs. The first blanket depicts the story of the Three Little Pigs through hand-appliqu?d fabric figures on a bright green field. The scene shows the three pigs building their respective houses of straw, sticks, and bricks along a winding blue and white path. A figure representing the big bad wolf is positioned in the lower right corner, and the scene is accented with appliqu?d trees and floral details. The piece is finished with a cream-colored fabric binding. The second blanket features a celestial theme with teddy bears resting on stars and clouds against a light pink central field. The four corners are anchored by large yellow stars with a musical note pattern. Hand-stitched text across the center reads: would you like to swing on a star / Carry moonbeams home in a jar... This blanket includes a pink and white checkered inner border and a solid yellow outer binding. Both items demonstrate hand-appliqu? and hand-quilting techniques, with irregular, visible stitching on the reverse sides characteristic of domestic textile production.
Lot: 292 - Pair Style Tulip Pattern Quilted Wall Hangings
28 x 39, 33 x 33 This lot consists of two small quilted textiles, likely intended as wall hangings or decorative mats, dating to the late 20th century. The first item is a rectangular quilt featuring three horizontal rows of stylized, pieced tulips in pastel shades of pink, mint green, and lavender. These floral motifs are set against an off-white background fabric featuring a small red floral sprig print. Dark forest green fabric defines the stems, small accent squares, and horizontal sashing. The top and bottom borders feature a colorful checkered pattern. This piece is hand-quilted in a simple grid pattern and finished with a pink bias tape binding. The reverse side features a white fabric decorated with a multi-colored grid and heart pattern. The second item is a square quilted mat featuring four large blocks in a beige fabric, each with a large-scale stylized tulip applique in slate gray with a pink center. The blocks are separated and bordered by pink sashing. The pink sashing is machine-quilted in a diamond pattern, while the tan blocks feature echo quilting surrounding the appliqued flowers. This piece is finished with a tan bias tape binding and has a solid beige cotton backing.
Lot: 293 - Glen Appin Hanging & Presidential Pot Holders
19 x 21, 18 x 29 This lot consists of three quilted textile items. The first is a rectangular quilted cotton wall hanging produced by Glen Appin of Scotland. The panel features a printed illustration of a bagpiper in full Highland dress standing before the Ross Fountain and Edinburgh Castle. The top is titled AMAZING GRACE, and the bottom half contains the full lyrics to the hymn set against a bright green background. It is finished with a black border featuring white musical notes and instruments. Marks printed along the bottom edge include ALL COTTON, GLEN APPIN Regd. HT 496, and MADE IN UNITED KINGDOM. The remaining two items are a pair of circular quilted pot holders or trivets. Each is constructed from white quilted fabric with red, white, and blue striped fabric binding and includes a small red hanging loop. One features a line-art portrait of George Washington, labeled 1st President with dates 1789-1797 and a reproduced signature. The second features a line-art portrait of Abraham Lincoln, labeled 16th President with dates 1861-1865 and a reproduced signature. The reverse sides of the pot holders are plain white quilted fabric.
Lot: 294 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Stitched Lone Star Cotton Quilt
29 x 29 A small hand-quilted cotton quilt featuring a central eight-point Lone Star pattern, also known as a Star of Bethlehem. The star is composed of hand-pieced diamond-shaped patches in solid pink, blue floral calico, and green floral calico prints. The central motif is set against a cream-colored ground and is framed by a border of cream fabric with a purple and lavender floral print. The piece is entirely hand-quilted with visible running stitches that trace the geometry of the star and create decorative floral designs in the corner squares and side triangles. The reverse is finished with a plain off-white cotton backing. Based on the floral prints and color palette, this piece is characteristic of American quilting from the mid-20th century, likely dating between 1940 and 1960.
Lot: 295 - Hand Appliqued Sunburst Pattern Cotton Quilt Top
74 x 82 This is a vintage hand-appliqued cotton quilt top featuring multiple Sunburst or Dresden Plate motifs on a pieced white cotton ground. Each star-shaped motif is constructed from multiple pointed petals of varied printed cotton fabrics, including floral, gingham, and polka dot patterns characteristic of the mid-20th century. The petals surround a circular central medallion of floral-printed fabric. The layout consists of full circular motifs in the interior and partial motifs positioned along the edges and corners. The ground fabric consists of white cotton panels joined with machine-stitched seams.
Lot: 296 - North American Improvisational Strip Utility Quilt
68 x 74 This hand-quilted utility quilt is constructed in an improvisational strip-pieced style, often referred to as a hired man quilt. The top is composed of vertical columns of scrap fabrics in a dark palette of navy blue, charcoal, chocolate brown, deep burgundy, and tan. The fabrics appear to be salvaged from men suiting and workwear, featuring pinstripes and subtle textures in cotton and potentially wool-blend materials. The reverse side is a uniform small-scale check fabric in charcoal and white. The entire surface is hand-quilted with diagonal parallel lines. The style and construction are characteristic of late 19th to mid-20th century North American domestic textiles, resembling those produced by Mennonite communities and other rural groups.
Lot: 297 - American Hand-Quilted Grandmother's Fan Quilt
64 x 74 This vintage American patchwork quilt features the traditional Grandmother's Fan pattern. The piece is composed of square blocks, each showcasing a fan motif made of radiating wedges in a diverse array of mid-century cotton fabrics. The selection includes various floral prints, ginghams, stripes, and a novelty print featuring vintage automobiles. Each fan originates from a solid yellow quarter-circle pivot. The fans are set onto a cream-colored cotton ground and oriented in a consistent direction across the quilt top. The item is both hand-pieced and hand-quilted, with the quilting design following echoing concentric fan shapes visible on both the front and the reverse. The reverse is composed of a solid pale yellow cotton fabric, and the edges are finished with a matching yellow fabric binding.
Lot: 298 - Cotton Scrap Quilt w/ Horseshoe & Clover Sashing
66 x 84 This is a contemporary cotton scrap quilt, machine-pieced and machine-quilted. The top is composed of twenty large primary blocks arranged in a four-by-five grid. Each block features a construction resembling the Family Reunion pattern, with four nine-patch quadrants separated by white sashing and a red polka-dot center square. The fabric selection includes a wide variety of multi-colored cotton calicos, florals, and checks, many of which are in the style of mid-20th-century reproduction prints. The blocks are set into a wide green sashing printed with a repeating white horseshoe and four-leaf clover motif. The quilt is finished with a narrow dark green binding and a solid teal-green cotton backing. The quilting is a professional machine-executed all-over pattern featuring large swirling and floral motifs.
Lot: 299 - American Hand-Quilted Diamond Ring Scrap Quilt
70 x 80 A vintage American scrap quilt, hand-pieced and hand-quilted in the Diamond Ring pattern, a variation of the Pickle Dish design. The quilt is constructed from numerous cotton fabric patches arranged in elongated hexagonal rings. These rings are comprised of diamond-shaped pieces in various prints and solids, including a red and white gingham with clover motifs, a grey and red striped ticking, solid blue cotton, and various floral prints. These patterned rings are set against a plain white cotton ground. The entire piece is hand-quilted using straight-line and contour stitching patterns. The reverse of the quilt is made from four large, coordinating panels of printed cotton fabric: a yellow geometric floral on white, a grey-green scroll print, a grey striped pattern with small red and black motifs, and a blue polka dot on white. A small area of green decorative embroidery is visible on one block, though it does not contain a discernible name or date. The construction and fabric types are characteristic of mid-20th-century American textile production, typically ranging from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Lot: 300 - American Rail Fence Pattern Utility Scrap Quilt
68 x 74 An American hand-pieced utility scrap quilt dating to the second quarter of the 20th century, approximately 1925-1950. The top is constructed in a rail fence or bar pattern consisting of square blocks of parallel fabric strips arranged in alternating horizontal and vertical orientations to create a basketweave visual effect. The top is made from a variety of scrap fabrics, primarily heavy utilitarian materials including wool suiting, cotton twills, and flannels. The color palette is dominated by muted tones of navy, gray, brown, tan, and burgundy, with various striped and patterned remnants incorporated. The quilt is hand-quilted with parallel lines of running stitches across the entire surface to secure the batting. The reverse is finished with a blue and white striped cotton utility ticking fabric.
Lot: 301 - Antique American Hand-Stitched String Scrap Quilt
74 x 74 This antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted scrap quilt dates to the early to mid-20th century. The quilt top is composed of a grid of squares featuring string-pieced diagonal strips and triangular patches. It incorporates a diverse array of period cotton fabrics, including calicos, ginghams, stripes, solids, and various floral prints. Several interior seams are highlighted with decorative black embroidery in feather or faggoting stitches. The piece is hand-quilted using white thread in large running stitches. The backing is made from joined pieces of light-colored cotton fabric repurposed from commercial flour or feed sacks, with faded blue and green printed characters and fragments such as ED BY and CONTENT visible on the surface.
Lot: 302 - Mid-20th C. American Patchwork Strip Utility Quilt
52 x 70 This is an American utility scrap quilt featuring hand-pieced and hand-tied construction. The quilt top is composed of various cotton fabrics, including solids, calicos, stripes, and floral prints. The design is organized into horizontal bands, with wide rows of solid yellow fabric alternating with narrower rows of pieced scraps. Certain sections of the scrap rows include triangular and fan-shaped motifs. The layers are secured with short lengths of white thread visible on the front. The reverse of the quilt is made of two panels of plain white cotton fabric joined by a vertical seam.
Lot: 303 - American Patchwork Pinwheel Quilt, mid-20th C
74 x 84 A vintage American patchwork quilt featuring a traditional Pinwheel pattern. The quilt top is composed of square blocks, each containing an eight-triangle pinwheel motif created from alternating printed and solid cotton fabrics. The various prints include small-scale florals, geometrics, and calicos characteristic of Depression-era feedsack textiles in a multi-color palette. The quilt is hand-tied with light blue yarn at the block corners and centers. The reverse is finished with a solid light aqua blue cotton fabric. An internal layer of yellow and white checkered flannel or heavy fabric is visible through damage on the reverse, indicating a repurposed "make-do" construction. The edges are finished with a simple binding.
Lot: 304 - American Hand-Quilted Diagonal Nine-Patch Quilt
68 x 72 This vintage American patchwork quilt features a repeating block pattern in a diagonal Nine-Patch variation. The piece is constructed using a variety of cotton scrap fabrics, including solid cottons, ginghams, and small-scale floral calico prints. The blocks are organized into rows separated by wide horizontal sashing strips of varying patterned fabrics, including brown-and-white gingham and various floral motifs in yellow, blue, and red tones. The entire quilt is hand-stitched with a fan or shell quilting pattern. The reverse side consists of a solid pink cotton fabric.
Lot: 305 - American Hand-Quilted String Patchwork Scrap Quilt
62 x 74 This mid-20th-century American patchwork quilt features a string-pieced block design organized into nine large squares. Each block is subdivided into four quadrants, with each section filled with diagonal strips of assorted scrap fabrics including floral calicos, ginghams, stripes, and solid colors. The color palette is varied, featuring shades of blue, green, black, yellow, and pink. The blocks are joined by wide pink sashing and framed with borders of pink floral calico and a coordinating zig-zag patterned fabric. The piece is hand-quilted with prominent white running stitches in a simple grid pattern across the entire surface. The reverse side is constructed from large panels of solid yellow-tan and gray fabrics. Materials include cotton and cotton-blend textiles with cotton thread.
Lot: 306 - Hand-Quilted Cotton Star & Crazy Scrap Quilt
68 x 82 This vintage American scrap quilt features a combination of hand-pieced construction techniques and hand-quilting. The design is eclectic, incorporating several traditional pinwheel or star blocks constructed from triangular pieces alongside large, irregular patches in a crazy quilt style and sections of strip-piecing. The materials consist of various mid-20th-century cotton fabrics, including floral calicos, ginghams, stripes, and solids in a multi-colored palette of blue, pink, red, yellow, and lavender. The backing is composed of plain cream-colored cotton fabric. Hand-quilting is visible throughout in simple linear and curved patterns. No maker labels are present; a small white inventory tag with illegible characters is pinned to the upper back.
Lot: 307 - Mid-20th C. American Hand-Quilted Maple Leaf Quilt
72 x 80 This mid-20th-century American hand-quilted patchwork quilt is executed in the traditional Maple Leaf pattern, also frequently identified as the Tea Leaf pattern. The textile is composed of 48 individual blocks organized in a six-by-eight grid. Each block features a central stylized leaf in solid red cotton set against a variety of scrappy background fabrics, including printed cottons with floral, striped, polka dot, and checked motifs. The blocks are separated by bright yellow sashing accented with white square cornerstones. The quilt is finished with a solid white cotton backing and is hand-quilted with a running stitch that follows the geometric lines of the patchwork and includes parallel line motifs. The variety of printed fabrics utilized is characteristic of the feedsack styles prevalent from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Lot: 308 - A Pair of American Patchwork Scrap Quilts
62 x 80 A pair of vintage American patchwork scrap quilts, dating from the mid-20th century. The first quilt features a large saltire or X pattern composed of small, multi-colored rectangular scrap patches in various floral, gingham, and calico prints. This central design is framed by solid purple triangular panels and outer panels of assorted block-patterned squares. It is finished with mismatched side borders, one featuring a red and blue paisley print and the other a brown floral pattern. The quilt exhibits hand-quilted diamond and straight-line stitching. The second quilt displays an all-over hexagon mosaic or honeycomb pattern, featuring a randomized scrap arrangement of mid-century prints including bold florals, stripes, medallions, and paisley motifs. This piece is hand-pieced with visible hand-quilted running stitches throughout. Both items are constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend printed and solid fabrics.
Lot: 309 - American Scrap Patchwork Double Pinwheel Quilt
72 x 80 A handmade American scrap patchwork quilt featuring sixteen large square blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. The quilt top employs a Double Pinwheel or Broken Dishes variation pattern. Each block is pieced from a variety of mid-20th-century scrap fabrics, including solid cottons in orange, green, black, and burgundy; various plaid and gingham checks in green, brown, blue, and pink; and several small-scale floral and geometric prints. The quilt is finished with a wide, solid peach-colored border that matches the full-cloth backing. The construction is machine-pieced with sparse straight-line quilting or tacking visible across the sections.
Lot: 310 - Hand-Pieced Cotton Bow Tie Pattern Quilt Top
70 x 72 This is a vintage American quilt top dating to approximately the mid-20th century, circa 1940s-1950s. The textile is an unfinished quilt top, consisting of the pieced decorative layer without batting, backing, or binding. It features a variation of the Bow Tie or Butterfly pattern, where central blocks are constructed from a grid of multi-colored scrap fabrics set against a solid pink cotton background. The scrap pieces comprise a wide variety of period-appropriate cotton and cotton-blend prints, including ginghams, stripes, checks, plaids, and small-scale florals characteristic of the feed sack era. The piece is primarily hand-pieced with visible hand-stitching throughout. The perimeter edges of the textile are raw and unfinished.
Lot: 311 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Appliqued Dresden Plate Textile
68 x 96 A quilt top with pink cotton ground textile featuring two large, circular hand-appliqued Dresden Plate motifs. Each motif is composed of approximately 16 to 20 pointed fabric wedges. The wedges display a variety of vintage printed scrap patterns, including various plaids, stripes, polka dots, and small-scale florals in shades of blue, red, yellow, brown, and green. The centers of the motifs are composed of the underlying pink ground fabric. The reverse of the piece shows visible hand-stitching consistent with period assembly. The diverse scrap fabric patterns are characteristic of mid-20th century feedsack prints.
Lot: 312 - Hand-Pieced Flower Basket Quilt Top w/ Borders
66 x 86 A vintage hand-pieced quilt top featuring a recurring flower basket motif. The top is composed of multiple pieced blocks set on point, each depicting a basket made from various cotton fabrics including small-scale florals, solids, and geometric prints. These materials are characteristic of mid-20th-century textile production, including feed sack style prints. The blocks are set against a white cotton ground. The top is finished with two distinct decorative borders: a vibrant orange and yellow plaid, and a red fabric decorated with white polka dots and blue rose motifs. The construction is hand-pieced, with visible stitching and seam allowances on the reverse. This is an unfinished quilt top, lacking batting, backing, and final quilting.
Lot: 313 - Hand-Pieced Grandmother's Fan Cotton Quilt Top
48 x 64 This is a hand-pieced quilt top featuring the Grandmother's Fan pattern. The piece is constructed from various scrap cotton fabrics, including multicolored calico floral prints, plaids, stripes, polka dots, and solid colors. Each block consists of a fan motif with multiple fabric blades set into a pale green corner piece. These blocks are joined by white cotton sashing strips. Visual inspection of the reverse side confirms hand-stitched construction with raw fabric edges. This is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, backing, or finished quilting stitches.
Lot: 314 - American Hand-Pieced Courthouse Steps Pattern Quilt Top, Late 19th to Early 20th Century
68 x 82 A hand-pieced unfinished quilt top featuring a variant of the Log Cabin pattern known as Courthouse Steps. The design is constructed from alternating strips of solid-colored fabrics arranged to create concentric rectangular frames around central squares, which are positioned to form large off-white diamond motifs against a multi-colored background of blue and green. The material composition includes a variety of textiles; several of the teal, forest green, and blue strips possess a distinct sheen characteristic of silk, acetate, or a rayon blend, while the off-white fabric has a matte appearance consistent with a cotton or linen blend. The piece is entirely hand-stitched, with visible hand-sewing on the reverse side. The item is an unfinished top only, lacking batting, backing, and finished binding. The geometric, improvisational aesthetic is representative of Southern vernacular quilting traditions.
Lot: 315 - Mid-20th C. Cotton Dresden Plate Quilt Top
60 x 70 A vintage American pieced quilt top featuring the Dresden Plate pattern. This unfinished top is composed of circular motifs, each with radiating wedges made from various multi-colored scrap cotton fabrics. The fabric selection includes a diverse range of floral, geometric, and novelty prints characteristic of the 1930s through the 1950s. Each plate is finished with a solid lime-green center circle and is set into a white cotton muslin ground with pieced, star-shaped intersections. The piece is a single layer and has not been quilted, backed, or bound.
Lot: 316 - Mid-20th C. Pieced Maple Leaf Variation Quilt Top
60 x 80 This mid-20th century pieced quilt top features large-scale blocks in a stylized pattern resembling a Maple Leaf or star variation. The construction consists of machine-pieced blocks joined with wide, unbleached cotton sashing. The fabric selection includes a variety of printed and solid-colored textiles, likely cotton or cotton-synthetic blends, characteristic of the 1960s and 1970s. Notable prints include bold psychedelic florals, vibrant stripes, and geometric patterns in a palette of pink, blue, green, and orange. The quilt top is unfinished, lacking batting, backing, and quilting, and features raw, unhemmed edges.
Lot: 317 - Mid-20th C. String-Pieced Patchwork Quilt Top
64 x 82 A mid-20th century American string-pieced quilt top featuring square blocks constructed from diagonal fabric remnants. The pieced strips include a variety of cotton and cotton-blend textiles, such as floral calicos, stripes, polka dots, and novelty feedsack-style prints. The blocks are arranged in a diagonal pattern and separated by solid lavender sashing with solid pink cornerstones. This piece is an unfinished quilt top, machine-pieced onto a white cotton fabric foundation visible on the reverse side. It lacks batting, backing, and finished binding.
Lot: 318 - American Nine-Patch Quilt Top w/ Striped Calico
74 x 82 An antique hand-pieced cotton quilt top featuring a pattern of alternating Nine-Patch blocks and large squares of striped floral calico. The Nine-Patch blocks utilize a variety of scrappy period cotton prints, including indigo blue calicos with polka dots and floral motifs, turkey red, ochre yellow, chocolate brown, and checkered shirting fabrics. The piece is entirely hand-stitched, with visible seam allowances and hand-sewn junctions on the reverse side. It is an unfinished quilt top, lacking batting, backing, or a finished edge. The fabric selection and construction techniques are consistent with American domestic textile production from the late 19th to early 20th century.
Lot: 319 - Mid-20th C. Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt Top
62 x 80 This is a vintage hand-pieced quilt top featuring the traditional Grandmothers Flower Garden pattern. The top is composed of numerous hexagonal rosettes, each featuring a center hexagon surrounded by a ring of coordinating fabric. These flower motifs are joined together by a field of white or cream-colored hexagonal pieces. The assembly uses a wide variety of cotton fabric scraps, including solids, calicos, small-scale florals, stripes, and plaids typical of mid-20th-century dress prints and feed sacks. The pieces are joined with hand-stitched seams throughout. The top remains unfinished, lacking batting, backing, and binding.
Lot: 320 - Hand-Stitched Red & Cream Cotton Pinwheel Quilt
70 x 88 This is an unfinished quilt top featuring a repeating geometric pinwheel pattern in the American folk art style. The textile is constructed from alternating red and cream-colored half-square triangles of woven cotton fabric. The panels are joined by hand-stitching with white thread, which is visible on the reverse side. The item consists of the pieced top layer only and does not include batting, backing, or binding.
Lot: 321 - American Flower Garden Quilt Top, c. 1930-1940
84 x 96 A hand-pieced cotton quilt top in the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern, dating from approximately 1930 to 1940. This unfinished textile consists of the pieced top layer only, without batting, backing, or quilting stitches. The design features hexagonal fabric patches arranged into floral motifs, with each flower typically featuring a central hexagon surrounded by two rows of petals. These units are set within a white hexagonal grid and separated by a path or lattice of solid forest green hexagons. The top is constructed from various cotton fabrics, including solid colors in purple, yellow, orange, and green, as well as numerous printed feed sack style fabrics characteristic of the mid-20th century. The piece is entirely hand-sewn, with visible hand-stitching and raw seam allowances on the reverse side. The outer edges are raw and unhemmed.
Lot: 322 - American Blue & White Double Irish Chain Quilt Top
60 x 80 This is an antique American hand-pieced quilt top in the Double Irish Chain pattern. The textile is constructed from cotton fabrics in white and navy blue. The navy blue fabric is a calico featuring a discharge-printed pindot or birdseye motif. The geometric design is created using nine-patch blocks arranged diagonally across a white cotton ground to form the chain effect. It features a navy blue border strip on at least one visible edge. The construction is entirely hand-stitched throughout, with long manual running stitches and raw, frayed seam allowances visible on the reverse side. This item is an unfinished quilt top and lacks batting, backing, or quilting.
Lot: 323 - Hand Pieced Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt Top
76 x 84 This is an unfinished vintage quilt top hand pieced in the Grandmothers Flower Garden pattern. The design consists of hexagonal flower blocks, each featuring a solid yellow center surrounded by two concentric rings of varied floral and patterned fabrics. These flower motifs are joined by a lattice of white hexagons accented with small green diamond shaped sashing pieces at the intersections. The fabrics are primarily cotton and include a diverse selection of period appropriate prints such as calicoes, small florals, and geometric patterns characteristic of mid 20th century scrap or feed sack quilts. The piece remains an unfinished top, lacking batting, a backing, and final quilting stitches. The perimeter edges are irregular and unfinished, showing the raw hand stitched construction. No maker marks or signatures are visible on the textile.
Lot: 324 - Mid-20th C. Rail Fence Pattern Silk & Cotton Quilt
64 x 74 This mid-20th-century American patchwork quilt is constructed in a Rail Fence pattern. The design features square blocks composed of three rectangular fabric strips, with the blocks arranged in alternating horizontal and vertical orientations to create a woven effect. The quilt is made from an assortment of scrap fabrics, including burgundy, green, pink, and orange silk or rayon satins, various floral-printed cottons, and a navy-blue novelty print featuring multi-colored stylized fans or lollipops. The quilt is machine-sewn throughout, utilizing a prominent white zigzag stitch to join the patches and secure the top to the backing. The reverse is finished with a solid light-pink cotton fabric.
Lot: 325 - Attributed to Rosie Barker, Improvised Scrap Quilt
54 x 72 This hand-stitched improvisational scrap quilt is attributed to the style of contemporary artist Rosie Barker, exhibiting a bold geometric composition characteristic of vernacular quilting traditions. The piece is constructed from a variety of cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps, incorporating solid-colored patches in blue, teal, white, pink, orange, brown, and yellow, alongside printed textiles such as a prominent brown and mustard yellow plaid and light floral motifs. The front side displays three vertically stacked blue rectangular blocks of varying proportions centered on a white field, framed by wide teal borders and outer strips of multi-patterned and plaid fabrics. The bottom edge is finished with horizontal bands of vibrant orange and dark brown. The reverse side features a distinct, simpler layout with a large central yellow rectangular block framed by blue borders and light-colored printed fabrics, making the piece potentially reversible. The assembly is joined and quilted with prominent, irregular hand-quilting running stitches using dark thread. The quilting lines loosely follow the patchwork seams while also creating independent abstract patterns across the surface.
Lot: 326 - Handmade String-Pieced Cotton Patchwork Quilt
70 x 78 This is a vintage handmade string-pieced patchwork quilt constructed from a wide variety of cotton and cotton-blend scrap fabrics. The design features square blocks composed of diagonally sewn strips, oriented so that groups of four form an X-pattern configuration. The fabric assortment includes various patterns such as florals, stripes, ginghams, solids, and paisleys. The blocks are separated by a light brown and tan striped fabric sashing, which is accented by navy blue solid cotton cornerstones at the intersections. The piece is finished with hand-quilted diagonal lines throughout. The reverse side consists of a single-piece off-white cotton fabric.
Lot: 327 - Mid-C. American Patchwork Scrap Quilt, Mod Backing
70 x 80 This vintage patchwork quilt is constructed in an improvisational crazy or string style using a diverse assortment of mid-20th-century fabric remnants. The front is composed of irregular shapes and strips featuring various patterns including red and blue floral calicos, blue and white gingham, striped shirting, polka dots, paisley, and solid color blocks. The reverse is uniquely assembled from large fabric sections rather than a single backing sheet. The central back panel features a large-scale white floral mod print on a black ground. This is flanked by instructional cut-and-sew novelty fabric panels designed for home sewing projects like towels and potholders. These panels include printed text and illustrations such as TOWEL, POCKET, TOP, and CUT HERE, along with detailed sewing instructions regarding seam allowances and bias tape application. The quilt appears to be primarily machine-stitched. Materials include cotton and likely synthetic poly-blends characteristic of the 1960s and 1970s.
Lot: 328 - Reversible Hand-Tied Patchwork Scrap Quilt
60 x 80 This is a double-sided patchwork scrap quilt of handmade construction. The top features an eclectic scrap design composed of squares and half-square triangles in a variety of fabric remnants. Patterns include ginghams, small-scale florals, solids, stripes, and novelty prints, notably one featuring small green hats. The reverse side is pieced into vertical columns of rectangular fabric patches separated by long, solid-colored strips in shades of light tan, bright blue, and pink. The layers are held together by hand-tied tufts of blue and yellow yarn spaced across the surface. The edges are finished with a pink and white gingham fabric binding. Materials appear to be a mixture of cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. No maker labels, signatures, or tags are present.
Lot: 329 - Somerset Star 3D Folded Petal Scrap Quilt
90 x 94 A handmade vintage tied quilt, also known as a comforter, featuring a three-dimensional folded-petal design commonly referred to as the Somerset Star or Dahlia pattern. The quilt top is constructed from a grid of square blocks. Each block contains a central floral or star motif created by individual pieces of fabric that have been folded and gathered to form dimensional petals radiating from a central fabric-covered button. The quilt is composed of a diverse array of scrap fabrics typical of the mid-to-late 20th century, including cotton, polyester knits, and various synthetic blends in a wide range of colors and prints such as florals, checks, and solids. The quilt is secured through all layers with yarn ties located at the corners of the background squares and within the floral motifs. The backing consists of a single panel of printed fabric with a geometric chevron or zigzag pattern in muted blue and tan tones.
Lot: 330 - Mid-20th C. Housetop Pattern Utility Quilt
70 x 80 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted utility quilt features a vernacular variation of the Housetop pattern, which is a stylized off-center version of the traditional Log Cabin design. The quilt is composed of nine large blocks constructed from an assortment of scrap cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including various calicos, ginghams, stripes, and geometric prints. These blocks are separated by vertical sashing strips of a black and white striped fabric and horizontal bands of a purple, blue, and green plaid fabric. The piece is finished with a yellow floral-print binding. A wide floral border with a cream ground is attached to the top edge. The backing consists of a blue and white geometric repeating print. Diagonal hand-quilting is present throughout the entire piece. The internal batting appears to be a repurposed solid teal-colored fabric, visible through wear on the reverse side.
Lot: 331 - Mid-20th C. American Primitive Patchwork Quilt
56 x 68 This vintage utility quilt or comforter features a hand-pieced and hand-tied construction. The front side is composed of an irregular, improvisational patchwork of rectangular blocks in various sizes. The fabrics appear to be heavyweight utilitarian textiles, including cotton or cotton-blend twills in shades of navy blue, olive drab, khaki, maroon, and dark brown. Rather than traditional quilting stitches, the three layers are secured with numerous tan yarn or fabric ties distributed across the surface. The reverse side consists of three large, vertically joined panels of dark navy and black fabric. A small area of dark zig-zag reinforcement or repair stitching is visible on the lower khaki-colored patch on the front.
Lot: 332 - Handmade Utility Tied Patchwork Quilt
80 x 92 A vintage handmade utility patchwork quilt, constructed in a scrap-work style with irregular piecing. The quilt face is composed of a diverse assortment of mid-20th-century textile scraps, including printed cottons, synthetic knits, and heavier suiting fabrics such as tweed and plaid. Patterned elements include bold 1970s-style floral prints in vibrant oranges and reds, geometric chevrons in blue and brown tones, green and white stripes, and small-scale floral calicos. The patches are joined using machine zig-zag stitching. The quilt layers are secured with visible thread ties distributed across the body rather than traditional quilted topstitching. The reverse features a solid light turquoise synthetic blend fabric, finished with a matching binding.
Lot: 333 - Double-Sided Cotton Patchwork Scrap Quilt
66 x 86 A vintage hand-pieced patchwork quilt, likely serving as a utility quilt or quilt top, featuring a double-sided construction. The primary face is organized in a grid pattern composed of rectangular printed cotton scraps alternating with plain off-white squares. These fabric remnants showcase a variety of mid-20th-century textile designs, including floral prints, checks, stripes, and conversational patterns such as a nautical motif with sailboats and signal flags. The reverse side features a string-pieced or strip-pieced design, with narrow vertical bands of various fabric remnants integrated into a wide off-white cotton ground. The edges of the textile are finished with hand-stitched blanket stitching in alternating green and yellow thread.
Lot: 334 - Mid-20th C. American Hand-Pieced Scrap Quilt
74 x 80 This mid-20th-century American utility scrap quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted. The top features an improvisational patchwork design using a variety of period cotton fabrics, including florals, polka dots, plaids, checks, and solid colors in shades of blue, red, pink, and tan. The construction is asymmetrical, blending structured block elements with spontaneous piecing. A wide, plain white cotton border and binding finish the piece. The reverse is constructed from multiple repurposed white cotton feed or flour sacks stitched together. Several printed commercial graphics from the original sacks remain visible, including diamond-shaped logos in green and orange ink. One green diamond contains stylized, overlapping characters interpreted as P and S, with the letters EX to the left and TE below. Other fragments of industrial graphics and lettering are present across the backing. The quilting is executed by hand in a simple linear pattern following the horizontal orientation of the quilt, with some decorative block and circular outlines.
Lot: 335 - American Mid-C. Hand-Quilted Scrap Sampler Quilt
76 x 90 This is a hand-pieced and hand-quilted American scrap quilt dating from the mid-20th century. The textile is constructed in a strippy sampler layout with three main vertical columns separated by sashing made of a multi-colored striped fabric featuring green, white, blue, and orange tones. The right column features a clamshell pattern composed of various scrap fabrics including florals, polka dots, and geometric prints. The left and center columns primarily consist of nine-patch blocks in varied prints, with the upper section of the center column incorporating star-pattern blocks. The quilt is finished with a border of blue and pink floral printed fabric. The reverse side is pieced with a large central panel of large-scale floral chintz-style print featuring purple and blue flowers on a cream ground, flanked by vertical panels of solid cream and pale green cotton. The hand-quilting is executed with visible running stitches in a simple linear pattern.
Lot: 336 - Cotton Patchwork Pinwheel Pattern Quilt Top
68 x 76 An unfinished vintage patchwork quilt top featuring a repeated pinwheel geometric pattern, also referred to as a spinner or windmill design. The piece is constructed from a variety of cotton and cotton-blend scrap fabrics, including floral calicos, ginghams, plaids, and novelty prints. The color palette is diverse, featuring reds, blues, greens, and browns. The top is composed of numerous small triangular and square patches joined together. The reverse side shows unfinished seams with wide allowances, suggesting hand-pieced or rustic machine construction. This is a single-layer textile consisting of the pieced front panel without batting, backing, or binding.
Lot: 337 - Mid-20th C. Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt Top
76 x 94 A vintage hand-pieced quilt top in the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern, likely dating to the mid-20th century. The piece is constructed from numerous hexagonal cotton fabric patches in a diverse array of floral, geometric, and novelty prints characteristic of the Depression era and feed sack textiles. Each floral motif is composed of six patterned petal hexagons surrounding a solid yellow hexagonal center, joined together with white-ground patterned connector hexagons. A solid yellow fabric border is attached along portions of the perimeter. This item is an unfinished quilt top, lacking batting, backing, and quilting stitches.
Lot: 338 - American Spiderweb Pattern Hand-Pieced Quilt Top
82 x 90 An American hand-pieced quilt top featuring a series of large, multi-point star or spiderweb patterned blocks. The top is constructed from a wide variety of 20th-century fabrics, including printed cotton calicoes, stripes, checks, ginghams, and floral solids in a palette of yellow, blue, pink, and brown. The construction appears to be foundation or paper-pieced, with small fragments of printed paper still visible along some of the raw seam allowances on the reverse side. The blocks are connected with sashing strips of a floral printed cotton fabric.
Lot: 339 - Antique American Patchwork Utility Quilt
70 x 82 An antique American patchwork utility quilt, hand-pieced from a diverse array of cotton fabrics including calico, shirting prints, indigo-dyed textiles, and gingham. One side features vertical columns of varied blocks, including eight-pointed star patterns and striped strips. The reverse side displays a repeating grid of small squares in red, brown, and cream tones interspersed with larger blue diamond-shaped blocks. The quilt is hand-tied with white thread rather than quilted. The construction utilizes scrap fabrics typical of late 19th-century domestic textile production.
Lot: 340 - Hand-Pieced Eight-Point Star Cotton Quilt Top
64 x 78 A vintage hand-pieced quilt top featuring a pattern of multiple eight-pointed star blocks. The blocks are constructed from various printed and solid cotton fabrics, including floral prints, plaids, polka dots, and solids in a palette of red, navy blue, yellow, pink, and brown. These stars are set within white cotton panels and surrounded by a wide lavender cotton border. The piece is an unfinished quilt top, lacking batting, backing, and decorative quilting stitches. Construction is completed by hand, with visible stitching along the seams of the star points. The design consists of four complete central stars with partial star blocks along the perimeter of the white field.
Lot: 341 - Hand-Pieced Lone Star Cotton Quilt Top
72 x 72 This is a hand-pieced quilt top featuring a variation of the Lone Star or Star of Bethlehem pattern. The design consists of a large central eight-pointed star composed of concentric rows of small diamond-shaped fabric pieces, surrounded by four smaller matching eight-pointed stars positioned in the corners. The color palette includes solid-colored fabrics in shades of red, yellow-gold, pink, green, and light blue set against an off-white cotton background. The construction is entirely hand-pieced with visible running stitches. The reverse side shows raw, unfinished seam allowances. This item is an unfinished quilt top and does not contain batting, backing, or final quilting layers. The outer edges are raw and unfinished.
Lot: 342 - 20th C. American Scrappy Postage Stamp Quilt Top
62 x 74 This vintage American quilt top is hand-pieced from a wide variety of mid-century cotton fabrics, including printed calicos, feed sack florals, ginghams, and solid-colored scraps. The design is a variation of a Postage Stamp or Double Irish Chain pattern, organized into 25-patch blocks (5x5 squares) separated by a repeating diagonal chain of green floral-patterned squares. The assembly features small hand-sewn running stitches throughout, which are visible on the reverse side of the textile. This is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, a backing, or a finished edge.
Lot: 343 - Grandmother's Flower Garden Cotton Quilt Top
74 x 86 A hand-pieced cotton quilt top featuring the traditional Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern. The textile consists of numerous hexagonal patches hand-sewn together to form multi-colored floral rosettes with yellow centers, set within a field of off-white hexagonal background patches. This is an unfinished textile intended as the decorative upper layer of a quilt and does not include batting, backing, or binding. The piece incorporates a diverse assortment of 20th-century cotton fabrics, including novelty prints featuring watermelons and strawberries, small-scale calico florals, larger 1940s-1950s style floral patterns, gingham checks, stripes, and solid colors. The reverse side shows individual seam allowances and hand-stitching consistent with hand-running stitch construction or English Paper Piecing. The edges are irregular and unfinished.
Lot: 344 - Mid-C. Hand-Embroidered Floral Quilt Top w/ Satin
74 x 84 This is an unfinished hand-embroidered quilt top from the mid-20th century, circa 1940s to 1960s. The piece features a checkerboard design with twelve cream-colored cotton or cotton-blend panels alternating with plain purple synthetic satin-weave squares. Each cream panel contains a unique hand-embroidered floral motif, including lilac, lily of the valley, bleeding heart, iris, poppy, daisy, lily, carnation, and rose. The embroidery is executed using stem stitch, backstitch, and French knots in multi-colored embroidery floss. The floral patterns appear to be based on period commercial iron-on transfers. The squares are joined by purple synthetic satin sashing and borders. A partial manufacturer's stamp is visible on the selvage of the purple fabric reading MASTER F. The item is currently in an unfinished state with raw edges and no backing or batting.
Lot: 345 - Machine-Pieced Drunkard's Path Quilt Top
76 x 88 This vintage quilt top is an unfinished textile project featuring a variation of the traditional Drunkard's Path pattern. The piece is machine-pieced from a wide variety of polychrome cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps set against a solid white ground. The fabrics include a diverse array of mid-to-late 20th-century prints, such as 1950s-style florals, 1960s and 1970s psychedelic swirls, paisleys, calicos, stripes, and geometric patterns. The construction consists of repeating quarter-circle blocks arranged to form interlocking circular motifs across the field. This is a single-layer decorative top only, lacking batting, backing, or binding.
Lot: 346 - Mid-C. Lavender Nine-Patch Scrappy Quilt Top
72 x 82 A vintage pieced quilt top featuring a nine-patch block design set on point. The decorative blocks alternate with large, solid lavender-colored setting squares. The patchwork blocks consist of various printed cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including florals, stripes, checks, and geometric designs typical of the mid-20th century. The item is machine-stitched and remains an unfinished top, lacking batting, backing, and decorative quilting. The reverse side reveals the hand-pressed seams.
Lot: 347 - Pink & White Snowball Variation Quilt Top
78 x 90 This is a hand-pieced quilt top featuring a variation of the Snowball pattern, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The textile is constructed from pink and off-white lightweight cotton or cotton-blend fabrics. The design consists of large off-white octagonal blocks, created by adding pink triangular pieces to the corners of square blocks, alternating with nine-patch checkerboard blocks in pink and off-white. The piece is hand-stitched throughout using white thread. The reverse side reveals the construction process, showing visible raw seam allowances and hand-sewn stitches, which confirms the item is an unlayered quilt top and not a finished, quilted bedding item.
Lot: 348 - Mid-20th C. Handmade Patchwork Quilt Top
78 x 90 This is a vintage handmade patchwork quilt top featuring a vernacular design. The layout consists of large, solid mint-green squares alternating with four-patch blocks. These smaller blocks are composed of various scrap fabrics, including solid-colored cotton or cotton-blend pieces in shades of orange, pink, and yellow, alongside several colors of gingham in blue, tan, and navy. Some blocks also feature small-scale floral calico prints. The construction is machine-stitched. This item is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, backing, or binding. The reverse side shows raw seam allowances and the outer edges remain unfinished.
Lot: 349 - Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt Top, c. 1960-70s
86 x 90 A hand-pieced unfinished quilt top featuring the traditional Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern. The design is composed of numerous hexagonal floral motifs, each typically centered with a yellow hexagon surrounded by two rings of contrasting printed or solid fabrics. These floral units are joined together by a background of white hexagonal pieces. The textile is constructed from an assortment of cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including calico prints, ginghams, and solids. Notable fabric patterns include mid-to-late 20th-century stylized rainbows and trees, alongside various floral sprays. The piece is entirely hand-assembled using a running stitch, which is visible on the reverse side of the textile.
Lot: 350 - Hand-Appliqued Dresden Plate Cotton Quilt Top
60 x 72 This textile is an unfinished vintage quilt top featuring hand-appliqu?d blocks in a folk-art variation of the Dresden Plate or stylized sunflower pattern. The piece is constructed from square blocks of cream-colored, coarsely woven cotton fabric hand-sewn together. Each block contains a ten-petal flower with a solid yellow circular center. The petals are made from a variety of scrap fabrics including plaids, ginghams, stripes, polka dots, and floral prints, characteristic of mid-20th-century American quilting traditions. The appliqu?s are attached to the ground fabric using visible hand whipstitching. The reverse side shows raw stitching and loose thread ends, indicating the item is an unfinished top intended for eventual quilting with batting and a backing.
Lot: 351 - Machine-Pieced Quilt Top in Purple and Yellow Cross Pattern
76 x 92 This vintage quilt top is constructed from solid purple and yellow plain-weave cotton fabrics. The piece is machine-pieced with white thread in a repeating geometric pattern. Each block features a stylized four-armed cross motif, a design historically known in early to mid-20th century quilting as a Good Luck or Swastika block. The construction involves a central square with four rectangular arms in yellow against a purple ground. The reverse side shows visible seam allowances and machine-stitching. This is an unfinished project, consisting only of the pieced top without batting or backing.
Lot: 352 - American Southern Belle Appliqued Cotton Quilt Top
74 x 82 This vintage American quilt top features a series of appliqu?d figures in the Southern Belle or Colonial Lady pattern, a popular mid-20th-century needlework motif. The piece consists of white cotton or cotton-blend blocks, each containing a figure of a woman in an elaborate tiered gown and wide-brimmed sun hat. The dresses and hats are constructed from various patterned fabric remnants, including florals, calicos, and geometric prints. Each figure holds a small bouquet of embroidered flowers. The blocks are joined by wide pink sashing strips with contrasting blue cornerstone squares. The appliqu? work is secured with a decorative, hand-guided machine zigzag or satin stitch. The reverse side reveals the underside of the machine stitching and confirms the piece is a single-layer quilt top without batting or a backing fabric.
Lot: 353 - Hand-Pieced & Appliqued Dresden Plate Quilt Top
36 x 46 A vintage quilt top featuring the Dresden Plate pattern, dating from approximately the 1930s to 1940s. The piece is constructed with hand-pieced and hand-appliqued circular motifs. Each motif is composed of approximately twenty wedge-shaped petals made from diverse scrap cotton fabrics, including florals, polka dots, checks, stripes, and geometric prints common to the Depression era. These floral-like plates are appliqued onto a white ground fabric with a solid blue circular center. The blocks are bordered by a blue lattice sashing of vertical and horizontal fabric strips. Visible running stitches throughout indicate hand construction. The item remains an unfinished quilt top with roughly basted, unhemmed edges.
Lot: 354 - Hand-Crocheted 3D Rose Motif Afghan w/ Fringe
60 x 78 This is a vintage hand-crocheted throw blanket, or afghan, constructed from individual square motifs joined together. Each square features a central, three-dimensional raised floral design in a pink color, resembling a rose or peony. These floral centers are accented by four pale mint green leaf motifs at the corners of each square's center. The background of the squares and the main body of the blanket are worked in an off-white or cream-colored yarn using double crochet stitches. The blanket is finished on two opposite ends with long, hand-tied fringe in matching cream yarn. Based on visual inspection of the texture and sheen, the material is likely a synthetic acrylic or acrylic blend yarn, common in mid-to-late 20th-century American folk crafts. The design is in the style of classic raised rose granny square patterns.
Lot: 355 - Handmade Cotton Crochet Lace Round Tablecloth
80 in dia.This hand-crocheted round tablecloth is crafted from off-white cotton thread. The piece features a complex repeating pattern of large circular wheel medallions with concentric rings of openwork. These primary motifs are interconnected by smaller star-shaped secondary motifs to create a continuous lace surface. The perimeter is finished with a wide, decorative scalloped border featuring tiered geometric openwork patterns. No maker marks, stamps, or labels are visible, indicating this is a handmade textile. The construction is consistent with mid-20th-century American home-craft traditions.
Lot: 356 - Hand-Quilted Patchwork Star Pattern Quilt
44 x 56 This hand-quilted patchwork quilt features fifteen eight-pointed star blocks arranged in a three-by-five grid. The stars are constructed from cotton or cotton-blend fabrics, utilizing solid pink, a pink-and-white floral sprig print, and a small-scale calico print with blue and purple flowers on a white ground. The star blocks are machine-pieced and set within sashing made from the same blue and purple floral calico fabric. The quilt is finished with a solid medium-pink border and a lighter pink binding. The reverse side consists of a solid purple fabric. The quilting is executed by hand with white thread, featuring outline stitching around the geometric shapes of the stars and decorative scalloped patterns along the borders.
Lot: 357 - Hand Quilted Orange Peel Patchwork Scalloped Quilt
64 x 70 A vintage hand-quilted cotton scrap quilt featuring the Orange Peel pattern, also known as Joseph's Coat. The design is composed of interlocking oval motifs created from a wide variety of printed cotton fabrics including florals, ginghams, stripes, and polka dots. These patterned pieces are set against a solid light blue cotton ground. The quilt is finished with a decorative scalloped edge and a narrow white cotton binding. The backing is made of a plain white cotton fabric. Hand-quilting stitches are visible throughout the piece, following the outlines of the patchwork segments.
Lot: 358 - Whitework Hand-Appliqued & Quilted Cotton Quilt
80 x 86 A monochromatic cream-white cotton quilt featuring hand-appliqu?d leaf-and-vine motifs arranged in a four-pointed radiating design within repeating blocks. The background field is hand-quilted with stitching in concentric circular and stylized floral patterns. The textile is finished with a hand-stitched scalloped edge. The pattern and construction method are highly consistent with contemporary hand-made quilts produced by makers such as Brandream and MarCielo. No manufacturer labels or maker marks are present. Dimensions: Approximately 90 x 95 inches.
Lot: 359 - Amish Style Log Cabin Barn Raising Crib Quilt
40 x 52 This is a hand-quilted patchwork quilt, sized for a crib or as a lap quilt, featuring a traditional Log Cabin pattern in a Barn Raising variation. The quilt top is pieced using solid-colored cotton fabrics in a monochromatic palette including navy blue, medium blue, light blue, and cream. The individual blocks are oriented on point, with the light and dark fabric strips positioned to create concentric diamond motifs across the surface. The perimeter is finished with a navy blue prairie point or sawtooth-style fabric border. Construction includes hand-piecing and detailed hand-quilting with running stitches that follow the linear layout of the fabric strips. The reverse consists of a solid cream cotton backing that clearly displays the quilted geometric pattern.
Lot: 360 - Pair Hand-Quilted Fan & Bowtie Wall Hangings
28 x 28, 34 x 36 This lot features two small, hand-pieced and hand-quilted wall hangings or miniature quilts showcasing traditional American patterns. The first piece is a variation of the Grandmother's Fan pattern, consisting of five blocks arranged in a semi-circular orientation. These fans are constructed from various pastel and muted solid-colored cotton fabrics, including shades of light blue, lavender, sage green, tan, and grey, each anchored by a solid pink center. The cream-colored field exhibits extensive hand quilting in the forms of floral sprigs and feathered wreaths, while the border features a diagonal feathered quilting design. The reverse is a light cream fabric with a matching thin binding. The second piece features a classic Bowtie or Spools pattern with four blocks in a two-by-two grid. This piece is rendered in high-contrast solid colors including forest green, black, and a vibrant purple field, a style characteristic of Amish or Mennonite traditions. It is fully hand-quilted with a repeating cable or braided motif in the wide black border and concentric diamond and circular patterns in the interior. The reverse is solid forest green with a purple binding.
Lot: 361 - Pair Mid-20th C. Unfinished Cotton Quilt Tops
76 x 96 flowers, 82 x 88 yellow This lot consists of two unfinished cotton quilt tops dating to the mid-20th century, likely between 1930 and 1940. The first quilt top features a white cotton ground with hand-appliqued floral motifs. The central design displays a spray of pink carnations and a single blue iris with yellow accents, surrounded by a border of stylized yellow and orange flowers with green stems and leaves. The second quilt top is a pieced design featuring stylized nine-pointed star or sunflower motifs with alternating light blue and yellow petals around a central yellow square. These blocks are set on a white ground with a wide, solid yellow border. Both items are in an assembly stage with raw, unhemmed edges. A defining characteristic of both pieces is the extensive presence of pencil quilting guides that have not been stitched. These marks include decorative patterns on the floral top and large sunflower motifs with interlacing cable designs on the borders of the star top.
Lot: 362 - Mid-century Scrappy Patchwork Cotton Utility Quilt
64 x 66 This mid-20th-century American patchwork scrap quilt, also known as a utility or hit-and-miss quilt, is constructed from an eclectic assortment of cotton fabric remnants. The remnants are arranged in vertical columns and feature a variety of mid-century patterns including polka dots, multi-colored stripes, ginghams, florals, and novelty prints such as hard candy wrappers and crabs. The piece is assembled with machine-stitched patchwork. The quilting is executed in a simple utilitarian style with large-scale rectangular machine-stitched blocks that do not follow the front-facing patchwork patterns. The reverse consists of a multi-panel white fabric backing.
Lot: 363 - American Hand-Quilted Bow Tie Pattern Quilt
62 x 76 This is a traditional American utility quilt featuring a hand-pieced Bow Tie block pattern. The design consists of 48 individual square blocks arranged in a six-by-eight grid. Each block is set against a solid vibrant red cotton ground. The blocks utilize a diverse array of scrap fabrics including navy blue and pink solids, black-and-white striped cotton, various gingham checks, plaid flannels, and paisley printed cotton. The construction includes hand-pieced patchwork and hand-quilting executed in a traditional fan or shell motif with large, functional stitches in dark thread. The reverse side consists of a solid bright teal-blue cotton backing. The interior is filled with cotton batting.
Lot: 364 - Double-Sided Pinwheel Patchwork Quilt w/ Feed Sack
68 x 70 This mid-20th-century hand-pieced patchwork quilt features a double-sided construction with distinct designs on each face. The primary side displays a series of pinwheel blocks separated by vertical sashing in various striped and floral patterns. The reverse side consists of a scrap or string patchwork design using irregular triangular and rectangular fragments. The materials comprise a wide array of printed cottons, including calicoes, stripes, and seersucker textures. A notable feature is the use of recycled feed sack fragments; on the reverse side, one fabric piece displays large printed characters where the letters P, A, and N are visible above partial characters that appear to be A, N, and I. The quilt is hand-pieced with visible interior batting.
Lot: 365 - Antique American Spiderweb Pattern Cotton Quilt
68 x 80 This antique scrap quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted in a Spiderweb or Star and Ring pattern variant. The construction utilizes a diverse array of early-to-mid 20th-century cotton fabrics, including calico prints, ginghams, stripes, and solid colors. The front features complex geometric interlocking star and circular motifs. The reverse side is composed of several large panels of light-colored, small-check gingham fabric. The quilt contains a cotton batting layer.
Lot: 366 - Double Sided Patchwork & Crazy Tulip Quilt
68 x 80 A vintage, handmade double-sided patchwork scrap quilt, hand-tied with colorful yarn rather than traditional quilted stitching. One side features a grid arrangement of various geometric patches in floral, plaid, gingham, and solid prints, incorporating a vertical section of irregular crazy quilt style piecing. The reverse side displays a large field of blue-toned floral patchwork and a hand-appliqued tulip motif in the upper corner. The quilt is constructed from a wide assortment of fabric remnants, including cotton and synthetic blends, consistent with mid-to-late 20th-century materials. The perimeter is finished with a patterned fabric binding.
Lot: 367 - Antique Hand-Stitched Star Scrap Patchwork Quilt
34 x 34 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt features an alternating nine-patch design consisting of solid blue cotton panels and star-motif blocks. The star blocks are constructed using a variety of scrap fabrics, including small-scale floral prints, stripes, and plaids. The quilt is characterized by prominent, irregular white hand-quilting stitches throughout. The textile is finished with a white fabric binding.
Lot: 368 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Quilted Cotton Basket Quilt
42 x 60 This vintage cotton quilt features a traditional basket pattern, hand-pieced using a variety of scrappy fabric remnants including floral, striped, checked, and polka dot prints. The quilt is composed of fifteen individual blocks arranged in a three-by-five grid. Each basket block is set within a cream-colored cotton field. The quilting is executed by hand in a variety of motifs, including a prominent central stylized flower design within the alternating plain blocks and geometric line stitching around the baskets. The central field is framed by a narrow multicolored floral print inner border and a wider solid pink outer border. The quilt is finished with a matching pink binding and a solid off-white cotton reverse.
Lot: 369 - Multi-Print Cotton Nine-Patch Quilt Top w/ Batting
70 x 84 This unfinished textile project is a patchwork quilt top featuring a traditional nine-patch block construction. The piece is composed of multiple nine-patch squares set into a large field of light blue fabric printed with a dense, small-scale black sprig or leaf pattern. The individual blocks utilize a variety of printed cotton or cotton-blend fabrics, including a distinctive stylized pink print with black swirling lines and blue and black eye motifs, a black fabric with repeating geometric floral designs in teal and yellow, and a light blue fabric with a quilted texture. Additional squares feature patterns of pink wavy lines, white and pink florals, and solid or subtly patterned yellow fabrics. The top is pieced together and includes a layer of batting underneath, but it has not been quilted through all layers and lacks a backing and finished binding.
Lot: 370 - American Patchwork Quilt Top, c. 1940-50
68 x 88 This is a mid-20th-century American patchwork quilt top in an unfinished state. The design consists of a large-scale checkerboard pattern featuring solid red and off-white or cream-colored cotton squares. Within this primary grid are multiple inset sections of smaller patchwork blocks. These smaller blocks are constructed from a diverse assortment of vintage scrap fabrics, including floral prints, stripes, polka dots, ginghams, and various calico patterns. The construction suggests a combination of hand and machine piecing. The item consists of the pieced top layer only, without batting, backing, or finished binding. The reverse side reveals the construction process with exposed seam allowances and loose thread tails. Many of the fabrics are characteristic of the 1940s and 1950s era, often associated with domestic scrap or feedsack quilting traditions.
Lot: 371 - Hand-Stitched Courthouse Steps Log Cabin Quilt Top
86 x 90 This is an unfinished vintage quilt top constructed from a variety of printed and solid cotton fabrics, dating to the mid-20th century, approximately the 1930s to 1940s. The piece features a Courthouse Steps pattern, which is a variation of the traditional Log Cabin design where rectangular strips are arranged in steps around a central vertical column. The construction consists of hand-stitched seams joining an assortment of scrap fabrics, including multi-colored floral prints on various colored grounds and a navy blue fabric with white polka dots. Many of the prints are characteristic of Depression-era feedsack textiles. The item is a quilt top only, lacking batting, a backing, and finished binding.
Lot: 372 - Mid-20th C. Mixed Double Wedding Ring Quilt Top
62 x 82 This hand-pieced quilt top features a classic Double Wedding Ring pattern with interlocking circles. The arcs of the rings are constructed using a scrap-piecing or crazy-quilt technique, where small, irregular pieces of fabric are hand-sewn onto a lightweight cotton foundation fabric. The top is composed of a diverse assortment of period fabrics, including silks, satins, velvets, and rayons. The design incorporates a wide variety of solid colors and printed patterns, such as florals, polka dots, and geometrics. This item is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting or a backing fabric.
Lot: 373 - Hand-Pieced Red & White Cotton Lattice Quilt Top
82 x 96 This textile is a hand-pieced quilt top featuring a geometric lattice design. The construction utilizes solid red and off-white or white cotton fabrics, with small diamond-shaped accents made from a patterned cotton fabric featuring horizontal stripes of red, green, and white with decorative motifs. The primary design consists of a diagonal grid formed by red cotton bands. Within each resulting square is a secondary motif: a red-framed white field containing the small printed diamond patch. The piece is finished with a wide red inner border and a final outer border of white cotton. The construction is hand-stitched throughout using a simple running stitch. The reverse side of the textile reveals raw seam allowances and the hand-sewn nature of the assembly. This item is an unfinished project, lacking batting, backing, quilting, and binding.
Lot: 374 - Mid-20th C. Cotton Quilt Top w/ Circular Motif
64 x 84 An unfinished quilt top constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. The piece is hand-pieced using a running stitch and features a repeating geometric pattern of circular or wheel motifs. This scrappy project incorporates a diverse range of vintage textiles, including large-scale lime green and blue floral prints characteristic of the late 1960s and 1970s, striped shirting, calicos, plaids, and a small figurative print featuring a character in a blue dress. The composition is framed by a wide border of green and white marbled or batik-style fabric. The reverse side reveals raw seam allowances and the irregular hand-stitched nature of the construction.
Lot: 375 - Hand-Pieced Double Wedding Ring Quilt Top
70 x 78 A vintage hand-pieced quilt top featuring the classic Double Wedding Ring pattern. The top is constructed from a wide variety of multi-colored scrap fabrics including cotton and synthetic blends in various prints such as florals, checks, plaids, stripes, and paisleys. These colorful rings are set against a solid coral-colored background fabric. The piece is in an unfinished state, consisting only of the hand-pieced top layer without batting or a backing fabric. The piecing is executed by hand with visible running stitches. Based on the style and specific prints of the fabrics used, this piece dates from the mid-to-late 20th century.
Lot: 376 - Mid-C. Patchwork Quilt Top w/ Novelty & Leopard
64 x 74 This item is a vintage hand-assembled patchwork quilt top, likely intended as a utility throw or coverlet. The piece is constructed from an eclectic variety of scrap fabrics, including cotton and cotton-blend textiles. It features a simple block-grid layout joined using a top-stitch method where the raw seam allowances are left exposed on the front side, a technique frequently seen in utility or rag-style quilts. The fabric patterns are diverse and characteristic of mid-to-late 20th-century textiles, including red and white gingham, various types of striped shirting, leopard print, blue toile-style florals, a green scenic toile, and a vibrant novelty print featuring tomatoes and green peppers. One pink block displays small embroidered floral accents. The piece is unfinished, lacking batting or a backing layer.
Lot: 377 - Mid-20th C. Postage Stamp Pattern Cotton Quilt Top
66 x 82 This is a vintage, hand-pieced quilt top in a postage stamp pattern, likely dating from the mid-20th century, approximately the 1930s to 1950s. The piece features small, multi-colored fabric squares assembled into rectangular blocks separated by wide white cotton sashing strips. The patchwork is composed of a variety of cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps, including era-specific prints such as florals, ginghams, stripes, checks, and novelty designs, many characteristic of feed sack or garment remnants. The construction is entirely hand-stitched, with raw seam allowances visible on the reverse side. This item is an unfinished quilt top, consisting of the pieced face only without batting.
Lot: 378 - Madras Plaid Scrap Patchwork Tied Utility Quilt
78 x 94 A vintage handmade scrap patchwork tied quilt or quilt top featuring a variety of madras plaids, checks, and solid fabrics. The piece is constructed from mixed cotton and cotton-blend textiles, including shirting and dress materials. The design consists of a non-uniform grid of rectangular and square blocks in a color palette dominated by burgundy, navy blue, forest green, ochre, and white. The construction utilizes both machine and hand-stitching, with visible knotted thread ties securing the layers. The reverse side exhibits raw seam allowances and loose thread ends, characteristic of utility folk art textiles.
Lot: 379 - 1970s Patchwork Comfort w/ Floral & Polka Dot
68 x 80 This is a mid-to-late 20th-century utilitarian tied comfort, likely dating to the 1970s. The top is constructed from large vertical strips and rectangular patches of various fabrics including polyester knits and cotton-blend prints. Patterns include a large-scale yellow and gold floral print, red with white polka dots, navy and red stripes, a blue and brown stripe, a blue and white micro-check, and a maroon geometric print. One fabric section features a floral pattern in the style of Waverly decorator fabrics from the era. The layers are secured with evenly spaced hand-tied lengths of brown yarn. The reverse side is a single piece of solid lime-green fabric, appearing to be a jersey or lightweight knit material.
Lot: 380 - American Bears Paw Indigo Calico Cotton Quilt
84 x 88 This antique American quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted in a traditional Bears Paw pattern, which is also known as Ducks Foot or Hand of Friendship. The design features twenty pieced blocks set on point in a staggered arrangement. The blocks are constructed from various indigo-dyed cotton calico fabrics, including blue-and-white stripes and small-scale geometric prints. A notable feature is the humility block located in the bottom right corner, which is pieced from a contrasting dark grey and white patterned fabric. The white cotton ground is densely hand-quilted with a fine diagonal diamond-grid pattern. The reverse side consists of a plain white cotton backing. The materials and construction methods are characteristic of American textile production from the mid-to-late 19th century.
Lot: 381 - American Blue & White Ocean Waves Sawtooth Quilt
90 x 90 An American handmade patchwork quilt featuring the Ocean Waves pattern with a sawtooth inner border. The textile is constructed from white cotton fabric and two distinct navy blue printed cotton fabrics: one featuring a white star motif and the other a white lattice and floral design. The quilt is finished with a navy blue and white polka-dot outer border. The piece displays extensive hand-quilting throughout. The large white diamond sections are decorated with intricate quilted floral or medallion motifs, while the surrounding areas feature a combination of straight-line and curved quilting patterns. The hand-stitching is fine and consistent, visible on both the front and the plain white reverse side.
Lot: 382 - Mid-20th C. American Postage Stamp & Crazy Quilt
40 x 46 This mid-20th century American folk art tied patchwork quilt, also known as a comforter, features a complex scrap-style design. The central motif consists of a large, gathered fan or skirt-shaped field made from hundreds of small rectangular fabric remnants, resembling a postage stamp pattern, arranged in horizontal rows. This central section is set against a background of larger, irregularly shaped fabric panels in a simplified crazy quilt arrangement. The textile incorporates a wide variety of mid-century cotton and cotton-blend prints, including florals, polka dots, ginghams, stripes, and geometric patterns typical of 1930s through 1950s feed sack and dressmaking remnants. Rather than traditional quilted stitching, the layers are secured by grey yarn ties visible across the surface. The construction shows both machine and hand-stitched patchwork. The quilt is finished with a white cotton muslin backing and a simple white fabric binding.
Lot: 383 - American Hand-Stitched Folk Art Applique Textile
27 x 27 A hand-stitched folk art textile, likely intended as a wall hanging or small decorative lap quilt. The piece is constructed on a light blue floral-printed cotton ground adorned with various hand-appliqued shapes, including hearts and stylized pocket or vessel forms. These appliques are made from several scrap fabrics including a multi-colored floral print on cream, blue and white polka dot, solid royal blue, and solid white. Each applique is secured with visible white hand-stitching and features a decorative tufted yarn tie in the center, primarily in red with some white accents. The textile is finished with a navy blue fabric binding. The reverse consists of a single panel of solid navy blue fabric, showing the entry points of the yarn ties and the hand-stitched border.
Lot: 384 - American Hand-Pieced & Tied Scrap Patchwork
70 x 80 A vintage American scrap patchwork quilt constructed from various printed cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. The design consists of hand-pieced blocks featuring pinwheel and geometric motifs. These blocks are arranged in four vertical columns, divided by vertical pink floral sashing and horizontal green and white geometric patterned strips. The fabrics include a variety of mid-century prints such as florals, plaids, checks, and novelty designs in a color palette of blue, pink, red, green, and brown. The quilt is hand-tied with colorful thread tufts visible on the top surface. The reverse is a plain white cotton or muslin backing, secured to the front with wide-spaced, visible hand-stitching in a grid pattern.
Lot: 385 - Mid-20th C. American Cotton String Quilt
74 x 76 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted American folk art string quilt is constructed from a variety of mid-century cotton and cotton-blend fabric remnants. The design features twelve square blocks arranged in a three-by-four grid, each containing diagonally oriented fabric strips in various prints including plaids, ginghams, florals, and solids. The blocks are joined by red and white gingham sashing. The piece is bordered by a green floral print on the left and right sides, with an additional variegated scrap border along the far right edge made of rectangular remnants. The quilting is executed by hand in a fan or clamshell pattern using a contrasting red thread that is clearly visible on the reverse. The backing consists of a light tan or off-white cotton muslin.
Lot: 386 - Mid-20th C. American Hand-Quilted Feed Sack Quilt
72 x 72 An American scrap quilt constructed from cotton fabrics in a variety of patterns typical of the mid-20th century. The design follows a 4x5 grid featuring variations of the Mariner?s Compass or Wheel pattern with multi-colored radiating points, interspersed with cross and four-patch blocks. The reverse is composed of multiple panels of off-white cotton fabric, including repurposed flour or feed sacks with visible partial blue ink stamps. Faint blue ink markings on the backing include characters appearing to read FLOUR and LOUR, consistent with original branding on period textile packaging.
Lot: 387 - Mid-C. American Patchwork Novelty Prints Quilt Top
60 x 86 A vintage handmade patchwork quilt top, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The piece is constructed from a variety of cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps arranged in an irregular grid of rectangular and square blocks. The selection includes solid colors in shades of blue, orange, red, and navy, alongside multi-colored striped fabrics and several distinctive mid-century novelty prints. Notable novelty motifs include a bowling theme featuring blue pins and black bowling balls (one with a smiley face), an illustrated golfer, and various vintage-style automobiles. One light blue section displays Roman numerals including I, IV, VI, IX, and XI. Additionally, several white patches feature a heraldic-style crest with the letters D, D in a stylized font. The assembly suggests a vernacular "memory quilt" style, potentially utilizing scraps from boys' clothing or pajamas from the 1950s or 1960s. The piece remains in an unfinished state, consisting only of the pieced top layer without batting or backing.
Lot: 388 - Mid-20th C. Churn Dash Variation Cotton Quilt Top
38 x 74 This is an unfinished pieced quilt top dating to the mid-20th century, approximately 1930-1950. The piece consists of a decorative top layer only and does not include batting or backing. It features multiple blocks pieced in a variation of the Churn Dash or Monkey Wrench pattern. Each block utilizes a nine-patch construction with a central diamond-in-a-square motif, solid corner squares, and split-unit side rectangles. These blocks are set into a large-scale novelty floral print fabric characterized by white and yellow poppies and green and pink striped ribbon motifs on a dark purple or navy blue background. The individual blocks are composed of a wide variety of scrap cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including calicos, ginghams, stripes, and polka dots in shades of blue, red, pink, and yellow. These prints are typical of feed sack and Depression-era textiles.
Lot: 389 - Postage Stamp Scrap Quilt Top w/ Recycled Sack
58 x 60 A mid-to-late 20th century unfinished quilt top constructed in a postage stamp or scrap patchwork style. The piece is composed of numerous small fabric squares, approximately 2 inches in size, machine-pieced together. The construction utilizes a diverse array of materials characteristic of the 1960s and 1970s, including cotton prints, polyester double-knit fabrics, corduroy, and striped synthetics. The layout features various color-coordinated checkerboard sections, notably in pink, gray, and white, interspersed with randomized scrap blocks. A notable feature is the inclusion of upcycled material; one white square in the lower section retains partial blue printed characters from a recycled sack, reading ULA on the first line, DE on the second, and a partial F on the third, likely originating from a flour or grain sack (e.g., Harina de...). The quilt top has an irregular, unfinished form with a large L-shaped extension at the bottom left.
Lot: 390 - American Hand-Quilted Lone Star Scrap Quilt
36 x 52 This vintage American quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted in the traditional Lone Star pattern, also referred to as the Star of Bethlehem. The design features a large central eight-point star composed of concentric rings of diamond-shaped fabric patches radiating from a central white star. The construction utilizes a wide variety of scrap fabrics, including mid-20th-century cotton calicos, ginghams, plaids, and floral prints in a multi-colored palette. The piece is hand-quilted with straight-line stitching that follows the diamond geometry of the patches. The reverse side is backed with white cotton fabric featuring a small, repeating pink rosebud floral print. No maker marks or signatures are present; a small blank white hangtag is attached to one corner.
Lot: 391 - American Patchwork Postage Stamp Quilt
38 x 46 This vintage American patchwork quilt is constructed in a postage stamp or checkerboard grid pattern. The quilt top is composed of numerous small, square and diamond-shaped fabric pieces in a variety of printed and solid cotton fabrics. Fabric patterns include floral motifs, ginghams, polka dots, and stripes in a primary color palette of blue, red, green, and yellow. The central patchwork section is framed by a wide, solid cream-colored fabric border. The reverse side features a three-panel cream fabric backing. Hand-quilted stitching is visible throughout the textile, following diagonal lines across the patchwork center and concentric rectangles within the border. The construction utilizes machine-pieced squares and hand-quilting techniques.
Lot: 392 - Hand-Quilted Patchwork Scrap String Pattern Quilt
62 x 76 This vintage pieced patchwork quilt is constructed in a string or spider web pattern, utilizing a wide variety of cotton scrap fabrics. The textiles include printed and woven cottons in various patterns such as stripes, ginghams, florals, polka dots, and paisleys. The quilt is hand-pieced and features visible hand-quilting executed in an irregular running stitch pattern. The reverse is composed of several large sections of different printed fabrics, creating a secondary patchwork design.
Lot: 393 - Mid-20th C. Patchwork Diamond Medallion Quilt
70 x 72 A large hand-pieced patchwork quilt featuring a central diamond medallion design. The quilt face is constructed from a variety of small fabric scraps in diverse patterns including plaids, checks, ginghams, florals, and solid colors. These pieces are organized into a central diamond-oriented square, further framed by concentric borders of red fabric with woven black horizontal stripes. This same striped fabric is used for the outermost border of the piece. The quilt is backed with a solid olive-green cotton fabric. Unlike traditional quilted stitching, this example utilizes a tied construction method, where small red and white thread ties are placed at regular intervals to secure the layers together. The edges are finished with a simple fold-over binding.
Lot: 394 - Tied Scrappy Nine-Patch Patchwork Quilt
70 x 78 This vintage tied patchwork scrappy quilt is constructed from an assortment of printed cotton and blended fabrics. The design features various nine-patch and checkerboard pattern blocks arranged in a grid, separated by solid green and burnt orange sashing strips. The patchwork incorporates diverse motifs, including florals, geometric checks, and a nursery print depicting lambs. The quilt is finished on the reverse with a dark-ground fabric featuring a small-scale, light-toned circular floral print, accented by a large rectangular patch of mustard and brown paisley fabric at one corner. The piece is assembled using machine-sewn construction, with a visible zigzag stitch along the bottom edge, and is secured through the layers with hand-tied white and blue yarn or string knots visible on the face.
Lot: 395 - Mid-20th C. American Hand-Quilted Patchwork Quilt
66 x 76 This handmade scrap quilt features a grid of patchwork squares constructed from a variety of mid-20th-century printed cotton fabrics, including florals, ginghams, plaids, and novelty prints. The patchwork is set within sashing of gray and dark blue cotton fabric, arranged to create a repeating pattern of stylized cross or plus sign motifs across the surface. The reverse side consists of a light mint green cotton fabric with a small-scale, multi-colored floral print. The piece is entirely hand-quilted in a decorative fan or clamshell pattern and is finished with a light green cotton binding. The fabric selection includes materials characteristic of the 1930s through the 1950s, commonly referred to as feedsack prints.
Lot: 396 - Hand-Pieced & Hand-Quilted Scrap String Quilt
62 x 78 A vintage handmade patchwork scrap quilt featuring a variation of a string quilt or diagonal-strip pattern. The quilt is composed of square blocks, each featuring diagonal fabric strips in an eclectic mix of colors and patterns including yellow, black, purple, gray, and brown. Fabrics used in the construction include gingham, stripes, polka dots, and small-scale floral calico prints. The blocks are joined with light gray sashing strips punctuated by contrasting cornerstone blocks in solid black, light blue, and purple polka-dot fabrics. The quilt is hand-quilted with visible running stitches that follow the diagonal lines of the patchwork. The reverse is finished with a pieced backing of white fabric featuring a pattern of small pink rosebud sprays and gold-toned scrollwork. The construction techniques and fabric types are consistent with American mid-to-late 20th-century folk textiles.
Lot: 397 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced & Tied Patchwork Quilt
33 x 76 This is a vintage hand-pieced patchwork quilt featuring a tied construction. The item is composed of large rectangular blocks joined by hand. Rather than traditional quilting stitches, the front, batting, and back layers are secured together with small loops of white yarn tied at regular intervals. The front face features a geometric patchwork design of alternating blocks in solid yellow and a purple and lavender vertical-striped fabric. The reverse is a single piece of cream-colored fabric with faint self-stripes and a printed pattern of multi-colored floral bouquets in shades of rose, purple, and yellow. The materials appear to be cotton or a cotton-blend.
Lot: 398 - American Snowball Pattern Patchwork Cotton Quilt
64 x 74 An antique American hand-stitched patchwork quilt featuring an octagon and square layout, which is a variation of the traditional Snowball pattern. The quilt top is constructed from cotton fabrics and consists of alternating white and multi-toned blue octagons. These geometric panels are linked by small plum-colored calico squares. The blue fabrics include a variety of indigo-dyed solids and small-scale printed calicos, while the plum squares are decorated with a fine white floral motif. The quilting is worked entirely by hand, with dense stitching that follows the seams of the patchwork and includes circular decorative designs within the white octagonal panels. The reverse is composed of a plain cream-colored cotton backing. The piece is finished with a simple cream-colored fabric binding.
Lot: 399 - Antique American Schoolhouse Patchwork Quilt
56 x 76 An antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton patchwork quilt in a variation of the Schoolhouse pattern. The quilt is comprised of twenty-four individual house blocks arranged in a four-by-six grid. The house motifs are rendered in various indigo blue cotton fabrics, including solid, small-scale floral, and geometric prints. These are set against a cream ground fabric with small blue polka dots. The blocks are separated by pink sashing featuring a red floral and paisley calico print. The cornerstones of the sashing alternate between the pink calico and the blue-dot cream fabric. The reverse side is constructed from a brown and white striped ticking-style cotton fabric. The quilt exhibits hand-stitching throughout, with simple parallel-line quilting across the blocks and sashing. The edges are finished with a thin indigo blue fabric binding. The interior contains natural cotton batting.
Lot: 400 - Antique American Indigo & White Shoo-Fly Quilt
72 x 80 This is an antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt, likely dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. The piece features a grid of Shoo-Fly pattern blocks (a variation featuring a central nine-patch motif surrounded by half-square triangles) alternating with solid cream squares. The blue fabrics consist of various indigo-dyed printed cottons including small florals, dots, and geometric calico patterns. The quilt is set against a cream-colored cotton ground and features a solid cream cotton backing. Both the piecing and the horizontal channel quilting (utility quilting) are executed by hand. The perimeter is finished with an indigo print cotton binding.
Lot: 401 - American Hand-Quilted Strip Quilt, c. 1880-1910
86 x 86 This antique American strip quilt dates from the late 19th to early 20th century, approximately 1880-1910. The top is constructed of alternating horizontal bands of two printed cotton calico fabrics. One fabric features a light tan ground decorated with small, repeating floral sprigs in chocolate brown and white. The second fabric is a complex border or pillar print on a dark brown ground, containing multiple narrow ornamental stripes with geometric cloverleaf-in-square motifs and fine-line grid patterns. The reverse side is composed of a dark brown or plum-colored fabric featuring a small-scale white hatch or dashed grid pattern. The piece is hand-pieced and hand-quilted throughout with fine, regular running stitches that create a textured surface. The earthy color palette of browns, tans, and creams is characteristic of madder or chocolate prints popular in American quilt-making during the late Victorian era.
Lot: 402 - Mid-20th C. American Strip-Pieced Quilt Top
62 x 80 This is a mid-20th-century American scrap quilt top featuring a string or strip-pieced patchwork design. The construction utilizes a wide variety of fabric remnants, including printed cotton calicos, ginghams, stripes, checks, and solid-colored pieces. Some fabric sections exhibit a sheen characteristic of rayon or silk blends, though the primary material is cotton. The top is organized into vertical and horizontal strips of varying dimensions. The piece features a simple machine-stitched quilting pattern consisting of horizontal parallel lines. The backing is comprised of a plain, off-white cotton fabric. The fabric prints, such as the feed sack florals and geometric patterns, are characteristic of the 1930s through the 1950s.
Lot: 403 - Mid-Century Hand-Pieced Patchwork Quilt Top
66 x 82 This item is a hand-pieced patchwork quilt top constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. The design is organized into two distinct checkerboard sections separated by a solid rust-colored border strip. One section utilizes alternating squares of blue and white plaid and solid cream fabric. The second section features alternating squares of a solid rust-colored fabric with a subtle sheen and a small-scale floral print featuring brown and tan blossoms on a light background. The reverse side reveals that the squares are joined with hand-sewn running stitches, with exposed seam allowances and visible knots. This is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, backing, or finished binding.
Lot: 404 - Cotton Scrap Quilt Top, Elongated Hexagons
72 x 74 This is a vintage unfinished quilt top constructed from a diverse assortment of cotton scrap fabrics. The piece features a pattern of elongated hexagons, frequently referred to as coffin blocks or stretched hexagons, which are hand-pieced together in horizontal rows. The fabrics include various calico prints, floral patterns, ginghams, and checks, with a large section of the lower portion composed of a red and white striped material. The assembly is characterized by coarse, visible hand-stitching in white thread, typical of utility or folk-art textiles. The piece consists only of the pieced top layer and lacks a backing, batting, or binding. The edges are raw and unfinished.
Lot: 405 - Mid-20th C. Strip-Pieced Patchwork Quilt Top
70 x 78 This is a mid-to-late 20th-century American patchwork quilt top constructed in a varied strip-pieced or string patchwork style. The unfinished top is composed of a diverse array of scrap textiles, including cotton, polyester double knits, corduroy, and various synthetic blends. The piece features a wide variety of mid-century and later fabric prints, including 1940s-1950s style florals, 1960s-1970s psychedelic and mod patterns, traditional plaids, stripes, paisleys, and solid-colored panels. It is formed by sewing together rectangular and irregular strips of fabric of varying widths using both hand and machine stitching. The reverse side shows exposed seams, indicating the piece has not been layered with batting or a backing. The outer edges remain raw and unfinished. No maker marks or labels are present.
Lot: 406 - Gertha Sims Sharp Hand-Pieced Cotton Quilt Top
66 x 86 This mid-20th-century hand-pieced quilt top is constructed in a string quilt style, featuring an assortment of cotton fabric scraps including calicos, stripes, ginghams, and novelty prints. The colorful patches are organized into rectangular blocks joined by solid red and yellow cotton sashing strips. The item is an unfinished quilt top, lacking batting, backing, and quilting stitches; the reverse side displays raw seams and the underside of the fabric pieces. Accompanying the textile is a handwritten provenance note featuring two black-and-white family photographs. The note identifies the maker as Gertha Sims Sharp (1898-1989) of Kenton, Tennessee, who was a member of a cotton-farming family. The photographs depict the maker with her mother, Abbie Brown Sims, and with her husband, Sullivan Sharp, and other family members in front of their farmhouse. The provenance is signed by the maker's granddaughter, Teresa Hicks.
Lot: 407 - American Hand-Pieced Eight-Point Star Quilt
76 x 80 This is a vintage unfinished patchwork quilt top of American origin, likely dating from the mid-to-late 20th century. The piece is hand-pieced from a diverse array of scrap fabrics, including cotton prints, florals, stripes, and 1960s to 1970s style paisleys. The design features large eight-pointed star motifs, commonly known as LeMoyne Stars, integrated with sections of irregular crazy quilt patchwork and simple square blocks. The construction utilizes visible, irregular running stitches to join the various textile scraps. As an unfinished top, the edges are raw and unhemmed.
Lot: 408 - American Mid-C. Cotton Crazy Quilt Top w/ Sashing
74 x 78 This mid-century American crazy quilt top is constructed from an assortment of scrap fabrics, including cotton calicos, ginghams, striped shirtings, and various floral and geometric prints. The piece follows a block-style crazy quilt pattern, where each block is composed of irregularly shaped remnants hand-pieced together. The individual blocks are joined and separated by a consistent black sashing fabric featuring a small-scale printed pattern of pink and white flowers. The construction utilizes a simple hand-stitched running stitch throughout. This item is characteristic of American vernacular utility quilting traditions, where leftover household textile scraps were repurposed. It appears to be an unfinished quilt top or a lightweight utility coverlet, as it lacks internal batting and a finished backing or perimeter binding.
Lot: 409 - American Eight-Point Star Sampler Quilt Top
60 x 74 A mid-20th century American sampler quilt top, hand-pieced from an assortment of scrap fabrics. The construction includes cotton and cotton-blend calicos, ginghams, solids, and prints resembling mid-century feedsacks. The sampler layout features several traditional block patterns, including eight-point star variants such as LeMoyne or Lone Star designs, a square-in-a-square variant, and nine-patch blocks incorporating butterfly and polka dot motifs. These blocks are joined by wide solid sashing in shades of purple and tan. The bottom edge is finished with a floral print border. The reverse side reveals hand-sewn running stitches and irregular seam allowances characteristic of domestic hand construction. Small handwritten assembly markings in ink, including a number 5, are visible on one of the purple sashing strips.
Lot: 410 - Hand-Pieced Cotton Snake Trail Quilt Top
62 x 78 This is a vintage hand-pieced cotton quilt top in the Snake Trail pattern, which is a meandering variation of the Double Wedding Ring design. The top features a continuous winding path of multicolored arcs set against a neutral cream or off-white cotton background. These arcs are constructed from small, wedge-shaped fabric remnants in a variety of mid-20th-century prints, including florals, ginghams, stripes, and solids, many of which are characteristic of repurposed feed sack materials. The central panel is framed by a wide pink cotton border. The entire piece is hand-sewn, with visible stitching and irregularities characteristic of manual construction. As an unfinished quilt top, it does not include batting, a backing layer, or final quilting stitches.
Lot: 411 - Hand-Pieced Hexagon Patchwork Quilt Top
68 x 80 An unfinished hand-pieced patchwork quilt top featuring a radiating medallion design in a variation of the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern. The piece is constructed from numerous fabric hexagons. The patches display a wide range of colors and patterns including ginghams, stripes, solids, and geometric prints characteristic of the 1960s and 1970s. The reverse side shows manual piecing with raw, folded edges. The quilt top is a hexagon shape.
Lot: 412 - Cotton Flying Geese & Pinwheel Quilt Top
72 x 86 A vintage hand-pieced quilt top constructed from a variety of cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. The design is composed of geometric blocks including pinwheel and flying geese variations organized into horizontal rows. The piece incorporates a wide array of mid-20th-century printed fabrics, featuring small-scale florals, calicos, polka dots, and feedsack-style patterns in a primary palette of red, yellow, blue, and black on a white ground. Patterned sashing strips in yellow floral and green geometric prints separate the horizontal registers. The piece is hand-stitched throughout with visible interior seams and loose threads.
Lot: 413 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Churn Dash Quilt Top
68 x 84 This textile is a hand-pieced and hand-stitched quilt top, likely of mid-20th-century American origin. The construction utilizes a wide variety of cotton fabric scraps, including floral prints, ginghams, plaids, and solids. Several of the printed fabrics are characteristic of domestic textiles from the 1930s to 1950s, including patterns frequently associated with feedsack materials. The quilt features multiple blocks executed in a variation of the Churn Dash or Monkey Wrench pattern. These blocks are separated by wide yellow sashing accented with solid green cornerstone squares. A wide solid pink fabric border is attached to one edge, and portions of the piece appear to have a pink backing fabric partially attached. The item is in an unfinished state, as it lacks the traditional decorative quilting stitches that join a top, batting, and back together into a finished blanket.
Lot: 414 - Mid-Late 20th C. Patchwork Quilt Top
76 x 84 This is a vintage handmade patchwork quilt top or coverlet, constructed using a machine-stitched utilitarian scrap-work method. The piece is composed of an array of fabric remnants from the mid-to-late 20th century, including cotton, polyester blends, and knits. The design features a non-uniform arrangement of rectangular and square patches interspersed with several large solid-colored panels in peach, pink, and grey. Patterned fabrics within the patchwork include ginghams, stripes, ditsy florals, bold geometric prints, and checks typical of the 1960s through 1980s. The reverse side shows a solid light peach or pink fabric, though the item appears to be an unquilted top or a roughly finished coverlet.
Lot: 415 - Mid-C. Bear's Paw Cotton Patchwork Quilt Top
58 x 74This vintage textile is an unfinished, hand-pieced patchwork quilt top, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The piece features a variation of the Bear's Paw pattern, also known as a Maple Leaf variant, executed in a scrappy style. The blocks are constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including red and white gingham, several plaid patterns in blue, yellow, and brown, and various floral prints. A distinctive geometric diamond-print sashing in shades of red, orange, and green separates the blocks, alongside solid brown sashing strips. The entire piece is assembled using hand-stitched white running stitches. The edges are raw and unfinished, as the piece was never layered with batting or backing. No labels, marks, or signatures are visible on the item.
Lot: 416 - String-Pieced Patchwork Quilt Top w/ Blue Border
36 x 56 This vintage handmade patchwork textile is constructed in a diagonal string-pieced style. The piece is composed of an eclectic variety of scrap fabrics, primarily synthetic double-knits in various colors and textures, alongside small-scale floral cotton prints. The construction features individual blocks pieced onto a white foundation fabric, with the raw edges of the fabric strips left exposed on the reverse side. It is a single-layer construction, lacking internal batting or a secondary backing layer. A wide, solid blue border made of a heavy-weight synthetic fabric finishes the perimeter with top-stitching. The arrangement of the colorful strips creates a vibrant, multi-directional geometric pattern characteristic of mid-to-late 20th-century domestic folk-art quilting traditions in the United States.
Lot: 417 - Mid-20th Century Scrap Patchwork Quilt Top
54 x 80 A vintage patchwork quilt top, likely dating from the mid-to-late 20th century based on the featured textile prints. The piece is constructed from a variety of fabric scraps including cotton, cotton-polyester blends, and textured fabrics such as corduroy. It is hand-stitched in a random scrap or folk-style patchwork arrangement. The top includes a wide range of patterns typical of the period, including florals, paisley, gingham, stripes, and plaids. Dominant colors across the composition include blues, yellows, browns, and pinks. This is an unfinished single-layer quilt top without batting, backing, or binding.
Lot: 418 - American Blue & White Cotton Puzzle Box Quilt
36 x 54 An antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt featuring a variation of the Puzzle Box geometric pattern. The quilt is composed of six large medallions in blue cotton set against an off-white ground. Each medallion is constructed from triangular patches arranged in a complex stylized pattern. The central design is enclosed by a blue inner border and a wider off-white outer border, finished with a narrow blue binding. The elaborate hand-quilting includes a diagonal diamond grid within the patterned blocks and an overlapping circular or shell motif across the negative space. The piece is constructed from cotton fabric and batting.
Lot: 419 - American Pinwheel Patchwork Quilt, Mid-20th C
66 x 84 An American vintage patchwork scrap quilt constructed from an eclectic variety of printed cotton fabrics. The front panel is pieced with rectangular strips and geometric blocks, featuring a central vertical row of four stylized star or pinwheel motifs. The fabric patterns represent a range of mid-20th-century designs including florals, stripes, checks, and polka dots in a multi-chromatic palette. The quilt is hand-pieced and secured with white thread ties. The reverse side is constructed from four large rectangular fabric panels: a blue and white gingham with floral sprigs, a blue fabric with trailing pink rose vines, and two sections of a green fabric featuring a purple diamond lattice floral pattern. The quilt contains an internal fibrous batting.
Lot: 420 - New England Cotton Quilt Top, Art Nouveau Sashing
78 x 78 An antique hand-pieced cotton quilt top from New England. The textile features multiple decorative blocks set within wide sashing made of red cotton fabric. This sashing is printed with a stylized Art Nouveau motif resembling floral and lyre forms in yellow and gray. The individual blocks are hand-pieced from a diverse assortment of period cotton textiles, including calico, shirting, gingham, and striped prints, with several blocks featuring paisley-patterned centers. The item is an unfinished quilt top, showing raw seams on the reverse side with no batting or backing present. The provenance is supported by an accompanying handwritten note identifying the origin as New England.
Lot: 421 - Hand Pieced Cotton Pinwheel Pattern Quilt Top
56 x 80 A hand pieced quilt top featuring a repeating pinwheel or windmill pattern. The piece is constructed from various printed cotton scrap fabrics including calico, floral, paisley, and bandana prints set into an off-white cotton ground. The assembly features a variety of multi colored textiles in shades of red, green, blue, yellow, and brown. Construction is hand stitched with visible seams and whipstitching on the reverse side. The item is an unfinished quilt top with raw, frayed edges.
Lot: 422 - Hand-Stitched Drunkard's Path Patchwork Quilt Top
66 x 66 This vintage quilt top is an unfinished patchwork piece featuring the Drunkard's Path pattern. The design is comprised of multiple square blocks, each utilizing a curved piecing technique to create a series of circular motifs across the surface. The construction alternates between a solid pink fabric and a white floral print fabric featuring small red and green blossoms. The piece is hand-stitched, and the reverse side displays exposed seam allowances and loose threads. The edges are raw and frayed, as the item was never finished into a completed quilt with batting or a backing.
Lot: 423 - Navy & Off-White Geometric Pieced Cotton Panel
62 x 74 A large, pieced textile panel featuring a geometric pattern of alternating navy blue and off-white diagonal stripes. The item is constructed from heavy-weight cotton twill fabric, with individual rectangular and triangular pieces joined by machine-stitched seams. The textile is in an unfinished state, characterized by raw, fraying edges and multiple loose threads.
Lot: 424 - Pair Quilted & Appliqued Southern Belle Hangings
41 x 42 This pair of handmade quilt squares features appliqu?d profile portraits of women in wide-brimmed hats, a motif consistent with Southern Belle or Lady with a Hat folk art styles. Both pieces are constructed from cotton floral and solid fabrics using piecework, appliqu?, and hand-quilting techniques. The first square is designed with a purple and white color scheme, featuring a floral print border and a solid purple inner frame hand-quilted with a repeating heart pattern. The central figure wears a purple hat and a floral dress embellished with small clear rhinestones. The second square utilizes a teal and lavender floral theme. It features a teal inner border with hand-quilted scrollwork patterns. The central figure is depicted with a floral hat and dress, adorned with a single large green faceted jewel used as an earring. Close-up inspection of the reverse reveals off-white cotton backing with extensive hand-stitched quilting throughout.
Lot: 425 - Pair Hand-Quilted Folk Art Portrait Wall Hangings
30 x 36, 36 x 36 A pair of hand-crafted quilted wall hangings featuring appliqu?d and embroidered portraits in a folk art style. The first quilt depicts a male profile wearing a black bowler hat, a red necktie, and a dark jacket. This figure is set against a cream-colored diamond-quilted ground and framed by inner borders of light blue and outer borders composed of vertical striped pastel fabric and lavender panels with continuous-loop hand-quilting. The second quilt features a frontal portrait of a woman with stylized black hair and embroidered facial features. The figure is embellished with applied purple faceted synthetic jewels forming a necklace and drop earrings. This portrait is framed by light blue and seashell-print fabric borders. Both hangings exhibit decorative hand-quilting in diamond and scroll patterns and are finished with plain cream-colored fabric backings. No maker's marks, signatures, or dates are visible on either piece.
Lot: 426 - Pair Applique & Quilted Hangings: Ladies in Hats
37 x 41, 42 x 42 A pair of hand-quilted and appliqu?d textile wall hangings, executed in a style reminiscent of mid-20th-century Colonial Lady or Lady of Leisure quilt patterns. Each piece features a stylized portrait of a woman wearing an elaborate hat. The first hanging displays a woman in profile wearing a wide-brimmed hat accented with a large pink fabric bow, surrounded by a purple and blue floral print border and a solid teal inner border. The second hanging shows a frontal portrait of a woman in a blue hat with a large floral appliqu?, framed by a pink geranium-motif floral print and a magenta inner border. The pieces utilize various needlework techniques including hand-stitched appliqu?, embroidery for facial details, and decorative hand-quilting in linear and interlocking chain patterns. Both hangings are finished with a plain cream-colored fabric on the reverse.
Lot: 427 - 3 Late 20th C. Quilted Textile Hangings & Runners
24 x 43, 21 x 21, 33 x 33 This lot consists of three distinct handmade quilted textile items. The first is a square nine-patch style quilt featuring a central grid with five black-and-white printed fabric panels depicting North American wildlife silhouettes: loons, howling wolves, an eagle, a bear with cubs, and a moose. These panels are interspersed with four blue fabric squares printed with gold stars and featuring quilted star designs. The center grid is framed by a wide navy blue border with white stars and finished with a pink fabric binding. The reverse is cream-colored fabric with circular quilting. The second item is a square quilted piece featuring a central image of a moose in a marshy landscape, executed in shades of purple and blue in a batik-style technique. The central motif is surrounded by concentric borders of light pink and navy blue fabric, the latter showing visible white contrast stitching. The reverse is plain cream fabric. The third item is a rectangular quilted runner featuring a large floral print on a cream-colored ground, with roses and anemones in shades of purple, pink, and blue. It is bordered by a dark purple fabric with a tone-on-tone rose pattern and finished with a dark purple binding. The reverse is solid dark purple fabric. The wildlife quilt features a handwritten inscription in black ink on the reverse reading E v 11-2000.
Lot: 428 - Trio of Quilted Textile Wall Hanging & Floral Mats
15 x 15, 23 x 42 A set of three contemporary handmade quilted textile items, including one holiday-themed wall hanging and two decorative floral squares. The vertical rectangular wall hanging features an appliqu?d tree of life motif with dark brown swirling branches adorned with pink flowers, red hearts, and two light blue birds. The lower section features red embroidered cursive text reading Happy Valentines Day. The piece is finished with a teal binding and a diagonal grid quilting pattern on a white ground. The reverse side features a pink paisley pattern fabric. The two small square quilted pieces feature cream-colored grounds with concentric circular hand-quilting. One square depicts an appliqu? of five tulips in yellow, purple, salmon, and pink tones arranged within a blue pitcher. The second square depicts five tulips in yellow, blue, red, and pink tones within a grey-and-white bowl with teal-colored leaves. Both squares are finished with cream-colored binding and have plain cream-colored reverse sides. The items are constructed from cotton fabrics with polyester or cotton batting, featuring a combination of machine-stitched binding and decorative hand-quilting and appliqu?.
Lot: 429 - Depression Era Hand-Appliqued & Quilted Iris Quilt
80 x 88 This hand-appliqued and hand-quilted cotton quilt features a recurring iris floral motif characteristic of the American Depression Era. The quilt is constructed with a white cotton ground and appliques in various pastel shades including purple, pink, yellow, blue, and peach. Each floral unit consists of an iris bloom with green leaves and a central stem. The rows of flowers are separated by a continuous green zig-zag or stepped line motif. The quilt is finished with a thin tan inner border and a wide white outer border featuring a hand-finished scalloped edge. The background is hand-quilted with scroll, feather, and straight-line patterns. Construction materials include cotton fabric and cotton batting.
Lot: 430 - American Hand-Quilted Patchwork Quilt, E.W., 2000
84 x 88 A handmade patchwork scrap quilt constructed from numerous small cotton fabric squares. The squares are arranged in a grid-based assembly to create a concentric diamond pattern, often identified as a Trip Around the World variation. The piece features a diverse collection of late 20th-century fabrics, including floral calicos, ginghams, stripes, and solid-colored patches in a primary palette of blue, pink, green, and cream. The entire quilt is hand-quilted with a diagonal diamond cross-hatch pattern. The reverse is finished with a solid cream-colored cotton fabric. One corner of the reverse features hand-embroidered characters in red thread. Transcription of markings: E W 2 - 2000.
Lot: 431 - Pieced & Quilted Pastel Flower Basket Wall Hanging
44 x 62 This is a pieced and quilted textile featuring a Flower Basket pattern, likely intended for use as a wall hanging or small quilt. The quilt top is composed of 15 pieced blocks arranged in a 3 by 5 grid. Each block depicts a stylized basket variation rendered in a pastel color palette of dusty rose, sage green, lavender, and tan. The blocks are separated by cream-colored sashing and framed by a thin lavender inner border and a wider light-blue outer border. The pieced blocks utilize fabrics with a satin-like sheen, possibly synthetic blends such as rayon or acetate. The sashing, borders, and backing appear to be cotton or a cotton-synthetic blend. The backing is finished with a solid light-blue fabric. The item features decorative machine quilting throughout, with the sashing quilted in a continuous scroll motif and the outer light-blue border featuring a stylized scalloped pattern.
Lot: 432 - Mid-20th C. Pieced Basket Pattern Cotton Quilt Top
68 x 80 This is a vintage American pieced quilt top, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The item is an unfinished textile, lacking batting, backing, and binding. The design features a series of repeating Pieced Basket or Fruit Basket motif blocks. Each block is constructed with a large solid-colored triangular base and a collection of smaller half-square triangles forming the top. The blocks utilize various printed cotton or cotton-blend fabrics including florals, polka dots, stripes, and abstract patterns. The individual blocks are joined together with solid off-white or cream-colored sashing and borders using machine or hand-piecing construction. The reverse side reveals raw seam allowances.
Lot: 433 - Antique American Hand-Pieced Crazy Quilt Coverlet
60 x 70 This antique American crazy quilt coverlet, dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, is constructed from an asymmetrical patchwork of irregularly shaped fabric scraps. The materials include various silks, satins, velvets, and printed cottons in a diverse palette of deep purples, maroons, lime green florals, and patterned prints. The coverlet is hand-pieced and lacks the decorative embroidery often found on Victorian-era examples. The reverse is lined with a solid, dusty rose-colored cotton or cotton-blend fabric featuring a central vertical seam where two panels are joined.
Lot: 434 - Patchwork & Embroidered Crazy Quilt Wall Hanging
56 x 60 This handmade textile is a patchwork and embroidered wall hanging or small quilt, composed of eighteen individual square blocks arranged in a three-by-six grid. The construction follows the Crazy Quilt style, utilizing an array of materials including silk, satin, velvet, and printed cotton fabrics. Decorative motifs featured within the blocks include a bow tie, various star configurations, diamonds, and an X-shape. A prominent feature is the extensive use of hand-embroidered feather stitching in multiple thread colors, which outlines the individual patches and joins the blocks together. The textile is backed with a later-period striped cotton fabric in shades of brown, orange, cream, and white, and is finished with a simple red fabric binding around the outer edges.
Lot: 435 - American Scrappy Patchwork Crazy Quilt
80 x 110 This is a vintage American scrap patchwork utility quilt executed in a make-do or crazy quilt style. The quilt top is machine-constructed from a diverse assortment of irregular fabric scraps, predominantly cotton and cotton blends. The patchwork includes a wide variety of mid-20th-century textile designs, such as bold florals, paisleys, plaids, checks, stripes, and calico prints. One specific novelty print features a cat in a hat in the style of mid-century children's book illustrations. The reverse of the quilt is made from large panels of white and off-white fabric, likely repurposed muslin or bed sheeting, which have been roughly joined with machine stitching. The quilting itself is minimal, consisting of irregular straight machine lines intended for functional stability. Numerous long, uncut, and trailing threads remain from the construction process.
Lot: 436 - Grandmother's Flower Garden Cotton Quilt Top
60 x 76 This is an unfinished hand-pieced quilt top featuring the classic Grandmother's Flower Garden mosaic pattern. The piece is constructed from hundreds of individual cotton fabric hexagons joined together using the English Paper Piecing method. The central design features a large-scale flower with a solid red core and petals made from a red, white, and blue striped fabric, bordered by two concentric rounds of mint and forest green solid fabrics. The surrounding field is populated with smaller hexagonal flower motifs in a diverse array of mid-20th-century scrap fabrics, including calico prints, polka dots, checks, stripes, and solids in varying shades of red, blue, pink, and tan. The reverse side reveals the hand-pieced construction with visible basting stitches and raw seam allowances. The quilt top remains unfinished with irregular, raw edges and lacks batting or a backing layer.
Lot: 437 - American Hand-Quilted Cotton Star Variation Quilt
64 x 82 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton bed quilt features a repeating block pattern set against a white ground. Each individual block contains a central cross motif constructed from blue and white striped cotton fabric, anchored by a dark blue printed square at the center intersection. The four outer corners of each block are finished with blue and white printed star point or lily motifs. The textile is finished with a dense hand-quilted diagonal diamond grid pattern throughout the white fields. The reverse side features a plain white cotton backing. A handwritten mark in dark ink is present on one reverse corner consisting of the initials RS. The fabrics utilized include a variety of blue and white printed calicos and striped shirting cottons characteristic of the late 19th to early 20th century.
Lot: 438 - Antique American Snails Trail Cotton Quilt
64 x 74 This antique American pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt is worked in a variation of the Snails Trail pattern, also known as Ocean Waves. The top is constructed from a diverse assortment of late 19th to early 20th-century cotton fabrics, including navy and white floral calicoes, solid grays and blues, blue and white gingham, and various small-scale floral prints. The quilt features a sawtooth or flying geese border on one edge. The construction is entirely hand-pieced and hand-quilted with diamond grid and parallel line patterns. The reverse side is backed with a plain cream cotton fabric that bears a faded, mirrored stencil mill mark reading Standard Cotton, suggesting the use of repurposed commercial fabric.
Lot: 439 - Antique Indigo & White Nine Patch Cotton Quilt
74 x 88 An antique American patchwork quilt featuring a Nine Patch pattern. The quilt is constructed from hand-pieced cotton fabrics, with blocks consisting of a three-by-three grid of alternating indigo blue printed calico and white cotton squares. These blocks are set into a plain white cotton field in a regular grid arrangement. The quilt is finished with dense hand-quilting in a fine diagonal cross-hatch pattern throughout. The reverse features a plain white cotton backing.
Lot: 440 - Hand-Quilted Cotton Trip Around World Quilt
70 x 70 This vintage hand-quilted cotton patchwork quilt features a Trip Around the World variation pattern. The central design is composed of small fabric squares arranged in concentric diamonds of pastel lavender, pink, yellow, light blue, and white. The patchwork field is enclosed by a wide, solid green border decorated with hand-quilted cable motifs. The interior squares are finished with diagonal diamond quilting. The reverse side is constructed from a solid cream-colored fabric.
Lot: 441 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced & Hand-Quilted Scrap Quilt
68 x 76 A mid-20th century utility quilt featuring hand-pieced and hand-quilted construction. The quilt is composed of repeating rectangular blocks containing star-motif patterns made from various scrap cotton fabrics, including floral calico, gingham, and solids. These blocks are separated by vertical sashing strips of blue and white striped ticking fabric. The reverse is pieced together from larger sections of blue chambray and striped ticking. The quilt is finished with a blue fabric binding and features horizontal hand-quilted running stitches throughout.
Lot: 442 - American Hand-Quilted Patchwork Quilt, c. 1930s
76 x 80 This vintage American hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork scrap quilt is constructed from a variety of cotton fabrics, including assorted calico floral prints, ginghams, stripes, polka dots, and solids. The design is based on a geometric half-square triangle pattern, similar to a Broken Dishes variation. A nursery-themed border is featured at the bottom edge, depicting alphabet blocks and children's figures. The quilt is finished with dense hand-stitched diagonal grid quilting throughout. The reverse side is composed of a plain off-white cotton fabric.
Lot: 443 - Hand-Pieced Cotton Yo-Yo Quilt w/ Chevron
80 x 106 A vintage American hand-pieced yo-yo quilt, also known as a Suffolk puff quilt, featuring a chevron or zig-zag arrangement. The coverlet is constructed from numerous individual fabric circles, hand-gathered and joined to create an unbacked textile mesh. The pattern consists of multicolored bands in shades of yellow, purple, blue, pink, and teal. The fabrics used include a variety of printed cotton and cotton-blend scraps with floral, geometric, and star motifs. Based on the textile prints and construction techniques, the piece is attributed to the 1930s. The quilt terminates in a naturally scalloped edge formed by the circular construction. Close-up images show varied prints typical of the mid-20th-century period.
Lot: 444 - Reversible Patchwork & Crazy Quilt, c. 1920s-40s
36 x 36 A vintage hand-stitched reversible utility patchwork quilt dating to approximately the 1920s to 1940s. The textile features a double-sided design with different construction styles on each face. One side is composed of an organized grid of square and rectangular fabric patches in various prints, including florals, stripes, and berry motifs, interspersed with solid colors. The reverse side features a more irregular crazy quilt style arrangement of smaller fabric scraps. The materials include a variety of printed cottons and some satin-like fabrics, all joined with visible hand-whippstitching. The edges are finished with a pink fabric binding.
Lot: 445 - American Hand-Quilted Cotton Star Pattern Quilt
70 x 78 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton bedcover features twenty blocks of an eight-pointed star variant with central diamonds. The blocks are set within a grid-like sashing composed of red and blue fabric strips. The star blocks utilize a variety of solid and patterned cotton fabrics, including calico and gingham, in a palette of blue, green, yellow, red, and pink. A single block in the lower-right corner is distinct from the others, featuring a black background and a pink and white star. The reverse of the quilt is composed of a light-colored neutral backing fabric with a large, rectangular blue fabric inset in one corner. Hand-quilting is visible throughout the surface in straight and diagonal line patterns.
Lot: 446 - American Hand-Quilted Snowball Patchwork Quilt
64 x 74 A mid-20th-century American patchwork quilt featuring a variation of the Snowball block pattern. The quilt top is composed of multiple solid-colored fabric squares in a palette of pink, purple, black, gray, white, and teal, joined by small contrasting diamond-shaped cornerstones at the intersections. The central field is framed by a wide yellow inner border and a narrow cream-colored outer border. The textile is hand-quilted with visible running stitches. The reverse side is constructed from a printed fabric featuring a diamond-grid pattern with floral and paisley motifs in shades of red, yellow, green, and purple. Machine zigzag stitching is visible along the edges.
Lot: 447 - Two Amish Style Hand-Quilted Textiles, Mid-20th C
18 x 25, 40 x 46 Two hand-quilted textile items in the American Amish tradition, likely dating to the mid-20th century. The first item is a large rectangular quilt featuring a vertical bars pattern in alternating shades of coral-red and purple. This central field is enclosed by a blue inner border and a deep purple outer border. The reverse is finished in a mauve-colored fabric with hand-stitched diamond-pattern quilting. The second item is a smaller mat or wall hanging featuring a central grid of multicolored patchwork squares including black, forest green, burgundy, tan, and light blue. The center is surrounded by borders of light blue and dark charcoal-gray with a blue binding. The reverse is a gray fabric displaying decorative fan-shaped or scalloped hand-stitched quilting patterns. Both pieces are constructed from solid-colored fabrics and exhibit traditional hand-piecing and hand-quilting techniques.
Lot: 448 - Schoolhouse Pattern Hand-Quilted Wall Hanging
36 x 40 A small hand-quilted wall hanging featuring a traditional schoolhouse pattern, composed of six pieced fabric blocks arranged in a two-by-three grid. The house motifs are rendered in shades of magenta, purple, and red, accented with grey roofs and chimneys. Each house block is set against alternating dark blue and maroon backgrounds. The blocks are separated by light blue sashing, and the entire central panel is framed by a wide light blue-grey border. The piece is finished with a purple binding and a solid navy blue fabric backing. Hand-quilting is visible throughout, executed in a simple running stitch that follows the structural lines of the houses and forms undulating wave patterns in the borders. The construction demonstrates contemporary folk art techniques.
Lot: 449 - Cotton Patchwork Quilt, Ocean Waves Pattern
46 x 74 A hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt featuring the traditional Ocean Waves geometric pattern. The central field is composed of triangular fabric sections in shades of teal, medium blue, and dark brown arranged in a repeating diamond-like motif. The quilt is framed by a wide dark brown border and finished with a narrow teal fabric binding. The reverse consists of a solid dark brown fabric. Elaborate hand-quilted stitching is visible across the entire surface, featuring decorative floral and foliate motifs within the solid color blocks and borders. The construction utilizes solid-colored fabrics, consistent with traditional American regional quilt-making practices.
Lot: 450 - American Mid-20th C. Cotton Patchwork Quilt
70 x 76 This hand-pieced and hand-tied cotton patchwork quilt features a nine-block design. Each block contains a central radiating pinwheel or star motif constructed from various cotton fabrics, including stripes, ginghams, and floral prints, set against a cream-colored ground. The blocks are separated by solid purple and green sashing, with one vertical sashing strip featuring a multicolored floral print. The perimeter is finished with a wide scrappy border made of various printed cotton fabrics. The three layers are held together by hand-tied yarn knots in red, black, and green. The backing consists of a single piece of cotton fabric with a mottled blue and white appearance.
Lot: 451 - Mid-20th C. American Hand-Quilted Patchwork Quilt
64 x 80 A vintage hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton patchwork quilt featuring a grid of thirty square blocks arranged in five columns and six rows. Each block is constructed in a string or crazy-patch style, utilizing a diverse array of mid-20th-century scrap fabrics including small-scale florals, calicos, houndstooth, polka dots, woven ginghams, and stripes. The blocks are joined by a light pink floral print sashing, and the entire piece is finished with a solid light pink fabric consists of a plain, cream-colored cotton backing. The quilt displays utilitarian hand-quilting stitches in a variety of patterns across the surface.
Lot: 452 - American Grandmother's Fan Pattern Cotton Quilt
66 x 80 A hand-pieced and hand-quilted quilt in the Grandmother's Fan pattern. This textile features a repeating fan motif set against a solid red cotton ground. Each fan is composed of various cotton fabrics including teal-and-white gingham, red-and-white gingham, and red-and-white stripes, interspersed with solid teal segments. The hand-quilting is visible throughout, following the curves of the fans in concentric arcs and utilizing vertical channel quilting in the background spaces. The reverse side is a solid red cotton fabric. Dimensions: Not provided.
Lot: 453 - Pair Hand-Quilted Cotton Bedding Items
30-32 sq. This lot consists of two vintage hand-quilted items: a large coverlet and a smaller decorative textile, likely a pillow sham or small throw. Both pieces are constructed from cotton fabric with cotton batting and feature extensive hand-stitching. The large coverlet is designed with a white center featuring whole-cloth style quilting with patterns including star motifs, clamshell, and diamond grid lines, finished with a solid light pink fabric border. The smaller decorative piece features a central mauve-colored applique in a stylized four-petal floral or pinwheel design, which is a variation of the Orange Peel pattern. This central design is surrounded by a matching mauve sawtooth applique border. Hand-quilting on the smaller piece follows the contours of the applique shapes.
Lot: 454 - Marie Webster Style Wind-Blown Tulips Quilt Top
88 x 90 A hand-appliqued quilt top or lightweight coverlet featuring five stylized floral motifs in the Wind-Blown Tulips pattern on a white cotton ground. The motifs consist of alternating pink and green petals radiating from a central yellow disc, each secured with a decorative white blanket stitch. The background is constructed from rectangular panels joined with a yellow and white decorative faggoting or herringbone stitch. The entire piece is finished with a pink fabric binding along the edges. The design and construction are characteristic of American needlework from the 1930s and 1940s, frequently associated with the patterns of Marie Webster.
Lot: 455 - Hand-Quilted Nine Patch Variation Scrap Quilt
70 x 80 A vintage patchwork scrap quilt featuring sixteen large square blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. Each block is constructed in a Nine Patch variation or checkerboard pattern using an assortment of mid-20th-century cotton print fabrics, including floral calicos, ginghams, solids, and novelty prints. The blocks are separated by a light blue sashing fabric featuring a novelty print of stylized figures and motifs. The quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted throughout in a traditional fan or arc pattern. The backing consists of a single piece of striped cotton fabric in tones of brown, purple, orange, and green.
Lot: 456 - American Folk Art Pine Burr Pattern Quilt
66 x 84 This is a hand-stitched American folk art quilt executed in the traditional Pine Burr or Pinecone pattern. The construction technique involves small squares of cotton fabric folded into triangles and sewn onto a foundation fabric in overlapping concentric layers, creating a dense, three-dimensional texture. The quilt top features nine large circular medallions arranged in a three-by-three grid. The fabric choices include a diverse array of mid-20th-century cotton scraps, featuring various calico prints, ginghams, stripes, solids, and polka dots. The reverse is composed of multiple hand-quilted panels of a heavy-weight grey cotton fabric, possibly ticking or denim. This style of quilt is historically significant as the state quilt of Alabama and is associated with African American and Lumbee quilting traditions. No maker's marks or signatures are present. Three small detached fabric fragments are included.
Lot: 457 - Antique American Chartreuse Silk Whole-Cloth Quilt
72 x 86 This is an antique whole-cloth quilt constructed from a vibrant chartreuse green silk or silk-blend fabric. The quilt features exceptionally dense and elaborate hand-quilting across its entire surface. The decorative stitching forms a complex series of interlocking curvilinear motifs, including scrolls, swirls, and fan-like designs. This dense quilting creates a heavily textured and puckered appearance. The fabric has a visible sheen characteristic of silk satin or taffeta. This style of quilting and the characteristic silk degradation suggest an origin in the late 19th to early 20th century.
Lot: 458 - Amish-Made Floral & Feather Cotton Quilt
70 x 82 This hand-quilted bedcovering features a solid-color pieced top and a solid backingmade by the Goshen IN Amish. The face of the quilt is constructed with a central lavender rectangular panel surrounded by a contrasting solid orange inner border and a wide lavender outer border. The reverse consists of a solid pale yellow fabric. The piece is hand-quilted throughout with fine, consistent stitching. The central field and outer lavender border are decorated with large-scale scrolling floral and feather motifs. The orange inner border contains a continuous chain pattern of interlocking oval or double-leaf shapes. The edges are finished with a separate lavender binding.
Lot: 459 - Amish-made Pansy Scalloped Quilt
76 x 90 This vintage handmade quilt made by the Milldebury, IN Amish. The white cotton top features a central design of an oval wreath composed of hand-appliqu?d and embroidered pansies in shades of purple, yellow, and pink with green stems and leaves. Smaller pansy motifs are placed at the center of the wreath and positioned symmetrically toward the corners and edges. The entire white field is densely hand-quilted with intricate scrolling floral patterns and a fine stipple background. The quilt is finished with a scalloped edge and a thin lavender binding. The reverse consists of a solid lavender cotton fabric that highlights the fine hand-quilting stitches.
Lot: 460 - Mid-Century Cotton Diamond-in-a-Square Quilt Top
42 x 68 An unfinished vintage patchwork quilt top dating from the mid-20th century. The piece is constructed from various printed and solid cotton fabrics. The design features several large square blocks separated by vibrant orange sashing with dark brown cornerstones. Each large block contains a sixteen-unit grid, with each individual unit showcasing a Diamond-in-a-Square (Square-on-Point) motif. The fabrics used in the patterned diamonds include white ground with green and yellow polka dots, white ground with red and pink floral sprays, white ground with large red cabbage rose motifs, blue and white gingham, and white ground with small-scale red floral calico prints. The construction is machine-pieced, and the reverse side reveals raw seam allowances. A light blue fabric strip is partially attached along one edge.
Lot: 461 - Pair Gingerbread Placemats & Crocheted Star Doily
21 x 23 This collection includes three household textile items: two matching reversible quilted placemats and a large circular crocheted doily. The placemats are constructed from cotton fabric with interior batting and feature panels from the Grandmas Gingerbread collection. The front design displays various gingerbread figures, a cookie jar labeled Cookies, and a bottle labeled Ginger. Two printed panels provide recipes for Grandmas Gingerbread and Gingerbread Muffins. The decorative borders include a green flying geese patchwork motif and a black fabric printed with red hearts, all finished with a solid red fabric binding. The reverse side features a printed patchwork pattern in muted tones of blue, green, cream, and red, with select squares featuring red heart motifs. The large doily is hand-crocheted from cotton thread in a 12-pointed star mandala design featuring a chevron ripple effect. The piece is worked in alternating concentric bands of dark chocolate brown and pale yellow thread. It features an openwork center and a decorative scalloped outer edge.
Lot: 462 - Kaulele Creations Hawaii Botanical Quilted Panels
Approx 18 x 28 A collection of four quilted fabric panels or runners, each featuring distinct botanical or ornithological prints. The panels are constructed with diamond-patterned machine quilting on the face and finished with color-coordinated fabric bindings. The bindings on the reverse show evidence of hand-finishing. The collection includes: One panel featuring two blue birds with black and white accents perched on pussy willow branches over a light tan background, finished with a blue border and a purple floral patterned reverse. One panel featuring large red-orange poppy blossoms and green foliage on a white background, finished with a textured green border and a light green polka dot reverse. One panel featuring a pink and green Heliconia floral stalk with the name Heliconia printed in red script at the bottom. This panel is printed on a white background with a solid green border and a solid pink reverse. It bears the printed mark Kaulele Creations Hawaii along the stem. One panel featuring repeating clusters of red roses and green leaves on a cream background, finished with a red border and a cream-colored reverse.
Lot: 463 - Indiana Amish Quilted & Appliqued Cotton Hanging
32 x 32 An Amish-style hand-quilted and appliqued wall hanging, likely dating to the late 20th century. The piece features a central applique design depicting a basket of stylized flowers in shades of purple, pink, and dark green. This central motif is situated within a diamond-shaped border of light pink fabric with a subtle rose print. The surrounding background is composed of a teal cotton fabric with white polka dots. The construction displays extensive hand-quilting, including a cable or rope pattern in the pink border and large rose motifs in each of the four teal corners. The entire field is finished with straight horizontal quilting lines. The piece is bordered with purple fabric binding and features a plain white cotton fabric reverse.
Lot: 464 - Pair Checkerboard & Pink Sunflower Quilt Tops
74 x 86 pink, 44 x 60 purpleThis lot features two vintage, hand-pieced quilt tops of likely American origin, dating from the early to mid-20th century. Both pieces are unfinished textile tops without batting or backing. The first top is a checkerboard design composed of alternating solid white squares and purple squares, with the purple fabric featuring a small-scale, tone-on-tone floral scroll print. The second top displays a complex geometric pattern, likely a variation of a Sunflower, Wheel, or Dahlia design, featuring curved petal-like shapes and diamond-shaped intersections in solid pink fabric against a white ground. Both tops are hand-pieced with visible hand-stitching on the reverse sides and have raw, unfinished, or irregular edges. The material is cotton or a cotton blend.
Lot: 465 - Two American Hand-Stitched Cotton Textiles
25 x 33 blue, pink is a pillowcase. This lot consists of two vintage American hand-stitched cotton textile items, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The first item is a patchwork quilt top or lightweight quilt featuring a classic pinwheel pattern constructed from alternating triangles of solid light blue and off-white cotton fabric. The piece is hand-pieced and hand-stitched with visible running stitches throughout. The edges are unfinished and show fraying. The second item is a standard white cotton pillowcase featuring a central hand-applied patchwork medallion. The medallion is configured in a diamond shape with a central green floral square, surrounded by four pink floral-patterned lozenges and four green floral-patterned corner squares. A coordinating band of the green floral fabric is sewn along the hem of the open end. The patchwork elements are hand-applied to a commercially made base. The printed fabrics are characteristic of American domestic needlework from the 1930s to 1950s.
Lot: 466 - American Hand Appliqued Cotton Tulip Quilt
82 x 86 A vintage cotton quilt featuring a hand-appliqued tulip pattern on an off-white ground. The central field is organized with five main blocks arranged in a quincunx pattern, each containing four stylized yellow tulips with green stems and leaves radiating from a central point. A wide border surrounds the central field, decorated with individual upright yellow tulips on stems. The piece is entirely hand-quilted. Central blocks feature a diagonal diamond-grid pattern, while the border area is quilted with vertical straight lines. Applique elements are hand-stitched and finished with outline quilting. Materials include solid yellow, light yellow, and sage green cotton fabrics with an off-white cotton top and backing.
Lot: 467 - American Hand-Quilted Cotton Granny Square Quilt
76 x 78 This antique patchwork quilt is hand-pieced in a design known as a Granny Square pattern, composed of numerous small square cotton fabric patches arranged in concentric rounds to form individual blocks. The quilt utilizes a variety of late 19th to early 20th-century textiles, including printed calicos, shirtings, and ginghams in a palette featuring indigo blue, madder red, deep purple, and various shades of brown and green. These patterned blocks are set against an off-white or cream cotton ground. The entire piece is densely hand-quilted in a small-scale grid pattern, with uniform stitching visible on both the decorative front and the solid cream cotton reverse. No maker's marks or signatures are present.
Lot: 468 - Floral Applique Bedspread w/ Purple Fringe
74 x 92 This vintage bedspread features a cream-colored base of textured woven fabric with a repeating rectangular block pattern. The textile is decorated with hand-applied floral motifs in a variety of solid-colored fabrics, including shades of blue, lavender, and green. The design composition consists of two horizontal floral borders at the top and bottom, linked by five vertical vines. Additional small flower sprigs are placed symmetrically on the side panels. The appliques are secured with visible perimeter stitching. A twisted purple and white yarn fringe adorns three sides of the spread. The reverse side reveals the stitching patterns corresponding to the floral placement on the front.
Lot: 469 - Chris Stone and Associates 1991 Tropical Palm Print Decorator Fabric Yardage
9 yds of vintage decorator fabric produced by Chris Stone and Associates, dated 1991. The textile features a large-scale, stylized tropical botanical print of palm and fern fronds. The color palette includes shades of teal, burgundy, white, and yellow accents set against a muted terracotta or salmon background. The fabric is a medium-to-heavyweight weave with a distinct pebbled texture characteristic of barkcloth, suitable for upholstery, drapery, or outdoor pillows and crafts. The selvage is intact and contains the printed maker mark and copyright date: ? 1991 CHRIS STONE & ASSOCIATES.
Lot: 470 - Mid-C. Tropical Botanical Print Barkcloth
This lot contains one curtain and one small fabric remnant featuring a bold, large-scale tropical botanical print. The textile is a heavy, textured weave characteristic of mid-20th century barkcloth, typically manufactured from cotton or a cotton-rayon blend. The pattern consists of stylized jagged leaves in lime green and yellow tones, sweeping curved leaves in deep magenta and maroon, and soft grey palm fronds, all set against an off-white or cream-colored ground. This style of Hawaiian-themed botanical print was popularized during the 1930s and 1940s for interior applications such as drapery and upholstery. Similar designs are often attributed to manufacturers like Markwood Fabrics. Both pieces exhibit raw, unfinished, and frayed edges.
Lot: 471 - Mid-C. Floral Print Bedspread or Textile Panel
This is a large-scale vintage textile curtain panel. The fabric is possibly rayon or a silk blend, featuring a light grey ground. The pattern consists of a large-scale screen print with vibrant magenta and yellow blossoms, resembling thistles or carnations, interspersed with oversized green and pale pink palm-like fronds. The construction consists of two panels joined by a central vertical seam finished with grey piping. Water stains throughout the material.
Lot: 472 - Waverly Woodland Barkcloth & Fabric Remnants
This collection consists of several vintage textile remnants and one curtain. Included is a square section of Waverly Bonded Fabric in the Woodland pattern, which displays stylized maple, oak, and buckeye leaves over a brown cross-hatch grid background. Another piece is a rectangular section of textured fabric featuring abstract geometric shapes and atomic-style line-and-dot motifs in teal, rust, and mustard on a cream ground. A long charcoal gray fabric section shows atomic elements and abstract fans in seafoam green and pink. A larger piece features a bold, large-scale botanical floral print in blue and olive green, with one section previously fashioned into a pleated waistband with belt loops. Materials consist of textured barkcloth and bonded cotton. Visible markings on selvedges include A Waverly Bonded Fabric, Woodland, and A COLOR TESTED FABRIC---BEST OBTAINABLE VAT DYES.
Lot: 473 - Cofabco Mid-C. Floral Barkcloth Fabric Remnants
A group of mid-20th-century textile pieces manufactured by the Commercial Fabrics Corporation (Cofabco). These pieces feature a large-scale floral print depicting roses, hydrangeas, and trailing vines in shades of rose-pink, dusty blue, lemon yellow, and sage green. The pattern is printed onto a neutral, light gray or beige ground with a characteristic horizontally-textured barkcloth weave. The selvage edge on one piece contains the printed text A COFABCO GUARANTEED PRINT accompanied by a directional arrow and the word UP. Each of the four pieces appear to have been pre-cut for a specific sewing or upholstery project, such as a slipcover or chair cover.
Lot: 474 - Tropical Botanical Cotton Barkcloth Panels
This lot consists of a pair of vintage fabric curtain and a small scrap featuring a bold mid-century tropical botanical motif. The textile is a mid-weight woven cotton with a pebbled texture characteristic of barkcloth. The large-scale pattern displays palmate leaves in shades of green, chartreuse, and yellow, accompanied by brown bamboo-style stalks and teal foliage. Clusters of spiky magenta and purple flowers, resembling mimosa or bottlebrush blooms, provide vibrant color accents. The cream background is detailed with faint gray line-art botanical sketches. The lot includes one large curtain and a matching smaller remnant.
Lot: 475 - Schumacher Protea Print & Fabric Remnants
This lot features one 45in fabric remnant and one curtain with distinct botanical and floral designs. The first textile is a heavy-weight material with a textured surface characteristic of mid-century barkcloth, composed of a cotton or linen blend. The pattern is a large-scale botanical print featuring stylized bowl-shaped flowers, resembling Protea, in shades of pink and burgundy with yellow-dotted centers. The motif includes large green leaves with white veining and feathery gray and purple foliage on a neutral beige ground. A printed selvage on this piece is marked SCHUMACHER and WASHABLE. The second textile is a medium to heavy-weight fabric with a visible slubbed weave, featuring a classic floral print of large pink multi-petaled blossoms, pomegranate-style fruit, and small teal flowers on a textured gray ground.
Lot: 476 - Tempo Tropica Palm Leaf Fabric Yardage
This lot consists of 4yds of heavy-weight fabric yardage featuring a bold tropical botanical motif. The pattern, identified as Tempo Tropica, displays stylized palm leaves in shades of forest green, sage green, and white set against a coral-pink background. The textile is a durable cotton or cotton-blend canvas with a visible slub texture and plain weave, designed for home decor applications such as upholstery, cushions, and window treatments. The pattern is screen-printed on one side with a lighter reverse.
Lot: 477 - Pair Mid-Century Floral Barkcloth Drapery Panels
This lot consists of a pair of vintage pinch-pleated curtain panels. The one cutain panel has been made and the other is raw material only. The panels are constructed from a heavyweight textured cotton fabric, characteristic of mid-20th-century barkcloth, and are fully lined with a white plain-weave fabric. The design features a large-scale English Country style floral pattern composed of bouquets of roses in shades of pink and cream, accented by green foliage and brown branches, all set against an off-white or cream ground. The top of panel is finished with triple pinch-pleat headers. The finished curtain has large water stains at lower end of curtain.
Lot: 478 - Pair Mid-C. Barkcloth Gazelle & Floral Panels
A pair of large vintage curtain panels featuring a mid-century novelty print in the style of designer Margaret Meier. The pictorial pattern consists of a repeating motif of stylized, leaping golden gazelles or antelopes with spiraled horns. These animals are depicted amidst large, vibrant floral bouquets including peonies, sunflowers, and smaller pink blossoms, interspersed with flowering tree branches. The textile is a cotton or cotton-blend barkcloth characterized by a pronounced pebbled texture. The color palette consists of golden yellow, rose pink, deep teal, and forest green set against a pale grey ground.
Lot: 479 - Mid-Century Botanical and Landscape Print Barkcloth Material
A lot of misc sized blankets and material constructed from heavyweight, textured cotton barkcloth. The textiles feature a bold, large-scale botanical and landscape print characteristic of the 1940s and 1950s American Hollywood Regency style. The design incorporates clusters of stylized pink lilies, resembling torch ginger or stargazer varieties, and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers set among vibrant green foliage. The floral motifs are interspersed with stylized yellow and green trees featuring gray-tone shaded canopies, all presented against a neutral light gray ground.
Lot: 480 - Chris Stone California Mid-C. Barkcloth
This lot consists of two separate pieces of textile approx 2yds each, featuring designs inspired by mid-century modern aesthetics. Both pieces are constructed from a heavy textured fabric characteristic of barkcloth, frequently used for upholstery or drapery. The first piece features a pale yellow ground with an atomic era abstract print consisting of black molecular line-and-dot motifs, sun-like bursts, wireframe pod shapes, crescent moons, and organic forms in black, olive green, slate grey, and terracotta. The selvage of this fabric is clearly marked with the signature Chris Stone CALIFORNIA followed by a copyright symbol and the date 2001. A numbered color key from 1 to 7 is also present on the edge. The second piece has an off-white ground decorated with a repeating vertical pattern of stylized pink weeping flowers, teal rectangular blocks, and brown geometric elements.
Lot: 481 - Pair Mid-Century Tropical Barkcloth Drapes
A pair of lined drapes approx 30 x 34 constructed from heavyweight cotton barkcloth. The face fabric features a large-scale tropical botanical print with Caladium leaves in shades of pink and cream, accented by green ferns and foliage. The design incorporates a dark green drop shadow effect against a salmon-pink ground. The reverse is finished with a white tone-on-tone patterned lining fabric. A small, rectangular green fabric patch is sewn to the top reverse edge of one panel, though it bears no legible markings or text.
Lot: 482 - Pair Tropical Botanical Print Curtain Panels
This lot consists of a pair of vintage curtain panels. The pieces are constructed from a heavyweight textured fabric with a pebbled, barkcloth-style weave, likely a cotton or cotton-synthetic blend. The design features a large-scale tropical botanical motif, specifically Monstera deliciosa leaves and scrolling vine structures. The color palette includes shades of sage and forest green, tan, and deep plum on an off-white or cream-colored ground. One piece displays an all-over pattern, whereas the other is a border-print panel with a decorated edge and a plain field. The large-scale motif and color palette are characteristic of late 20th-century interior design styles from the 1980s or 1990s.
Lot: 483 - Set Mid-C. Modern Patterned Curtain Panels Montreal
A set of 3, mid-century modern fabric panels featuring a stylized botanical and geometric print, each is 4ft. The design incorporates teal and brown organic forms resembling leaves or flowers on thin dark branches, alongside rectangular and square color blocks in shades of teal, brown, and tan. The background is an off-white woven ground. The material is a medium-weight woven fabric. The word MONTREAL is printed along the selvage.
Lot: 484 - Chinoiserie Barkcloth Curtain Panel
A large very beautiful curtain panel featuring a mid-century modern Chinoiserie pattern, measuring 64 x 88! The material is a heavyweight decorative barkcloth fabric characterized by a pronounced horizontal slub. The design consists of stylized teal-colored lanterns accented with gold-toned lattice detailing, suspended from gnarled dark brown branches. The pattern is further decorated with large, abstract foliage in shades of chocolate brown, tan, and muted blue, all set against a cream-colored ground. The panel is fully lined with a solid sage green fabric. The construction features traditional pinch pleats at the top header.
Lot: 485 - 20th C. Drunkard's Path Variation Patchwork Quilt
80 x 88 A hand-tied patchwork quilt featuring a variation of the traditional Drunkard's Path pattern. The design consists of a central field of blocks featuring quarter-circle pieced segments in light pink and pale blue fabrics against a solid navy blue ground. This central section is framed by a wide navy blue border. The quilt top is constructed from solid-colored fabrics, likely cotton or a cotton-synthetic blend. The backing is made of a solid light pink synthetic fleece material, which has been brought forward to form a self-binding edge around the perimeter. Instead of traditional quilting stitches, the three layers are secured by hand-tied lengths of pink, blue, and white yarn or embroidery floss spaced throughout the surface. The reverse side features a small, rectangular area with a multi-colored embroidered inset piece.
Lot: 486 - American Hand-Quilted Cotton Basket Motif Coverlet
60 x 70 A hand-quilted cotton coverlet featuring a repeating grid of stamped blue motifs depicting stylized baskets. The textile is constructed from two layers of light-colored cotton or muslin fabric with an internal layer of cotton batting. The quilting follows a geometric scheme consisting of a primary grid of horizontal and vertical lines, with secondary diagonal hand-stitching forming diamond patterns within the squares. The piece is finished with a simple matching fabric binding along the edges. The hand-stitched construction is visible throughout the piece.
Lot: 487 - Quaker Fabric Corp. Strip Patchwork Quilt Top
68 x 94 Handmade patchwork quilt top constructed in a strip-quilt or string-quilt style. The textile consists of horizontal bands of varying printed decorator fabrics. The primary face showcases a large-scale Chinoiserie-style print of lotus blossoms and bamboo on a cream ground, interspersed with narrower strips of floral, geometric, and striped patterns. The secondary side features a denser arrangement of varied fabric strips. Construction materials appear to be cotton or cotton-blend, with some fabrics exhibiting a slight sheen characteristic of polished cotton or chintz. Several fabric panels are joined using decorative yellow hand-embroidery in a herringbone or cross-stitch pattern. Integrated fabric selvages contain printed text including A SCREEN PRINT PROTECTED, DUPONT TEFLON SOIL AND STAIN REPELLER, STEINBERG FOR QUAKER, and CORPORATION MCM... FOR QUAKER. These marks identify the source materials as commercial upholstery-grade fabrics from the Quaker Fabric Corporation, including designs by Steinberg. The assembly reflects American folk-art quilting traditions from the late 20th century.
Lot: 488 - American Cotton Pinwheel Quilt, Blue & Yellow
62 x 76 A handmade cotton pieced quilt featuring a large-scale pinwheel or windmill pattern. The top is constructed from half-square triangles in pale yellow and light grayish-blue cotton fabrics. The quilt is hand-quilted throughout with vertical straight-line stitching. The reverse side is finished with a coarse-weave off-white cotton backing.
Lot: 489 - Spectrix Precious Moments Jungle Quilted Panel
34 x 45 This pre-quilted fabric panel features a Precious Moments jungle illustration designed by Samuel J. Butcher and produced by Spectrix. The central design depicts an orange-spotted giraffe with a purple monkey hanging from its neck, accompanied by a green parrot and ladybugs set among tropical flowers and foliage in a pastel color palette. The panel is constructed with a printed cotton-blend top layer, polyester batting, and a solid white fabric reverse, all joined by a machine-stitched diamond and scalloped quilting pattern. A wide yellow border frames the central scene. The lower selvedge edge is printed with the following mark: PRECIOUS MOMENTS TM, copyright 1992 By Samuel J. Butcher Co., Fabric by Spectrix. The artist initials SMB are also integrated into the printed design near the base of the giraffe.
Lot: 490 - Double-Sided Nine-Patch Machine-Stitched Quilt Top
76 x 78 A vintage double-sided quilt top or lightweight coverlet featuring a nine-patch layout on both sides. The construction consists of a 3x3 grid of large blocks, each composed of a checkerboard pattern of smaller multi-colored fabric squares. The blocks are separated by wide sashing in a solid bright turquoise blue. This piece is entirely machine-sewn, utilizing a prominent zigzag stitch to join the individual squares and the larger blocks. It is constructed from two finished patchwork faces sewn back-to-back without internal batting or traditional quilting stitches. The materials include an assortment of printed cotton and synthetic-blend fabric scraps featuring 1960s and 1970s-style floral, calico, and geometric patterns.
75 x 80 This antique American quilt is a hand-pieced and hand-quilted textile crafted from red and white cotton fabrics. The design utilizes a variation of the Sawtooth Sunburst or Sunflower pattern, featuring white circular medallions with sharp, radiating points along their edges. These patterned blocks are set against a solid red ground and alternate with solid white squares in a checkerboard layout. The perimeter of the quilt is framed by a border of alternating red and white stripes. Intricate hand-quilting is visible throughout the piece, including stylized floral and foliate motifs within the centers of the white circles and a diagonal diamond-grid pattern across the striped borders. A hand-embroidered inscription in red thread is located in one corner, reading Ev. on the first line and 6-86 on the second line, identifying the maker and dating the piece to June 1886.
Lot: 2 - American Hand-Quilted Sawtooth Star Scrap Quilt
66 x 52 A vintage American patchwork quilt featuring a variation of the Sawtooth Star pattern, also known as the Evening Star. The quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted, utilizing an assortment of mid-20th-century scrap fabrics including blue and white ginghams, pin-striped shirting, solid burgundy cottons, and small-scale floral and checked prints. These patterned blocks alternate in a grid with solid goldenrod or Cheddar yellow squares. The reverse side consists of a solid, faded grey-blue cotton fabric. The hand-quilting is executed in a dense fan or shell motif, which has created a highly textured and puckered surface. The quilt is finished with a simple light blue fabric binding.
Lot: 3 - Antique American Triple Irish Chain Hand Quilt
71 x 88 An antique hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton textile featuring a Triple Irish Chain pattern. The quilt top is constructed with a vibrant solid green field, accented by interlocking chains of small red and white squares. Tan-colored fabric squares are utilized at specific intervals and corners within the chains. Large white squares are set at the primary intersections. The piece is extensively quilted by hand, featuring diagonal cross-hatching within the white blocks and nested chevrons and diamonds across the green ground. The reverse is finished with a printed cotton backing fabric displaying a small-scale geometric shirting print of brown diamonds and black dots on a cream ground. Based on the materials, construction, and pattern, the piece is consistent with American quilt-making from the late 19th to early 20th century.
Lot: 4 - Mid-20th C. Dresden Plate Patchwork Quilt
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Lot: 5 - Mid-Century American Hand-Pieced and Hand-Tied Cotton and Suiting Patchwork Utility Quilt
71 x 88 This mid-century patchwork utility quilt is hand-pieced and hand-tied. The front side is composed of nine-patch blocks in a 3x3 grid, separated by vertical sashing strips. The fabrics are a variety of mid-century cottons and cotton blends, featuring patterns such as small-scale florals, ginghams, checks, and abstract geometric prints typical of the 1930s through 1950s. The reverse side is constructed in a strippy patchwork style using large rectangular panels of repurposed men's suiting fabrics, including pinstripes, herringbones, and speckled tweeds in a palette of brown, tan, navy, and gray. A notable feature on the reverse is an intact, repurposed garment patch pocket. The quilt is secured with hand-tied contrasting black and white threads rather than traditional decorative quilting stitches.
Lot: 6 - American Hand-Quilted Winding Ways Patchwork Quilt
81 x 85 A mid-20th-century American hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt. The textile features the Winding Ways pattern, also known as a Wheel of Fortune variant, characterized by interlocking curved seams. The design is executed in a medallion-style layout with concentric rings of scrappy, multi-print segments separated by a consistent solid orange cotton lattice. The center features a four-patch cross block in shades of blue and green. The various prints used in the piecing include stylized florals, geometric patterns, stripes, and novelty motifs such as ladybugs and strawberries. The quilt is constructed from assorted cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps on the front with a solid orange cotton backing. It displays hand-pieced curved seams and is hand-quilted throughout in a simple grid pattern. The edges are finished with a hand-turned binding.
Lot: 7 - American Hand-Appliqued Princess Feather Quilt
61 x75 This hand-quilted utility quilt features a repeating grid of large circular sunburst motifs, identified in American quilting traditions as the Princess Feather pattern. The motifs are hand-appliqu?d in faded red and medium blue cotton fabrics onto alternating squares of cream and light pink. A prominent, contrasting blue hand-sewn blanket stitch finishes the edges of each appliqu?. The entire quilt top is densely hand-quilted in a traditional fan or shell pattern. The reverse side consists of a solid light blue cotton fabric. This piece exhibits a make-do character, utilizing a variety of later fabrics for repairs and binding. The top and bottom borders are finished with a mid-20th-century pictorial novelty print featuring tavern signs and crests with text such as BARTLETT, TAVERN, 1801, and 1906. Side borders include sections of red-and-white checkered gingham and a brown-and-cream floral calico. Several utilitarian patches have been added over time using yellow-and-black plaid and red-and-white checkered fabrics.
Lot: 8 - Ocean Waves Pattern Cotton Quilt, c. 1890-1920
75 x 78 An antique American patchwork quilt featuring the Ocean Waves pattern, a classic geometric design composed of numerous half-square triangles. The quilt is entirely hand-pieced and hand-quilted, utilizing a variety of late 19th and early 20th-century cotton fabrics including slate gray and cornflower blue gingham, striped prints, and pale pink calicos set against a cream-colored ground. The central motifs consist of interlocking diamond forms created by the precise arrangement of small triangles. The hand-quilting is executed in a dense diagonal grid and concentric diamond pattern across the solid cream fields. The reverse is finished with a plain off-white cotton fabric, showcasing the uniform hand-stitching throughout.
Lot: 9 - American Blue & White Applique Alphabet Quilt
55 x 68 This antique alphabet quilt features a complete set of uppercase letters (A-Z) appliqued in a medium-blue cotton fabric onto a cream-colored cotton ground. The unique typographic layout is organized in five rows with a sixth centered letter at the bottom. The central vertical column contains the letters C, H, M, R, W, and Z, flanked by the remaining letters in four symmetrical columns. The piece is distinguished by exceptionally dense and meticulous hand-quilting, featuring horizontal parallel lines across the background and detailed contour echo quilting surrounding each letter, creating a three-dimensional effect. The quilt is constructed with small blue accent squares pieced into a grid pattern that defines the letter placement and is finished with a narrow blue binding in a matching fabric. The reverse side is a plain cream-colored fabric that showcases the intricate hand-stitched quilting patterns.
Lot: 10 - Mid-20th C. Criss-Cross Patchwork Feed Sack Quilt
67 x 78 This is a hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt featuring an X or Criss-Cross block pattern. The quilt top is constructed from a variety of printed cotton fabrics in multiple colors and patterns including florals, polka dots, and geometrics. These blocks are organized into vertical columns separated by solid pink cotton sashing strips. The entire piece is finished with hand-quilted parallel lines. The backing is particularly notable, as it is composed of several repurposed flour or feed sacks. Visible manufacturer stamps on the reverse include a circular logo for the Royal Milling Company with text reading Superlative Self Rising Flour Bleached. Other partial stamps on the backing include Spring Rooster Johnson and Delight White. The interior batting appears to be a thin layer of natural cotton.
Lot: 11 - American Hand-Stitched Yo-Yo Quilt Topper, c. 1950
72 x 96 This textile is a large-scale American yo-yo quilt, also known as a coverlet or bed topper. It is hand-constructed from hundreds of individual circular fabric pieces, known as yo-yos, which have been gathered at the center and hand-stitched together in an interlocking grid. The material consists of a diverse assortment of scrap fabrics, including cotton and various synthetic blends such as polyester knits. The pattern is an eclectic multi-colored scrap design, featuring a wide array of prints including floral motifs, polka dots, stripes, paisley, and abstract geometric patterns. Some sections exhibit a loose arrangement by color or pattern family, such as rows of blue, cream, and brown tones. The fabric selection and colors are characteristic of the mid-20th century.
Lot: 12 - American Hand-Pieced & Quilted Patchwork Quilt
70 x 80 A vintage American hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork scrap quilt, constructed in a variation of the Broken Dishes or Pinwheel pattern. The quilt top is composed of multiple half-square triangle blocks using a diverse range of scrap cotton fabrics, including floral calicos, solids, checks, and stripes, many characteristic of mid-20th-century feed sack prints. These blocks are organized into five horizontal rows separated by wide sashing of light blue cotton fabric with a small stylized navy and white floral medallion print. The piece is finished with hand-quilting in a simple grid pattern across the sashing and patchwork. The reverse features a light blue cotton backing with a repeating circular floral design in white and dark blue, constructed from two panels with a visible horizontal seam. The batting is a thin, lightweight layer.
Lot: 13 - Reversible Hand-Quilted Patchwork Star Quilt
64 x 76 This hand-quilted, reversible patchwork quilt features a repeating geometric pattern on the front composed of eight-pointed star or windmill variations. These motifs are pieced from magenta and dark-toned patterned diamond shapes and set against a light-gray ground fabric with a subtle floral print. The reverse side is constructed from a grid of solid-colored patchwork blocks in various shades of red, pink, blue, teal, and purple. The quilt is finished with visible hand-quilting in a contrasting white thread, forming decorative floral and linear motifs across both sides. The perimeter is finished with a multicolored fabric binding.
Lot: 14 - American Hand Quilted Cotton Star Patchwork Quilt
60 x 70 A vintage American patchwork quilt featuring a variation of a star pattern, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The piece is constructed from a variety of cotton fabrics, including floral, gingham, and geometric prints characteristic of feedsack textiles from the 1930s through the 1950s. The design consists of large blocks, each containing four smaller star motifs set against a white ground. These blocks are separated by solid blue sashing with solid pink cornerstone squares. The entire surface is hand quilted in a simple grid pattern. The reverse side features a solid off-white cotton fabric that displays the hand-stitched grid pattern executed in pink thread.
Lot: 15 - Hand-Quilted Triple Irish Chain & Star Quilt
78 x 78 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted textile features a variation of the Triple Irish Chain pattern. The design consists of a small-scale red and green checkerboard grid interspersed with larger yellow eight-pointed star medallions. The quilt is constructed from solid-colored cotton or cotton-blend fabrics in a primary color palette of red, green, and yellow. The yellow medallions are accented with hand-quilted floral or sunburst motifs, while the yellow and green borders feature a hand-quilted cable and leaf design. The reverse is finished with a white cotton backing printed with small red polka dots.
Lot: 16 - Hand-Quilted Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt
60 x 72 A vintage cotton quilt featuring the classic Grandmothers Flower Garden pattern. The quilt is constructed from hand-pieced hexagonal units. Each floral motif consists of a white central hexagon, a surrounding ring of six lavender-and-white floral printed hexagons, and an outer ring of twelve solid purple hexagons. The quilt is hand-quilted with purple thread that follows the contours of the hexagonal pieces. The reverse is composed of solid white cotton fabric with a horizontal center seam and finished with a narrow white cotton binding. A small white rectangular fabric patch is hand-stitched to the reverse.
Lot: 17 - Mid-20th Century Hand-Appliqued and Hand-Quilted Cotton Tulip Pattern Quilt
66 x 90 This is a hand-appliqued and hand-quilted cotton bed quilt featuring a stylized floral motif. The quilt top is composed of sixteen square blocks, each displaying four floral buds in pink and green fabric arranged in a quatrefoil design on a white ground. The blocks are separated by solid green sashing and joined by white cornerstones featuring hand-quilted circular floral designs. The quilting is executed by hand in linear patterns across the sashing and follows the contours of the applique motifs. The front is constructed from solid-colored cotton fabrics in shades of green and pink, characteristic of mid-20th century textiles. The backing consists of a printed cotton fabric with a vertical stripe and Lily of the Valley floral sprig motif in coordinating pink and green. The style of the backing fabric suggests the quilt top may have been finished or backed during the late 20th-century quilt revival period.
Lot: 18 - Mid-20th Century American Hand-Appliqued and Hand-Quilted Cotton Sampler Quilt
80 x 100 An American sampler quilt featuring twenty individual blocks arranged in a four-by-five grid. Each block displays a unique hand-appliqued motif, including various floral wreaths, baskets of flowers, and bird species such as a cardinal, a hummingbird feeding at a blossom, and a bluebird. The appliqued elements utilize a combination of solid-colored and small-scale printed cotton fabrics characteristic of the mid-century period. The piece is extensively hand-quilted with decorative stitching throughout. The borders between the blocks feature a cable or running vine quilting pattern. Each individual block background is quilted with feathered wreaths surrounding the central applique and fine diamond cross-hatching in the outer areas. The construction consists of a white cotton ground, internal batting, and a plain white cotton backing.
Lot: 19 - American Sawtooth Star Cotton Patchwork Quilt 1997
30 x 68 This is a hand-crafted patchwork quilt featuring twenty-five Sawtooth Star blocks arranged in a five-by-five grid. The stars are pieced from solid-colored cotton fabrics in various shades of blue, pink, magenta, yellow, and lavender, all set against a white ground. The piece is finished with a light blue fabric binding. The quilting is hand-stitched throughout the entire piece. The star blocks feature a diagonal diamond grid quilting pattern, while the white sashing and borders are decorated with an interlocking cable or oval motif. In one corner of the reverse side, there is hand-embroidered text in blue thread reading E. W. over 5 - 9 7. This inscription suggests the piece was completed by an individual with those initials in May 1997.
Lot: 20 - Applique Tulip Quilt w/ Floral Diamond Sashing
50 x 88 This vintage handmade textile is an applique quilt featuring twenty-five individual blocks arranged in a five-by-five grid. Each block contains a tulip motif with flower heads constructed from various scrap fabrics, including calico prints, ginghams, florals, and polka dots in a diverse color palette. The stems and leaves are fashioned from a solid green fabric. The tulip and leaf elements are applied to the white background using a green machine-stitched zigzag finish. The blocks are separated by a lattice-style sashing that features a repeating diamond pattern in a pink and green floral print. The white background of each block displays hand-quilted diagonal grid lines. The quilt is finished with a thin pink and white patterned binding. The reverse side is covered with a full-sheet floral striped backing fabric featuring Lily of the Valley sprays arranged in vertical columns between solid pink stripes on a white ground. The materials appear to be cotton or cotton-blend with a thin internal batting.
Lot: 21 - American Folk Art Patchwork Cotton Strip Quilt
72 x 80 An American folk art strip quilt constructed of vertical columns of varied patchwork cotton fabrics. The textiles include ginghams, plaids, stripes, and floral prints in a variety of colors, separated by solid yellow sashing strips. The piece is hand-quilted throughout in a traditional fan or clamshell pattern. The reverse is composed of off-white cotton fabric repurposed from commercial textile or feed sacks, bearing several faint ink stamps. Visible text on these stamps includes FULL BLEACHED 36 IN, W.T. CO. ? BLOCKTON, and No. 4 ? N.Y. & N.J. The aesthetic of the irregular patchwork and vertical composition is in the style of African American quilts from the Gee's Bend tradition.
Lot: 22 - Indigo & White Cotton Delectable Mountains Quilt
72 x 72 An American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. The textile features a repetitive Delectable Mountains block pattern composed of small triangular elements. The pieced sections utilize indigo blue cotton fabric featuring a small white discharge-printed geometric motif, set against a plain white cotton ground. The quilt is densely hand-quilted throughout with a diagonal diamond grid pattern. It is finished with a narrow indigo print fabric binding and a plain off-white cotton reverse.
Lot: 23 - Mid-20th C. Amish Style Sunshine & Shadow Quilt
82 x 88 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt is designed in the traditional Sunshine and Shadow pattern, a variation of the Trip Around the World design. The central field is composed of small fabric squares, approximately 2 inches each, arranged in concentric diamond bands. The color palette features a variety of solid-colored fabrics including teal, forest green, chocolate brown, mauve, dusty rose, lavender, deep purple, navy, and black. This central patterned field is set within a wide, solid medium-blue border that includes contrasting light-blue corner blocks. The quilting follows a diagonal cross-hatch pattern across each individual square. The reverse side is finished with a lavender calico-style printed fabric featuring a small, repeating white geometric motif. The quilt is finished with a dark blue hand-stitched binding. Materials appear to be cotton or a cotton blend.
Lot: 24 - American Red & White Hearts & Gizzards Quilt
72 x 82 This is a vintage American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton textile. The quilt features a graphic red and white color scheme in a "Hearts and Gizzards" pattern, which is a traditional geometric variation involving intersecting pieced rings with four-patch squares at each junction. This design creates almond-shaped white central segments throughout the field. The quilt is finished with a decorative scalloped edge along the perimeter. Construction details include fine, irregular hand-stitching that follows the geometric forms of the pattern, including diagonal gridwork within the small squares and echoing stitch lines within the white segments. The textile is composed of cotton fabric and contains internal batting.
Lot: 25 - American Turkey Red & White Greek Cross Quilt
92 x 96 This is an antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt, constructed from Turkey red and off-white cotton fabrics. The central field features thirty-six blocks arranged in a six-by-six grid. The block pattern is a variation of the Greek Cross or Cross within a Cross, characterized by a central white diamond surrounded by a red cross with flared arms. The main field is enclosed by a Flying Geese border consisting of a continuous row of red triangles. The quilt exhibits extensive hand-quilting throughout, including concentric fan or clamshell patterns in the background and starburst or floral motifs quilted into the larger white setting squares. The reverse side is composed of off-white cotton fabric with visible vertical seams, and the edges are finished with a simple turned-edge binding.
Lot: 26 - Mid-Century American Scrappy Patchwork Cross Quilt
60 x 72 This mid-century American patchwork quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted, featuring a scrappy and improvisational design. The layout incorporates a series of cross or plus motifs, most notably a large central cross executed in a blue paisley fabric. The top is constructed from a wide variety of cotton fabric remnants, including calico florals, ginghams, polka dots, paisleys, and various geometric prints characteristic of the mid-20th century era. The quilt features vertical hand-quilted stitching throughout. The reverse side is finished with a yellow and white floral calico print.
Lot: 27 - Mid-20th C. American Pinwheel Variation Quilt
66 x 76 This mid-20th-century American scrap quilt features sixteen octagonal blocks, each containing a six-segment pinwheel or fan motif. The blocks are hand-pieced using a variety of cotton scrap fabrics, including ginghams, plaids, florals, and novelty prints. One notable novelty print features white fabric with rabbits emerging from top hats. The blocks are set within a sashed grid pattern composed of solid red and aqua blue cotton. The quilt is finished with a solid light blue cotton backing and is machine-quilted in vertical parallel lines.
Lot: 28 - Mid-C. American Spider Web Patchwork Quilt
72 x 84 A vintage handmade patchwork quilt featuring a Spider Web or Kaleidoscope block pattern. The quilt top is constructed from a diverse assortment of cotton scrap fabrics, including floral prints, stripes, ginghams, and novelty patterns such as a nautical anchor motif. The individual blocks are separated by solid-colored cotton sashing in shades of pink, sky blue, and tan. A blue and white gingham fabric forms the outer border. The piece is entirely hand-quilted with a diagonal diamond grid pattern across the blocks and additional stitching following the structural lines of the patchwork wedges. The reverse consists of a solid cream cotton backing. The selection of fabrics, including large-scale daisy prints, is characteristic of mid-20th-century American domestic textiles.
Lot: 29 - Hand-Stitched 8-Point Star Patchwork Quilt
60 x 66 A mid-20th-century American handmade patchwork quilt featuring a classic eight-pointed star motif, often referred to as a LeMoyne or Sawtooth star variation. The quilt is constructed from a diverse collection of cotton scrap fabrics, including solid tones, various floral prints, striped patterns, and a distinctive black-and-white houndstooth check. These star blocks are set within a sashing of white-ground calico fabric decorated with small red floral clusters. The piece is entirely hand-assembled, showcasing hand-pieced patchwork and hand-quilting in a simple running stitch. The quilting follows the geometry of the stars and incorporates parallel horizontal lines across the sashing. The textile is finished with a thin interior batting and a plain off-white cotton backing.
Lot: 30 - American Hand-Quilted Dresden Plate Quilt
78 x 80 This is an American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt featuring the Dresden Plate pattern, dating from approximately the mid-20th century. The quilt top is composed of twenty square blocks arranged in a four-by-five grid. Each block features an appliqued Dresden Plate motif consisting of radiating wedge-shaped petals in a variety of solid colors including yellow, blue, pink, and red, surrounding a central circular hub. One block in the second row contains a distinct white floral-style applique instead of the multi-colored plate. The blocks are set with dark red sashing and blue cornerstones, and the quilt is finished with a pink and blue border. The reverse side is constructed from a white cotton fabric with a small-scale, multi-directional floral sprig print in pink, red, blue, and green. The entire piece is hand-quilted in a simple grid pattern that follows the sashing and cuts across the appliqued blocks.
Lot: 31 - American Hand-Embroidered Floral Bouquet Quilt
72 x 92 This is a mid-20th-century American cotton quilt featuring twelve white fabric blocks set into a pink sashing grid with white cornerstones and a wide pink border. Each central block is decorated with a hand-embroidered floral bouquet tied with a ribbon bow, rendered in pink thread using line stitching and French knots. The quilt is characterized by dense and intricate hand-quilting. The white blocks feature a diagonal chevron pattern, the pink sashing is quilted with a scrolling vine motif, and the wide pink border is decorated with large, ornate circular feathered wreaths. The reverse side consists of a solid pink fabric which provides a clear view of the complex stitching patterns.
Lot: 32 - Hand-Embroidered Cotton Flower Basket Quilt
70 x 90 A vintage hand-embroidered and hand-quilted bed quilt made from cotton fabric. The quilt top features a 3x4 grid consisting of twelve white blocks. Each block is centered with a hand-embroidered basket motif in golden-brown thread, filled with multicolored flowers including pansies, starflowers, and tulips, and topped with a pink bow. The blocks are separated by pink cotton sashing with white square cornerstones at each intersection. The piece is finished with a narrow pink fabric binding and a solid white cotton reverse. The quilting is performed by hand throughout, featuring horizontal straight-line patterns on the white blocks, a cable or braided design on the pink sashing, star motifs on the white cornerstones, and a traditional clamshell or arc pattern on the outer pink borders.
Lot: 33 - American Star Patchwork Hand-Quilted Quilt
70 x 74 This American traditional bed quilt features a checkerboard layout of alternating blue and white blocks. Within this grid, four blocks contain hand-pieced eight-pointed stars in the Evening Star or Sawtooth Star pattern. One star block is a saturated red, while the other three have faded to a light pink. The white blocks are constructed from various calico fabrics featuring small-scale geometric and floral prints. The entire piece is hand-quilted with blue thread in a diagonal diamond cross-hatch pattern, visible on both the patterned front and the plain white cotton reverse side. The central field is framed by a narrow white inner border and a wider blue outer border featuring a repeating circular floral print. The quilt is finished with a blue and white patterned fabric binding.
Lot: 34 - American Jacquard Woven Coverlet, 19th Century
76 x 84 This is an American Jacquard woven coverlet dating from the mid-19th century. The textile is constructed from two panels of loom-width fabric joined by a horizontal center seam. It is woven from indigo-dyed wool and natural-colored cotton yarns in a traditional two-tone palette of deep blue and cream. The design features a repeating pattern of geometric medallions enclosing varied floral and foliate motifs, including central multi-petaled blossoms and stylized leafy branches. These medallions are framed by multiple decorative borders incorporating zig-zag, dotted, and diamond-grid geometric patterns. The weave exhibits a reversible pattern, characteristic of mid-19th century American folk textiles.
Lot: 35 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Appliqued Floral Basket Quilt
78 x 90 This is a mid-20th-century bed quilt featuring hand-appliqued floral motifs on a white cotton ground. The central design depicts a flower basket constructed from a green and white gingham lattice. The basket contains a variety of pastel-colored flowers, including a prominent yellow daffodil, large pink blossoms, and a blue flower, with several smaller buds. A large, stylized blue ribbon bow is positioned above the basket. This central motif is framed by a lobed quatrefoil border. Each corner of the quilt is decorated with a segment of the matching gingham lattice and a curved vine of three pink flowers with green leaves. The entire surface is hand-quilted in a consistent diagonal diamond grid pattern. The quilt is finished with a decorative scalloped edge bound with narrow green and white gingham fabric. The reverse of the quilt is plain white, showing the hand-quilted stitching.
Lot: 36 - Mid-20th C. American Hand-Quilted Basket Quilt
70 x 76 A vintage hand-stitched cotton quilt featuring a checkerboard layout of alternating solid mustard-gold and white fabric blocks. Each white square contains a centrally positioned hand-embroidered motif of a flower basket. The baskets are rendered in gold embroidery thread, topped with a light blue ribbon bow, and filled with an assortment of multicolored flowers in red, blue, purple, and yellow hues with green foliate accents. The embroidery is executed with traditional techniques including stem stitching and French knots. The quilting is performed entirely by hand with fine, consistent stitches. The white squares are quilted in a diagonal diamond grid, while the mustard-gold squares feature a central circular medallion motif with stylized floral petals. The reverse side consists of a solid off-white cotton fabric that highlights the hand-quilting stitches.
Lot: 37 - American Variable Star Hand Pieced & Tied Quilt
72 x 72 A vintage American hand-pieced and tied utility quilt featuring sixteen patterned blocks in a variant of the Variable Star or Ohio Star design. The quilt top is constructed from a variety of scrap materials including wool, wool-blends, flannels, and silk or early synthetic satin in a palette of navy, maroon, ochre, and brown. These patterned blocks are set into a large field of blue woven wool or wool-blend fabric. The quilt is secured with white yarn tufts positioned at the corners of the patterned blocks and across the field. The outer edge is finished with a pink machine-sewn zigzag stitch. The reverse is composed of blue and white striped cotton ticking.
Lot: 38 - Hand-Appliqued Sunbonnet Sue Quilt
84 x 96 This vintage American hand-stitched applique quilt features the traditional Sunbonnet Sue pattern, also known as Dutch Doll. The quilt is composed of twenty-five individual blocks arranged in a five-by-five grid. Each block contains a stylized figure of a girl in a large bonnet, rendered in various cotton fabrics including solids, ginghams, and calico prints. These figures are hand-appliqued to a mustard-yellow cotton ground using a decorative black blanket or buttonhole stitch. Hand-embroidered floral accents in multi-colored thread are visible on several of the bonnets. The blocks are separated by dark olive-green floral print sashing. The entire piece is extensively hand-quilted with patterns including diamond grids, concentric arcs, and stylized floral motifs, which are also visible on the solid mustard-yellow reverse. The quilt is finished with a narrow, hand-applied black fabric binding.
Lot: 39 - Purple & White Whirligig Pattern Cotton Quilt
66 x 80 This vintage textile is a hand-stitched cotton quilt, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The quilt features twenty individual blocks arranged in a four-by-five grid. Each block contains a stylized, four-armed motif in solid purple cotton fabric hand-applied to a white cotton ground using fine appliqu? stitching. This pattern is a variation of traditional designs known as The Reel or Whirligig. The entire piece is extensively hand-quilted; the white background fields are decorated with a repeating concentric arc or clamshell pattern, while the purple motifs are finished with outline quilting. The quilt is edged with a narrow, hand-applied solid purple cotton binding. The reverse side is a plain white cotton fabric.
Lot: 40 - Nautical & Geometric Patchwork Cotton Quilt
62 x 84 This is a hand-quilted patchwork quilt constructed from a variety of cotton fabrics. The front of the quilt features a dense grid of square patchwork blocks in assorted woven and printed patterns, including ginghams, plaids, stripes, florals, and a navy nautical motif with white fish. The color palette is dominated by navy, medium blue, cream, tan, and dark red. The central patchwork field is enclosed by a wide teal or seafoam green border, which is decorated with a hand-quilted cable or chain-link motif. The quilt is finished with a narrow, dark navy blue fabric binding. The reverse side is composed of a solid cream-colored cotton backing. The entire piece is hand-quilted, featuring a diamond pattern through the central patchwork section. Individual hand-stitching is clearly visible across the surface of the quilt.
Lot: 41 - Victoria Campbell Mixed Fabric Yo-Yo Quilt
46 x 52 This vintage handmade yo-yo quilt or coverlet is constructed from numerous small, gathered circles of fabric, known as yo-yos, which are joined together at their edges to create a continuous mesh-like textile. The piece features a diverse multi-colored patchwork design utilizing various fabric scraps, including cotton, synthetics, and several patterns of double-knit material. The patterns include solid colors, stripes, checks, florals, and abstract prints. A fabric maker label is sewn onto the piece, featuring the words Specially Fashioned in red script above by Victoria Campbell, also in red script. The label has a yellow background with red floral and cross-hatch decorative motifs. The variety of synthetic and knit fabrics suggests a mid to late 20th-century origin, likely between the 1960s and 1980s.
Lot: 42 - American Tied Scrap Quilt, Six-Pointed Star
62 x 72 This vintage American folk art tied quilt features a repeating six-pointed star pattern, constructed from a diverse array of scrap fabrics. The pieced top includes various prints such as stripes, florals, checks, and polka dots, with individual stars formed from diamond-shaped patches. The construction is secured with white yarn ties throughout rather than decorative quilting stitches. The reverse side consists of a large-scale printed fabric with a Southwestern-inspired geometric pattern of arrows and diamonds in lavender, tan, and blue. A section of cream-colored candlewick or chenille fabric with a raised floral motif is integrated into the upper border area. The perimeter is finished with a multi-colored striped fabric binding.
Lot: 43 - Hand-Stitched Yo-Yo Checkerboard Feedsack Quilt
70 x 84 This hand-stitched yo-yo quilt features a checkerboard pattern alternating between solid cream-colored blocks and multi-colored scrap blocks. Each larger square block is constructed from a seven-by-seven grid of individual fabric rosettes, totaling forty-nine yo-yos per block. These rosettes are created by gathering circular fabric pieces at the center and joining them at the edges with hand-stitching. The materials consist of various cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including a wide array of prints such as calicos, florals, and ginghams characteristic of mid-20th-century feedsack textiles. The piece is unbacked and un-quilted, resulting in a lightweight, lace-like coverlet structure.
Lot: 44 - Mid-20th C. American Cotton Sampler Scrap Quilt
64 x 80 This is a vintage American handmade patchwork quilt, constructed in a sampler or scrap style. The central portion of the quilt consists of four large blocks in a Bowtie or Hourglass pattern, rendered in vibrant solid blue and green cotton fabrics. These central blocks are framed by a grid of sashing in a green, yellow, and white plaid pattern. Wide horizontal bands of blue, denim-like cotton fabric separate the central section from the outer sampler borders. The borders and corner blocks feature a diverse array of traditional patterns, including Dresden Plate variations, Star patterns, and various geometric scrap blocks. The fabrics utilized are a mix of cotton prints characteristic of the mid-century feed sack era, including small-scale florals, ginghams, plaids, and geometrics. The entire piece is hand-quilted with a utility-style grid and outline stitch. The backing is a plain off-white cotton fabric.
Lot: 45 - Amish Style Hand Quilted Basket Pattern Quilt
66 x 84 This pieced and hand-quilted cotton bedcovering features a repeating Basket motif, a variation of the fruit or flower basket pattern. The quilt is constructed with blocks set on point, each containing a basket formed from lavender and yellow half-square triangles. These motifs are set against a yellow ground and separated by large, diamond-shaped blocks of gray cotton fabric. The piece is finished with a triple border consisting of a thin inner yellow band, a wide middle gray band, and a final yellow outer border. The entire quilt is hand-quilted in a diagonal grid pattern that follows the orientation of the blocks. The reverse is composed of solid yellow cotton fabric, clearly displaying the hand-stitching in a contrasting dark thread. A white cotton fabric strip has been loosely tacked along the bottom edge of the reverse side, likely intended as a hanging sleeve.
Lot: 46 - 19th C. American Red & Green Star Overshot
84 x 96 This is a 19th-century American hand-woven overshot coverlet, a traditional domestic textile constructed from two separate panels joined by a hand-sewn center vertical seam. The item is woven with a natural cotton warp and dyed wool weft, featuring a complex geometric pattern of repeating eight-pointed stars. These stars are arranged in alternating horizontal rows of red and olive green, separated by thin golden-yellow bands. The textile is finished with an integrated self-fringe on three sides.
Lot: 47 - Mid-20th C. American Appliqued Cotton Tulip Quilt
64 x 78 A hand-crafted cotton bed quilt featuring a traditional stylized tulip pattern, dating to the mid-20th century. The quilt is composed of twelve blocks arranged in a three-by-four grid on a white cotton ground. Each block contains a hand-appliqued floral motif with three blossoms in red, yellow, and teal cotton fabrics on a single stem with two leaves. The central field is framed by a decorative border consisting of a row of red diamonds on a white ground, flanked by solid yellow inner and outer borders. The entire piece is hand-quilted with straight-line and cross-hatch patterns. The reverse side is plain white cotton.
Lot: 48 - Antique American Indigo and White Hand-Stitched Cotton Quilt in Carolina Lily Pattern
60 x 72 An antique American two-color pieced quilt featuring the Carolina Lily pattern, sometimes referred to as the Wood Lily or Tulip pattern. The piece is composed of indigo-dyed cotton and a white cotton ground. The design consists of sixteen primary blocks, each containing a central square flanked by four stylized lily motifs. These primary blocks are separated by smaller geometric units. The textile features exceptionally dense hand-quilting in cross-hatch and diamond motifs throughout the pieced sections and the white negative space. The backing is constructed from plain white cotton. No maker labels or marks were identified during inspection.
Lot: 49 - Two American Handmade Cotton Patchwork Quilts
78 x 86 This lot features two distinct handmade American cotton patchwork quilts. The first is a mid-20th century nine-patch pattern quilt, constructed from blocks of alternating solid pink fabric and various blue-and-white patterned calicoes, ginghams, and pindots. The blocks are joined with solid blue sashing and finished with a navy blue pindot border. The second is an antique indigo and white patchwork quilt, circa late 19th to early 20th century. It displays a geometric layout of small squares and rectangles utilizing a variety of period indigo-dyed shirting prints, including sunburst, floral, and stripe patterns. This piece features a white border with a perimeter of inset blue squares. Both quilts demonstrate hand-pieced and hand-quilted construction.
Lot: 50 - Mid-20th C. Reversible Hand-Tied Scrap Quilt
66 x 82 This is a double-sided patchwork scrap quilt, hand-pieced and hand-tied, dating to approximately the 1940s or 1950s. The quilt features two distinct patterns on its opposing sides. One side is constructed of vertical columns of diamond-in-a-square blocks, where various printed fabric squares are set on point and framed by corner triangles. These columns are separated by wide, solid light-lavender sashing. The reverse side features a Log Cabin pattern, with each block centered by a lavender square and surrounded by concentric strips of assorted printed fabrics. The fabrics used throughout the quilt are a mixture of cotton and cotton-blend scraps, including calicos, florals, ginghams, and solids. The quilt is hand-tied at the center of each block on both sides to secure the internal batting and is finished with a solid light-blue fabric binding along the edges.
Lot: 51 - Grandmothers Flower Garden Cotton Quilt
64 x 84 A vintage cotton quilt featuring the traditional Grandmothers Flower Garden pattern. The quilt is hand-assembled using small hexagonal fabric patches to create a series of floral motifs. The central rectangular field is composed of a lavender and white polka-dot background, accented with flower designs in various purple, pink, and floral prints. This central area is surrounded by a wide border with a pale yellow ground and blue-and-white floral motifs. The outermost border consists of red-toned flowers against mixed backgrounds, terminating in a naturally scalloped edge formed by the hexagonal patches. The item is hand-quilted with stitching that follows the contours of each hexagon. The reverse side is finished with a plain, off-white cotton backing constructed from two panels joined by a vertical center seam. The materials consist of various printed and solid cotton fabrics, including florals, polka dots, and geometric patterns typical of the mid-20th century.
Lot: 52 - Lone Star Patchwork Quilt
72 x 72 This vintage American patchwork quilt features the traditional Lone Star pattern, also known as the Star of Bethlehem. The central motif is a large eight-pointed star constructed from hundreds of small diamond-shaped cotton fabric scraps. These fabrics include a diverse assortment of mid-20th-century prints such as calicos, ginghams, stripes, and solids. The star expands outward in concentric, zigzagging rows of contrasting patterns and colors. The composition is framed by a wide border of various floral and geometric print cotton fabrics. The quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted, with a plain white cotton fabric backing.
Lot: 53 - American Scrappy Patchwork Cotton Quilt c. 1930-50
60 x 72 This is a handmade American scrappy patchwork quilt constructed from various square blocks arranged in a grid pattern. The quilt top features an assortment of printed cotton fabrics, including florals, ginghams, stripes, and solids. Several blocks utilize traditional patterns such as nine-patch variations and pinwheel or star motifs composed of small triangles. The piece is entirely hand quilted in a fan or clamshell pattern which is visible across the front and the plain white cotton backing. The quilt is finished with a simple white fabric binding. The variety of fabrics and patterns is characteristic of quilts from the Depression Era through the mid-20th century, which often repurposed materials from clothing and feed sacks.
Lot: 54 - Log Cabin Straight Furrows Hand Quilted Quilt
68 x 72 This is a vintage handmade patchwork quilt featuring a scrappy Log Cabin pattern in a Straight Furrows layout, which creates diagonal bands of light and dark colors across the surface. The quilt top is constructed from numerous cotton and cotton-blend fabric remnants, including a wide variety of calico prints, ginghams, stripes, and solids. The piece is hand-quilted throughout with a fan or clamshell stitch design. The top and bottom borders are finished in a dark red fabric, while the side borders are light blue. The reverse consists of a solid cream cotton backing. The variety of prints, including some resembling mid-20th-century calico and feed sack designs, indicates a likely manufacture date between the 1940s and 1960s.
Lot: 55 - American Folk Art Hand-Tied Patchwork Crazy Quilt
60 x 72 A mid-to-late 20th-century hand-tied patchwork quilt of American folk art origin. The quilt top is composed of sixteen large rectangular blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid, separated by light blue fabric sashing. Each block is constructed in a crazy quilt style from various irregular fabric remnants. These patches are joined using a decorative yellow blanket stitch. The materials consist of a wide variety of clothing remnants, including double-knits, wool blends, cotton, and synthetic fabrics. Patterns across the patches include various plaids, stripes, houndstooth, checks, and solid colors in a palette characteristic of the 1960s and 1970s. The quilt is hand-tied with small tufts of green and brown yarn visible on both the front and back. The reverse side is a single large piece of neutral-toned plaid fabric in shades of tan, brown, and cream.
Lot: 56 - American Hand-Stitched Patchwork String Quilt
70 x 80 This vintage American patchwork quilt is constructed in a traditional string pattern, a style commonly used in domestic folk art to repurpose fabric remnants. The quilt top is composed of square blocks, each divided into four triangular segments. Within these segments, narrow strips or strings of various cotton scrap fabrics are pieced together diagonally. The diverse array of fabrics includes calico florals, polka dots, stripes, and checks, predominantly in a palette of red, white, and blue, with accents of yellow, green, and purple. The variety of printed textiles is characteristic of the mid-20th century, specifically the 1940s through the 1960s, and may include repurposed feed sack cloth. The entire piece is hand-quilted, featuring a traditional fan or shell stitching pattern that is clearly visible on the solid white cotton reverse.
Lot: 57 - Early 20th C. American Steeplechase Cotton Quilt
72 x 72 This hand-stitched American cotton quilt features a Steeplechase pattern, which is a specialized variation of the traditional Drunkard's Path design. The piece is constructed using a two-tone color scheme of light blue chambray-style cotton and off-white cotton fabric. The central field is composed of hand-appliqued interlocking curved blocks set into a repeating geometric grid. This patterned center is framed by a wide off-white inner border and a narrower light blue outer border. The quilt is finished with dense, hand-stitched diagonal diamond grid quilting across the entire surface, visible on both the front and the off-white reverse. The construction includes hand-sewn seams and a hand-applied perimeter binding.
Lot: 58 - American Bears Paw Variation Quilt, c. 1890-1920
72 x 86 An American utilitarian quilt featuring hand-pieced Bears Paw variation blocks set on point. The blocks alternate with large squares of light blue and white floral sprig-print cotton calico. The pieced blocks consist of various navy and indigo blue cotton fabrics including polka dots, small florals, paisleys, and striped shirting prints, contrasted against cream and white ground fabrics. The reverse side is finished with a blue and white gingham check cotton backing. The three layers are secured by pink yarn ties or tufts placed at regular intervals across the surface rather than traditional decorative quilting stitches. One block in the lower corner utilizes a different set of fabrics than the others, likely indicating a period repair or a variation in fabric supply during original construction.
Lot: 59 - American Hand-Stitched Pansy Applique Quilt
68 x 94 A mid-20th century American hand-stitched applique quilt featuring a Pansy floral design. The quilt displays alternating rows of yellow and purple pansy motifs, each accompanied by three green leaves, set against a cream-colored cotton ground. The centers of the pansies are detailed with hand-embroidered stamens in black and yellow-gold thread. The piece is hand-quilted with a diagonal diamond grid across the field and echo quilting surrounding the appliqued elements. It is finished with a narrow green inner border and a purple fabric binding. The reverse of the quilt is a solid lavender cotton fabric. The quilt bears a stamped mark reading TYLER in black ink on a corner of the purple backing.
Lot: 60 - Mid-20th C. American 8-Pointed Star Cotton Quilt
70 x 82 A hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton scrap quilt featuring a variation of the eight-pointed star pattern. The quilt top is composed of sixteen individual star blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. Each star is meticulously pieced from diamond-shaped fabric scraps including various plaids, ginghams, calico floral prints, and solid cottons in shades of brown, tan, green, pink, and black. These stars are set into a vibrant turquoise-blue solid ground with alternating solid blue square blocks. The quilt is finished with hand-quilting in a simple utilitarian running stitch using white thread that follows the lines of the pieced stars and squares. The reverse side is a plain white cotton fabric, and the edges are finished with a narrow white binding.
Lot: 61 - American Mid-C. Patchwork Cotton Utility Quilt
64 x 74 A handmade patchwork utility quilt dating to the mid-20th century, likely produced between 1940 and 1960. The quilt top is organized into a grid of sixteen large square blocks. Each block is composed of a four-patch variation featuring patterned cotton and cotton-blend squares divided by pink and white striped sashing with a small yellow center square. These primary blocks are separated by wide pink sashing with yellow cornerstone patches at the intersections. The various patches include period-appropriate prints such as small-scale florals, polka dots, and solids in a color palette of blue, brown, green, and pink. The construction is hand-pieced and hand-quilted with large running stitches that follow the vertical and horizontal lines of the sashing. The reverse is finished with a plain off-white cotton muslin backing.
Lot: 62 - Handmade Cathedral Window Multi-Color Quilt
48 x 48 This is a vintage handmade Cathedral Window quilt featuring a three-dimensional folded fabric construction. The piece is built upon a solid black ground fabric, likely cotton or a cotton blend, which forms the lattice structure. The inset window panels are composed of vibrant, solid-colored fabric pieces arranged in a concentric diamond pattern. The color scheme begins with a red center and radiates outward through shades of orange, yellow, teal, royal blue, and purple. The reverse side shows the uniform folding and stitching pattern in the black ground fabric.
Lot: 63 - Hand-Quilted Dresden Plate Applique Quilt
56 x 56 A vintage hand-quilted applique quilt featuring the Dresden Plate pattern. The piece is composed of nine circular blocks arranged in a three-by-three grid. Each plate consists of multiple wedge-shaped petals constructed from various scrap fabrics, including florals, ginghams, stripes, and polka dots, finished with a solid orange circular center. The plates are appliqued onto off-white square background blocks using a black machine zig-zag overcast stitch. These blocks are set within a navy blue fabric field and enclosed by a wide purple outer border. The quilt is hand-quilted with white thread. The navy blue sections feature a diamond grid pattern of small X-shaped stitches, while the off-white blocks are quilted in concentric circular patterns. The backing is made of a solid navy blue fabric.
Lot: 64 - Mid-20th C. Cotton Feed Sack Patchwork Star Quilt
83 x 96 A mid-20th-century hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt. The design features a grid of eight-point star blocks, including variants of the LeMoyne star pattern, executed in a variety of pastel floral and striped cotton fabrics. These textiles are characteristic of American feed sack prints from the 1930s through the 1950s. The stars are set against a plain white cotton ground and are separated by sashing in a blue-on-white floral print. The sashing is accented with diamond-on-point cornerstones. The outer border includes a repeating diamond-on-point motif, framed by thin blue-and-white striped piping and finished with wide white borders. The quilting is performed by hand, with stitches following the geometric outlines of the pieced blocks. The reverse is finished with a solid white cotton fabric.
Lot: 65 - Cathedral Window Pattern Hand-Crafted Quilt
68 x 84 This hand-crafted quilt features a dimensional Cathedral Window pattern, a traditional technique involving the folding and stitching of fabric to create raised frames for colorful cloth inserts. The front displays a bold black framework housing a variety of jewel-toned inserts in shades of red, yellow, emerald green, royal blue, turquoise, pink, and purple. These colors are organized into a central diamond motif with concentric color-themed borders. The reverse side is constructed from a grid of square patches in dark navy and black fabrics, likely cotton or a cotton-blend. The structural seams of the backing are machine-sewn, while the decorative window elements on the front are finished with hand-stitching. This pattern is also referred to as Yeouijumunbo in some textile traditions.
Lot: 66 - Mid-20th C. Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt
74 x 80 This is an American Grandmother's Flower Garden patterned quilt, hand-pieced and hand-quilted. The design features a central flower motif that expands outward into large, concentric hexagonal rings. It is constructed from hundreds of individually hand-sewn cotton hexagon pieces. The color palette includes solid cottons in pink, yellow, light blue, purple, and white, accented by floral prints, including a dark floral calico and a lavender sprig print. The outer perimeter is finished with a scalloped edge that follows the natural geometry of the hexagonal pieces. The quilting is executed by hand with white thread, following the hexagonal shapes of the fabric to create a textured echo effect across the surface. The piece is finished with a solid off-white cotton backing and contains cotton batting.
Lot: 67 - Hand Crocheted Cotton Pinwheel Tablecloth
64 x 74 This vintage textile is a handmade tablecloth or bed coverlet crafted from off-white cotton crochet thread. The piece is composed of repeating square motifs that have been joined together. Each square features a central swirling pinwheel design, surrounded by a delicate openwork crochet mesh. The entire perimeter is finished with a scalloped lace border.
Lot: 68 - American Blue & White Cotton Drunkards Path Quilt
76 x 76 This antique American cotton quilt features a hand-pieced Drunkards Path pattern, a classic geometric design composed of interlocking curved segments. The textile is rendered in a traditional two-color scheme of faded indigo blue and cream muslin. The construction is entirely hand-stitched, with fine quilting lines following the curves of the pattern in concentric arcs, complemented by a diagonal crosshatch pattern in the open white spaces. The central field is framed by a solid blue border and finished with a plain cream cotton backing. The thin profile suggests a natural cotton batting.
Lot: 69 - American Hand-Quilted & Cross-Stitched Quilt 1961
58 x 76 This is a hand-quilted and cross-stitched bed quilt or coverlet of American origin. The item is constructed from a white cotton or cotton-blend fabric base featuring extensive hand-worked cross-stitch embroidery in a palette of orange, yellow, forest green, and taupe. The central decorative motif is a symmetrical folk-art Tree of Life design emerging from a heart-shaped base with stylized tulips and flowers. This central panel is surrounded by a continuous border of small orange blossoms and green vines. Distributed throughout the white field are four green eight-pointed stars, two birds perched on berry branches, and a floral basket at the bottom center. The entire textile is hand-quilted with a diagonal diamond grid pattern. In one corner, the piece features embroidered digits indicating the date of completion as 1961. The reverse side is plain white fabric, showing the texture of the hand-stitched quilting.
Lot: 70 - Mid-20th C. American Flower Garden Patchwork Quilt
58 x 76 An American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton patchwork quilt executed in the traditional Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern. The quilt top is composed of numerous hexagonal floral blocks, each consisting of a central hexagon surrounded by six colored petal hexagons and an outer border of white hexagons. The design utilizes a wide variety of period-appropriate cotton printed fabrics including floral patterns, ginghams, stripes, solids, and a novelty print featuring small panda figures on a blue striped ground. The entire piece is hand-quilted with small stitches that follow the geometric lines of the patchwork. The wide white borders feature elaborate hand-quilted designs of concentric circles and scalloped patterns. The reverse consists of a plain white cotton backing with a vertical center seam. A modern paper inventory tag is pinned to the top edge.
Lot: 71 - American Flying Geese Variation Patchwork Quilt
64 x 76 This handmade American patchwork quilt is constructed using a Flying Geese variation pattern. The design features blocks of triangular pieced segments made from an assortment of scrap fabrics, including florals, plaids, and solids in various colors. The decorative blocks are set within a solid blue sashing grid punctuated by red square cornerstones. The piece is hand-quilted in a repeating Baptist fan or shell motif, clearly defined against the solid pink-toned backing fabric. The edges are finished with a narrow dark binding.
Lot: 72 - Antique American Cotton Sawtooth Diagonal Quilt
70 x 80 This hand-stitched cotton patchwork quilt is constructed from a variety of late 19th to early 20th-century fabrics. The design features a dynamic diagonal arrangement of sawtooth or Delectable Mountains variant blocks. The fabric assortment includes assorted calico prints, checks, stripes, and shirting in a color palette of madder red, navy blue, pink, light blue, chocolate brown, and black. The piece is hand-quilted with diagonal parallel lines across the entire surface. The reverse side is finished with a blue-on-blue grid pattern cotton fabric, and the quilt is finished with a blue patterned binding along the edges.
Lot: 73 - American Mid-20th C. Nine Patch & Cross Quilt
64 x 76 This handmade American patchwork quilt is constructed from hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton fabrics dating from the mid-20th century. The design features a grid of alternating pieced blocks including Nine Patch variations and cross patterns. The blocks are composed of various printed cottons including floral, geometric, and novelty patterns, integrated with solid-colored panels. These blocks are set within a light blue sashing and framed by a wide pink floral print border on one side and a pale green fabric framing on others. The quilt is finished with a solid white cotton backing and exhibits traditional straight-line hand quilting across the surface.
Lot: 74 - American Silk & Satin Yo-Yo Patchwork Quilt
64 x 70 This vintage handmade textile is a square yo-yo quilt, a variation of the traditional circular yo-yo motif popular in the early to mid-20th century. The piece is constructed from individual square-shaped fabric puffs. Each square is created by gathering fabric toward a central point and then hand-sewing the units together along the edges using visible whip-stitching on the reverse. The materials comprise a wide variety of colorful fabrics, including silks, satins, and synthetic blends such as rayon, in a palette of deep red, lavender, mustard yellow, olive green, cream, and brown. The quilt features a complex, multi-colored patchwork arrangement. The construction is entirely hand-executed
Lot: 75 - Americana Scrappy Patchwork Quilt Top, Mid-20th C
38 x 40 This lot features a hand-constructed Americana scrappy patchwork quilt top, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The piece is composed of a variety of cotton and cotton-blend fabric remnants. The patchwork design utilizes small square and rectangular blocks in numerous patterns, including calico florals, ginghams, ticking stripes, and solid colors. Some sections are arranged in traditional nine-patch configurations. Notable elements include a patch with small pink anchor motifs on a dark ground. The central patchwork is framed by a wide blue border fabric with a white polka-dot print. The reverse side shows the assembly technique with visible seam allowances and many loose threads. This item is an unfinished quilt top and does not contain batting, backing, or quilting stitches.
Lot: 75A - Mid-20th C. Dresden Plate Pattern Cotton Quilt Top
72 x 82 This is an unfinished mid-20th century quilt top featuring hand-appliqued floral motifs in a Dresden Plate style. The quilt top consists of multiple white cotton squares, each featuring a central multi-petal flower. The petals are constructed from various vintage cotton scraps, including calicos, floral prints, checks, and solids characteristic of the 1930s and 1940s feedsack era. These blocks are joined together with yellow sashing that features a printed red and green rosebud and floral motif. The reverse side of the textile shows visible hand-stitching used to secure the appliques to the base squares. A large piece of blue cotton fabric is attached along one side, likely intended as a border or backing material.
Lot: 75B - REO & Knox Border String Patchwork Quilt Top
43 x 66 This is a vintage handmade string-pieced quilt top, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The construction utilizes the foundation piecing method, where various cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps are machine-stitched onto a white muslin base. The pattern consists of triangular sub-blocks arranged to create larger diamond and starburst designs. The textile features a wide, unfinished border made from a novelty print fabric depicting early 20th-century automobiles. This border includes printed blue blocks with yellow lettering reading REO and orange stylized script reading Knox, referring to the REO Motor Car Company and the Knox Automobile Company. The reverse side reveals the white foundation fabric with visible diagonal machine-stitching lines used to secure the scraps.
Lot: 76 - Mid-20th C. American Patchwork Quilt Top
66 x 76 This is an unfinished patchwork quilt top of American origin, constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. The design features a bold geometric lattice of wide red bands set against a bright blue field. Four square patchwork blocks are inset into the blue sections. One block features a checkered pattern of solid green and a floral pink and white print. The other three blocks are multi-colored grid patterns composed of various scrap fabrics, including solids, stripes, and small prints. The construction displays a combination of hand-piecing within the scrap blocks and machine assembly for the larger structural sections. This is a single-layer piece and lacks batting, backing, and finished edges.
Lot: 76A - Late 20th C. Patchwork Utility Quilt Top
80 x 82 A handmade patchwork quilt top or small utility quilt constructed from assorted cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps. The textile features a variety of patterns typical of the late 20th century, including floral prints, light blue gingham, a pastel pink and green plaid, and abstract 1980s-style brushstroke designs in pink, teal, and orange. The patterned squares are separated by strips of plain white sashing. The piece is constructed with machine-stitched seams and features prominent, decorative hand-stitching in a contrasting dark thread. It utilizes raw, exposed, and frayed edges at the seams, characteristic of a primitive or rag-quilt style
Lot: 77 - American Folk Art Patchwork Sampler Quilt
27 x 38 This hand-stitched and hand-tied patchwork quilt is a sampler-style piece featuring a grid of alternating blocks. The body of the quilt primarily showcases eight-pointed sawtooth star variants in various scrap fabrics, including calico prints, ginghams, and plaids, interspersed with solid golden-yellow and off-white cotton squares. The upper register of the quilt is distinctive, featuring larger, more complex multi-pointed star patterns and a section of repeating triangular blocks. The textile is constructed from an assortment of cotton fabrics and is hand-tied at the center of each block with green yarn to secure the layers. The reverse is composed of a plain, light-cream cotton fabric with visible hand-stitched seams. The irregular layout and varied block sizes indicate a handmade folk art origin.
Lot: 77A - Mid-20th C. Hand-Quilted 8-Point Star Scrap Quilt
50 x 66 This vintage handmade scrap quilt features a repeating eight-point star pattern, a variant of the LeMoyne Star. The piece is hand-pieced and hand-quilted with visible white running stitches. The quilt is constructed from a diverse collection of cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps, including various ginghams, plaids, stripes, polka dots, and floral prints. These patterned diamonds form the star motifs, which are set within a bright yellow lattice sashing. The intersections of the sashing are highlighted by small dark brown square blocks. The reverse of the quilt features a simple, light-colored solid fabric backing.
Lot: 78 - Handmade Mid-C. Scrap Patchwork Quilt Top
72 x 74 This vintage handmade scrap patchwork quilt top features a repeating eight-pointed star pattern, specifically a LeMoyne Star variant, pieced from various diamond-shaped fabric scraps. The quilt top is constructed from an eclectic mix of mid-20th-century textiles including ginghams, calico florals, stripes, checks, paisley, and solid-colored cotton and blend fabrics. These stars are set within a framework of wide sashing strips, consisting of a small-scale blue and white floral print and a solid dusty pink cotton. The entire piece is hand-sewn using large utility-style stitching. The reverse side displays raw seam allowances, and the overall perimeter of the piece has raw, unfinished edges.
Lot: 78A - Mid-Late 20th C. Scrap Patchwork Quilt Top
66 x 88 This is a vintage American folk art utility quilt top, likely dating from the 1960s through the 1980s. The piece is hand-assembled from a wide variety of rectangular and square fabric remnants in an eclectic mix of natural and synthetic fibers, including cotton calicos, solids, ginghams, stripes, and novelty prints. Notable patterns featured in the patches include floral motifs, butterflies, and stylized elephant figures. The construction utilizes machine stitching in a loose, non-geometric scrap patchwork style typical of domestic utility textiles. This item consists of the quilt top only and is unfinished, lacking batting, backing, or binding.
Lot: 79 - Mid-C. American Folk Art Housetop Variation Quilt
66 x 84 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted textile features a concentric rectangular medallion design, commonly referred to as a Housetop or concentric square variation in the American folk art tradition. The quilt top is constructed from strips of solid-colored fabric, likely cotton or a cotton blend, in shades of muted sage green, pale sky blue, and golden yellow. The entire piece is hand-stitched, utilizing utility-style quilting with rows of running stitches that follow the geometric layout of the pieced strips. The reverse side consists of a solid, single-color fabric in an ochre or dark mustard yellow. This improvisational style of solid-color piecing is frequently associated with Southern American quilting traditions from the mid-20th century.
Lot: 80 - American Grandmother's Flower Garden Cotton Quilt
68 x 76 A traditional hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton patchwork quilt in the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern, dating to the mid-20th century. The quilt top features numerous small hexagons arranged into floral motifs with contrasting centers and concentric rings. It incorporates a variety of period printed fabrics including calicoes, florals, polka dots, and shirting prints in shades of red, blue, purple, and cream. The floral motifs are set against a solid red ground with a narrow tan binding. The entire piece is hand-quilted in a concentric fan or clamshell design. The reverse side features a light-colored backing with a visible inscription and stamp. One corner of the reverse is inscribed in dark ink with the name BERNICE. Centrally located on the reverse are remnants of an indigo blue ink stamp, identifying the use of recycled feed or flour sacks; visible characters include A, S, and H on the upper line and L on the lower line.
Lot: 81 - Mid-20th C. American Patchwork Utility Quilt
72 x 84 This American utility quilt features an improvisational patchwork top composed of various rectangular and square cotton fabric blocks. The material palette includes solid-colored wovens in tan, light blue, and gray, interspersed with pink and white floral calico and blue and white micro-check textiles. The piece is entirely hand-quilted in a traditional Baptist Fan pattern, also known as a shell or arc motif, consisting of repeating concentric curves. The reverse side consists of a plain off-white cotton backing. The quilt is finished with a white fabric binding that is hand-stitched to the edges. The construction displays visible running stitches and irregular fabric joins characteristic of mid-century utilitarian textile production.
Lot: 82 - Hand-Stitched Yo-Yo Quilt Coverlet
64 x 86 This textile is a vintage hand-stitched yo-yo quilt coverlet, a style of American domestic folk art popular in the mid-20th century. The piece is constructed from hundreds of individual fabric rosettes, commonly called yo-yos, which are created by gathering the edges of fabric circles with a drawstring thread. These individual elements are hand-joined at the edges in a grid pattern. As is typical for this style, the piece does not feature a backing, batting, or binding, making it technically a coverlet or decorative throw. The materials consist of a diverse array of scrap fabrics, likely cotton and cotton-blends, featuring various prints such as calicos, ginghams, solids, and novelty patterns including watermelons, daisies, stars, and polka dots. The specific stylized floral and novelty prints suggest a production date between the 1930s and 1950s.
Lot: 83 - Antique American Red & White Striped Cotton Quilt
72 x 80 This antique American quilt is constructed from cotton fabric and features a graphic design of alternating wide white ground sections and narrow red stripes. The textile is extensively hand-quilted with traditional motifs. The wide white bands are decorated with intricate interlocking oval chain-link or cable patterns, alternating with bands of diagonal diamond-grid quilting. The red stripes consist of three narrow bands of pigment-dyed red fabric which are also quilted with small-scale patterns. The reverse side is composed of a plain white cotton fabric, showcasing the detailed hand-stitched patterns and textures.
Lot: 84 - American Pinwheel & Floral Medallion Quilt
68 x 72 This is a hand-pieced and hand-quilted American patchwork quilt featuring a traditional pinwheel or windmill design. The quilt top is constructed from alternating square blocks. One set of blocks features a multi-colored pinwheel motif pieced from shades of royal blue, sky blue, and deep purple. These alternate with solid lavender squares that are decorated with intricate hand-quilted floral and foliate medallions. Additional quilting includes diagonal parallel lines within the pinwheel blocks. The quilt is finished with a chocolate brown border featuring a hand-quilted double-scalloped or wavy line pattern and a narrow sky-blue binding. The reverse side consists of a solid medium-blue fabric. The materials are primarily cotton or cotton-blend fabrics.
Lot: 85 - Amish Style Diamond Pattern Hand Quilted Quilt
62 x 76 A vintage hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt in the Amish style, likely dating to the late 19th or early 20th century. The central field features rows of diamonds set on point, arranged in vertical color-coordinated columns of teal, navy blue, sky blue, dusty pink, charcoal, and olive green. This central field is enclosed by a mauve-toned inner border and a wide, dark charcoal outer border. The quilt is finished with a solid blue cotton backing and a narrow purple binding. The hand-quilting is intricate, featuring an eight-point star motif centered within the larger charcoal diamonds and simple diagonal cross-hatch quilting in the colored patches. The borders are decorated with concentric arc or fan quilting. On one section of the inner border, there is a handwritten inscription in red ink that reads 19-65, which likely serves as a collection or inventory number. The loss of top fabric in several areas reveals a blue-and-white striped underlayer, suggesting a secondary top or a heavy lining was used during construction.
Lot: 86 - Antique American Hand-Quilted Cotton Bars Quilt
82 x 86 This is an antique reversible hand-quilted cotton quilt featuring a bars or strip pattern. Side A is composed of narrow, alternating vertical stripes of red and light blue calico floral prints, set within a wide border of olive green fabric featuring a small, dense print. Side B showcases wide vertical bands, known as bars, in solid teal and rust-toned cotton. The entire piece is hand-stitched with a diagonal grid or diamond motif quilting pattern. The quilt is finished with a dark navy or black fabric binding. The construction utilizes cotton fabric and batting, characteristic of American folk-art quilting traditions from the late 19th to early 20th century.
Lot: 87 - Amish Style Sunshine & Shadows Quilt Wall Hanging
38 x 74 Hand-pieced and hand-quilted textile featuring a Sunshine and Shadows pattern, also known as a Trip Around the World design. The central field is composed of squares arranged in concentric diamond shapes using solid-colored fabric blocks in shades of dark and light blue, lavender, forest green, chocolate brown, and black. The central design is bordered by a series of concentric frames in lavender, royal blue, and a teal-toned outer border. Hand-quilting is visible throughout, following the seams in the central field and transitioning to decorative circular and scalloped motifs in the borders. The backing is a light-colored solid fabric and features a hand-stitched heart motif. Construction consists of hand-piecing and hand-quilting with visible running stitches. No maker marks or labels are present, other than a contemporary inventory tag on the reverse.
Lot: 88 - Mid-20th C. Orange Peel Pattern Cotton Quilt Top
62 x 74 An unfinished American quilt top featuring an Orange Peel pattern, also known as Flower Petal or Lafayette Orange Peel. The piece is hand-pieced and hand-appliqued, constructed from diverse scrap cotton fabrics on a plain-weave white cotton ground. The patches consist of various feedsack and calico prints typical of the 1930s and 1940s, including floral patterns, polka dots, stripes, ginghams, and geometric motifs. The blocks are joined with decorative green cross-stitch embroidery along the seam lines. The design consists of interlocking four-petal floral shapes created by the curved patches meeting at central points. The underside reveals the hand-stitching and the extent of the staining. The outer edges are raw and unfinished.
Lot: 88A - Antique American Hand-Pieced Cotton Quilt Top
74 x 84 This is a hand-pieced antique American patchwork quilt top featuring a postage stamp checkerboard pattern. The central field consists of alternating solid pink squares and a variety of printed cotton fabrics, including indigo-dyed geometrics, purple and white ginghams, monochrome stripes, and small-scale calico florals. The top is finished with a wide, multi-layered border composed of concentric strips of several printed fabrics, including a dark floral print, a striped pattern, and a circular bubble motif on a light ground. The piece is entirely hand-stitched with visible running stitches on the reverse side of the seams.
Lot: 89 - Mid-20th Century American Pieced Cotton Star Pattern Quilt Top
80 x 104 This item is an unfinished vintage quilt top, consisting of the pieced fabric layer only without batting, backing, or quilting. It is constructed from a variety of cotton fabrics featuring four-pointed star motifs, sometimes referred to as a kite or friendship star variant, set on point. Each star is composed of four diamond-shaped fabric pieces joined by white cotton triangles and squares to create a geometric grid pattern. The fabrics used are a diverse assortment of mid-20th-century scrap materials, including small-scale florals, ginghams, polka dots, stripes, and solid colors. These prints are characteristic of the 1930s to 1950s feedsack and calico styles. The construction utilizes a combination of hand and machine stitching, visible on the reverse side of the top. A small, hand-marked character resembling a cursive letter e or a similar symbol is present in dark ink on one of the orange diamond pieces near the center of the textile.
Lot: 89A - Hand-Pieced Cotton Quilt Top with Central Star Motif
78 x 82 A vintage, hand-pieced unfinished quilt top constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend printed fabrics. The central design features a large geometric star motif composed of multi-colored diamond-shaped patches in patterns including yellow calico, blue solids, green polka dots, and navy geometric prints. This motif is set against a background of red and white basketweave-patterned fabric. Wide white fabric borders are attached to the upper and lower edges. The construction utilizes hand-sewn seams throughout. The materials include prints characteristic of mid-20th century American calicos and possible feed sack fabrics.
Lot: 90 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Kitten Print Quilt Top
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Lot: 91 - Mid-Century Shoofly Pattern Hand-Pieced Quilt Top
84 x 108 This vintage hand-pieced quilt top is composed of 42 blocks arranged in a six-by-seven checkerboard layout. The design features Shoofly blocks, a traditional Nine-Patch variation, alternating with solid off-white squares. The patterned blocks utilize an assortment of mid-century scrap fabrics including floral prints, paisley motifs, and gingham checks in cotton and cotton-polyester blends. These scraps are set against solid-colored backgrounds in shades of pink, light blue, lime green, yellow, and lavender. The entire piece is hand-constructed with visible white running stitches. This item is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, backing, or edge binding.
Lot: 92 - Mid-20th C. Appliqued Tulip Bouquet Cotton Quilt
68 x 70 This mid-20th century American hand-quilted and hand-appliqu?d cotton scrap quilt features the Tulip Bouquet pattern. The quilt top is composed of nine blocks arranged in a three-by-three grid on a cream-colored base fabric. Each block contains an appliqu?d vase with a bouquet of flowers, including stylized tulips and smaller floral buds. The appliqu? utilizes a variety of period-appropriate scrap fabrics, including solid red and yellow cottons, red-and-white gingham, purple-and-white checks, and multi-colored floral prints. These elements are hand-stitched to the base using a decorative blanket or buttonhole stitch. The piece is densely hand-quilted with elaborate motifs, featuring feathered fan or wreath patterns bordering the floral blocks and quilted heart designs in the alternating spaces. The composition is set within a comprehensive quilted diamond grid. The quilt is finished with a narrow, hand-applied white fabric binding and contains a thin interior batting.
Lot: 93 - American Hand-Appliqued Flower Garden Cotton Quilt
74 x 92 This handmade cotton quilt features a repeating stylized floral motif, resembling a Dresden Plate pattern, organized in a nine-by-seven grid totaling 63 individual blocks. Each block is set against a white ground and consists of eight petals in various solid colors, including red, orange, light blue, medium blue, and pink. Each floral element is finished with a hand-appliqued yellow circular center. The quilt is framed by a pink inner border and a green outer binding. The construction utilizes cotton fabrics and is entirely hand-quilted with visible, large-scale running stitches. The reverse side is composed of joined panels of white cotton fabric, revealing the hand-stitched quilting pattern through the layers.
Lot: 94 - Mid-20th Century Reversible Hand-Appliqued and Hand-Quilted Cotton Quilt
76 x 84 This mid-20th century reversible quilt is constructed from cotton fabrics and displays extensive handwork. The primary side features sixteen blocks of hand-appliqued motifs in solid blue cotton on a white ground, depicting a variation of the Rose of Sharon or Melon pattern with a central scalloped square and four almond-shaped petals. The design is framed by concentric solid blue and white border strips. The reverse side is made from a floral print fabric featuring yellow roses, pink blossoms, and green leaves on a white background, typical of the 1940s to 1950s era. The piece is hand-quilted throughout with clamshell or fan patterns on the white field and straight-line quilting on the borders. The edges are finished with a separate cream-colored hand-sewn binding.
Lot: 95 - Tulip Wreath Hand-Quilted & Cross-Stitched Quilt
82 x 96 This vintage bed quilt features the Tulip Wreath pattern, a design widely distributed through commercial quilt kits in the mid-20th century. The white cotton ground is decorated with elaborate hand-executed cross-stitch embroidery in varying tones of blue and green. The centralized composition consists of a small oval floral wreath enclosed by a large lyre-shaped garland of tulips and foliage, tied at the base with a decorative blue ribbon bow. The corners are accented with matching floral sprays, and a continuous floral vine border frames the entire piece. The background is densely hand-quilted in a diagonal diamond grid, with additional outline quilting following the contours of the embroidered motifs. The quilt is finished with a narrow, solid light-blue fabric binding. Evidence of pre-stamped blue guide dots indicates the top was produced from a commercial kit, typical of makers like Progress, Bucilla, or Paragon during the 1940s through the 1960s. The reverse features a plain white cotton backing.
Lot: 96 - White Matelasse Damask Machine Quilted Coverlet
94 x 103 This textile is a large-scale wholecloth quilted coverlet or bedspread in an off-white color. The design features a repeating damask pattern characterized by scrolling acanthus leaves, floral blossoms, and fleur-de-lis motifs. These decorative elements are rendered in relief through machine quilting against a ground of dense, parallel horizontal stitching. Based on the construction and design, the piece is likely a mid-to-late 20th-century item. The material is likely a cotton or cotton-blend fabric.
Lot: 97 - Mary Nell Gasper Mid-20th C. Appliqued Floral
76 x 90 This vintage American quilt features hand-stitched floral applique work on a cream-white ground. The design centers on a floral medallion composed of multi-petal pink blossoms, buds, and serrated leaves. A coordinating scrolling vine and flower border follows the perimeter, and the quilt is finished with a scalloped edge bound in pink fabric. The piece exhibits traditional hand-craftsmanship, including detailed outline quilting around the applique motifs and a dense diamond-grid quilting pattern throughout the background. The applique elements are executed in at least two distinct shades of pink fabric. A personalized fabric label is hand-sewn to the reverse corner, which reads Hand Made by Mary Nell Gasper.
Lot: 98 - Antique Sawtooth Diamond Pattern Calico Quilt
84 x 84 This bed quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted, featuring a large-scale center diamond-in-the-square layout with distinctive sawtooth or serrated borders. The front is constructed from two primary cotton calico fabrics: a salmon or madder pink fabric with a small-scale white foliage sprig print and a dark green or black fabric featuring a dense repeating leaf or feather pattern. The hand-quilting is executed in a diamond grid and parallel line pattern across the surface. The quilt is finished with a pink calico binding decorated with small red dots. The backing consists of a single-piece brown cotton fabric printed with a small orange, black, and white C-scroll or gear-like motif over vertical dashed lines. The use of these specific calico prints and the sawtooth border technique are characteristic of late 19th to early 20th-century American quilt-making.
Lot: 99 - Amish Style Nine Patch Hand-Quilted Cotton Quilt
64 x 76 An Amish-style hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton bedcover featuring a Nine Patch pattern set on point. The quilt is constructed from solid-colored cotton fabrics in a palette of tan, dark chocolate brown, and teal, finished with a lime green binding and a solid tan reverse. The pieced nine-patch blocks alternate with large, solid-color setting squares and side triangles. The quilting is executed by hand with high density, featuring intricate feathered wreaths in the large setting squares, diagonal cross-hatching within the nine-patch blocks, and a repeating shell or swag motif along the borders. A single light-green square is present in one of the nine-patch blocks on the middle-left side, a common intentional variation in traditional folk quilts.
Lot: 100 - Holmes Co Amish-Made Hand-Quilted Patchwork Quilt
74 x 84 This is a hand-pieced antique American patchwork quilt top made by the Holmes Co, OH Amish . The central field consists of alternating solid pink squares and a variety of printed cotton fabrics.
Lot: 101 - American Hand-Appliqued Rose of Sharon Quilt Top
74 x 76 This hand-appliqued textile is a quilt top featuring a traditional folk-art floral design known as the Rose of Sharon pattern. The central motifs consist of stylized red scalloped blossoms surrounded by cream-colored leaves and buds. In addition to the repeating floral wreaths, the piece includes a star motif with alternating red and cream points. The ground and applique pieces are constructed from a lightweight, plain-weave fabric, likely cotton. The red fabric used for the floral elements and the simple border is consistent in appearance with Turkey red dyes used in 19th-century American textiles. The item is composed of a single layer of fabric with visible hand-stitched seams on the reverse, indicating it was intended as a coverlet or the top layer of a quilt.
Lot: 102 - Red & White Cotton Double Irish Chain Quilt c.1900
60 x 70 An antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt executed in the Double Irish Chain pattern. The quilt is constructed from solid red and off-white cotton fabrics. The quilting is dense and features a diagonal cross-hatching motif within the chain blocks and a diamond or postage stamp grid within the larger white square blocks. The piece is finished with a simple self-binding edge. On the edge binding, there are two handwritten characters in dark ink, appearing as lowercase x and f, likely serving as historic laundry or owner identification marks.
Lot: 103 - American Lone Star Hand-Quilted Cotton Quilt
64 x 94 This is a vintage handmade American bed quilt featuring a central Lone Star or Star of Bethlehem motif. The large eight-pointed star is constructed from numerous hand-pieced diamond segments using a variety of cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including solids, calicos, florals, and geometric prints. The color palette of the star radiates from a yellow center through concentric rings of orange, red, navy blue, pink, light blue, and green fabrics. The quilt is set against an off-white cotton ground. The side borders are composed of vertical strips of multi-colored diamonds arranged in a chevron-like pattern. The top and bottom borders feature blue fabric panels with inset diamond patches, flanked by smaller patchwork star blocks in red, white, and yellow prints. Hand-quilting is visible throughout the white field, following the silhouette of the central star and transitioning into straight-line patterns near the edges. The reverse side consists of off-white cotton fabric, showing the visible hand-stitching of the quilting process.
Lot: 104 - Mid-C. American Hand-Quilted Medallion Scrap Quilt
68 x 86 This vintage handmade pieced quilt is designed in a concentric square or medallion pattern, a style often associated with the utilitarian and improvisational quilting traditions of the American South. The quilt is strip-pieced using a diverse array of fabric remnants, including solid-colored cottons and various printed textiles such as a tan fabric with green botanical motifs, red and blue stripes, and small-scale florals. The composition radiates from a central blue core through successive borders of yellow, green, lavender, brown, light blue, red, and mint green. The reverse side is finished with a solid cream-colored fabric. The entire surface is hand-quilted in a repeating chevron or V-stitch pattern. The improvisational layout and construction techniques are highly characteristic of the style produced by the Gee's Bend quiltmakers and the Freedom Quilting Bee.
Lot: 105 - American Hand-Appliqued and Hand-Quilted Cotton Floral Motif Quilt
76 x 76 This American applique quilt is constructed from cotton and features a classic red and green color palette on a white ground. The quilt is composed of sixteen square blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. Each block contains a hand-appliqued motif consisting of a stylized central green stem that branches out to support multiple small red flowers with scalloped edges and green leaves. Small red buds or calyxes are present at several stem junctions. The entire piece is densely hand-quilted with a complex background pattern featuring a grid of squares overlaid with diagonal lines and inscribed circular elements. The reverse is made of plain white cotton fabric constructed from at least four joined panels, displaying the hand-stitched quilting lines.
Lot: 106 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Tied Scrap String Improv Quilt
72 x 76 A vintage hand-tied scrap string quilt featuring a complex patchwork of irregular and rectangular blocks. The construction utilizes a variety of cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps in diverse patterns including stripes, ginghams, polka dots, and small floral prints in an improvisational or crumb style. The quilt top is framed by a narrow red border featuring a white floral motif. The piece is assembled using hand-tied light blue yarn or thread ties distributed across the surface. The reverse side consists of a solid, off-white cotton or cotton-blend fabric.
Lot: 107 - American Pinwheel Pattern Cotton Quilt, 1930
74 x 76 This vintage American bed quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted, featuring a repeating pinwheel block pattern, which is a variant of the Dutchman's Puzzle. The blocks are constructed from various medium-blue calico and patterned fabrics alternating with cream-ground floral prints. The quilt features a blue-and-white sawtooth or flying geese patterned inner border and is finished with a purple floral calico outer binding. One of the blocks features hand-embroidery in pink thread reading MOM 1930. The piece is hand-quilted throughout in a diagonal grid or crosshatch pattern. The materials consist of cotton fabrics and batting.
Lot: 108 - Antique Red & White Double Irish Chain Quilt
66 x 66 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt is executed in the classic Double Irish Chain pattern. The design features a high-contrast palette of red and white. Small red squares form an interlocking lattice across the central field. The large alternating white blocks contain elaborate hand-quilted designs, specifically central four-lobed foliate medallions. The background of these blocks and the red squares themselves are further embellished with hand-quilted diagonal cross-hatching. The quilt is finished with a solid red inner border and a wide white outer border that features a hand-quilted wavy cable motif. The reverse side consists of plain white cotton fabric, clearly displaying the pattern of the manual stitching.
Lot: 109 - Hand Stitched Cotton Patchwork Fan Quilt Top
76 x 84 This is an unfinished vintage patchwork quilt top featuring various cotton fabrics, including feedsack-style floral prints, ginghams, and solid colors. The primary design consists of blocks containing four curved fan segments that meet to create a central circular motif. These blocks are separated by wide tan cotton sashing with solid blue cornerstone squares. One section incorporates a larger segment of brown, yellow, and green paisley-patterned fabric. The entire piece is hand-stitched with visible running stitches. This is a quilt top only and lacks batting, a backing, and finished binding. The underside shows raw seam allowances.
Lot: 109A - American Indigo Discharge Nine-Patch Quilt Top
42 x 74 An antique American patchwork quilt top composed of various indigo-dyed discharge print cotton fabrics and woven checks. The construction utilizes a Nine-Patch block pattern alternating between black and white gingham checks and light-colored shirting fabrics featuring small printed motifs such as polka dots, clover patterns, and floral sprigs. These blocks are joined by vertical rectangular panels of indigo-dyed cotton with varied patterns, including a diamond grid with dotted lines, small floral sprigs, and concentric circle-and-dot motifs. A wider horizontal panel of indigo fabric with a vertical geometric dashed-line pattern serves as a border along the lower edge. The reverse side shows the raw seam allowances, confirming the item is an unquilted top lacking batting and backing.
Lot: 110 - 1960s-70s Patchwork Quilt Top w/ Purple Sashing
80 x 86 This is an unfinished handmade patchwork quilt top dating from the mid-to-late 20th century. The piece features a scrap or utility style construction utilizing a string-pieced triangle pattern. The triangular patches are composed of assorted fabric strips in various prints including ginghams, checks, stripes, florals, and 1970s-era geometric zig-zags. These colorful blocks are separated by wide sashing of a solid purple fabric. The materials appear to be a mixture of cotton and polyester/cotton blends characteristic of the era. A strip of burgundy knit fabric is machine-stitched along one edge, likely intended as a border or binding. The reverse of the top reveals machine-stitched construction with raw, unfinished seam allowances and various thread tails. This item consists of the top layer only and does not include batting or backing.
Lot: 110A - Mid-20th C. Courthouse Steps Variation Scrap Quilt
72 x 80 A hand-pieced and hand-quilted scrap quilt featuring a Courthouse Steps variation of the traditional Log Cabin pattern. Each rectangular block is constructed around a central blue and white checkered gingham square. These centers are surrounded by concentric strips of diverse fabrics, including cotton prints with floral, polka dot, and geometric motifs, alongside high-sheen strips suggesting rayon, silk, or synthetic blends. The reverse is finished with a backing of purple floral print fabric assembled from multiple sections. The item features hand-quilting in a utility style with prominent, irregular running stitches in white thread.
Lot: 111 - American Hand Quilted Cotton Dresden Plate Quilt
68 x 90 This vintage American hand-quilted quilt features the classic Dresden Plate pattern. The piece is constructed from a white cotton ground and reverse, with 30 hand-appliqued circular blocks arranged in a five-by-six grid. Each Dresden Plate block is composed of multiple wedge-shaped cotton fabric scraps in a variety of mid-20th-century prints, including calicos, florals, stripes, polka dots, and solids, radiating from a central fabric circle in varying colors. The construction exhibits both hand-appliqu? and hand-quilting throughout. The quilting design follows the contours of the plates with radiating lines and concentric circular stitching on the white field. The edges are finished with a simple turned binding.
Lot: 112 - American Hand-Pieced & Quilted Patchwork Quilt
68 x 80 This vintage American utilitarian quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted in a scrap-style design organized into multiple vertical columns of varying widths. The composition utilizes a variety of horizontal fabric strips and geometric blocks, including a recurring nine-patch variation featuring a yellow floral center. Materials include printed cottons with patterns of polka dots, florals, plaids, and stripes, as well as solid-colored fragments of silk, rayon, or synthetic blends in shades of purple, green, and blue. The quilt is constructed with visible hand-sewn running stitches throughout the body. The backing consists of several panels of coarse-woven, off-white cotton or linen fabric.
Lot: 113 - Hand-Pieced & Quilted Scrappy Cotton Quilt
64 x 80 This is a handmade patchwork quilt constructed from various printed and solid cotton fabrics. The quilt top features a variation of the Snowball or Bowtie block pattern, utilizing a wide range of scraps including red and white polka dots, floral motifs in green, purple, and yellow, and geometric medallion prints. The central patchwork section is framed by a border of red and white polka dot fabric strips with solid lavender cotton squares at each corner. The quilt is hand-pieced and features extensive hand-quilting in a grid pattern with inset diamond shapes. The backing is composed of two panels of solid red cotton fabric joined by a vertical center seam.
Lot: 114 - American Cotton String Patchwork Quilt, 20th C
74 x 76 This vintage American string patchwork quilt is constructed from numerous multicolored cotton and cotton-blend fabric strips pieced diagonally onto white or off-white foundation triangles. These triangles are joined to form square blocks, creating a rhythmic, secondary diagonal pattern across the entire quilt top. The fabric selection includes a wide variety of mid-20th-century prints such as small-scale florals, ginghams, polka dots, checks, and solids, many of which are characteristic of the feed sack cloth used during this period. The quilt features dense hand-quilting in a diagonal grid pattern across the entire surface. The backing and the narrow, hand-finished binding are composed of a solid lavender-colored cotton fabric.
Lot: 115 - Hand-Quilted Basket Scrap Quilt w/ Feed Sack
72 x 80 This is a mid-20th century American utility scrap quilt, hand-pieced and hand-quilted. The quilt top features a series of Basket pattern blocks arranged in horizontal rows, separated by vertical sashing. The blocks are constructed from a wide variety of period-correct cotton fabrics including floral prints, solids, and ginghams. The entire piece is hand-quilted using a horizontal channel pattern. The reverse side of the quilt is constructed from repurposed white cotton flour or feed sacks, a common practice for resourcefulness during the Depression and post-Depression eras. Original commercial printing is visible on the backing material. One section features the brand name HARVEST BOY in red block letters. Above this are the blue printed numbers 368 I 2. Additional smaller blue text identifies the source as ... Mills, Inc. of MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. Harvest Boy was a known flour brand produced in the Minneapolis area during this period.
Lot: 116 - American Cotton Pinwheel Pattern Patchwork Quilt
68 x 76 This vintage American hand-pieced patchwork quilt features a traditional Pinwheel pattern composed of half-square triangles arranged in vertical columns. The primary color palette consists of a solid red cotton fabric combined with a variety of printed fabrics. Notable prints include a black-ground geometric pattern with small multi-colored squares, a white-ground floral print with blue and pink motifs, and several instances of plaid and larger-scale floral fabrics integrated into the scrappy design. The layout is finished with wide solid red borders on the left and right sides. The reverse side is covered in a separate all-over printed fabric featuring a small-scale, repeating ornamental geometric pattern in green, yellow, and black on a red ground. The quilt is finished with a patterned fabric binding consistent with the backing material. The construction reflects a classic style of American utility quilting. No maker labels, signatures, or dates are present.
Lot: 117 - Handmade Patchwork Scrap Quilt w/ Floral Backing
58 x 88 A mid-to-late 20th-century handmade patchwork quilt featuring a central vertical panel of square fabric blocks. The design is constructed from a diverse assortment of scrap fabrics, including cotton and synthetic blends. The patterns present within the patchwork include gingham, stripes, paisley, and a novelty print featuring red strawberries and hearts, interspersed with solid blocks of orange, turquoise, and yellow. The central decorative column is flanked by two wide, cream-colored side borders. The top and bottom edges are finished with narrow borders of purple fabric decorated with a dark floral sprig motif, which also serves as the reverse panel for the entire piece. The quilt is machine-quilted with horizontal channel stitching. The fabric types and prints, notably the textured synthetic knits and novelty patterns, are characteristic of the 1960s through the 1980s.
Lot: 118 - Hand-Quilted Churn Dash Patchwork Quilt
66 x 66 A vintage American patchwork quilt featuring the traditional Churn Dash pattern, also known as Monkey Wrench. The quilt is composed of twenty blocks arranged in a four-by-five grid. Each block is constructed from a variety of scrap fabrics, including a grey pinstriped cotton, dark ground floral prints, and pale yellow patterned textiles, set against light-colored backgrounds. The blocks are joined by a solid green sashing grid. The entire piece exhibits traditional hand-quilting, visible in geometric patterns within the blocks and straight lines along the sashing. The reverse side features a pieced backing made of large panels in two different shades of yellow cotton or a cotton-blend fabric with a visible loose, textured weave. The quilt is finished with a narrow yellow binding. The quilt consists of 20 blocks plus sashing and borders.
Lot: 119 - American Wagon Wheel Quilt w/ Seed Sack Backing
68 x 80 This is a mid-20th-century American bed quilt, hand-pieced and hand-quilted in a traditional Wagon Wheel or Kaleidoscope pattern. The quilt top is composed of various cotton fabrics including floral calicoes, stripes, checks, and solid colors characteristic of the Depression-era feed sack style. The central blocks are arranged in a grid and framed by a wide blue border featuring a printed motif of hearts, geometric lines, and floral sprigs. The entire piece is hand-quilted in a fan or clamshell pattern. The backing is constructed from repurposed white cotton fabric. Faded green stenciled markings are visible on the reverse side, identifying the material as salvaged hybrid corn seed sacks. The stencil includes the text 4-CORN HYBRID SEED and a central graphic of a stylized ear of corn enclosed within a border of leaf or acorn shapes.
Lot: 120 - Hand-Pieced & Tied Patchwork Scrap Quilt
68 x 76 This is a double-sided vintage American patchwork scrap quilt, also known as a hand-tied comforter. The textile is hand-pieced using a variety of cotton fabric scraps, including mid-20th-century prints, ginghams, stripes, and small-scale florals characteristic of feed sack era fabrics. One side of the quilt features an eclectic arrangement of traditional blocks, including Churn Dash or Monkey Wrench variations, Nine-Patch, and Broken Dishes motifs. The reverse side utilizes a simpler patchwork layout of multi-colored rectangular and square blocks. Notable fabric includes a novelty print depicting a village scene with stylized figures, houses, and animals. The layers are secured with hand-tied off-white and blue yarn throughout the body of the quilt.
Lot: 121 - Tufted Chenille Cotton Bedspread w/ Circle Pattern
96 x 102 In the style of the Schumacher Ziz pattern, this is a 100% cotton tufted chenille bedspread or coverlet. Features a pale sage green cotton base decorated with white cotton tufting. The design consists of a repeating pattern of interlocking circles with diagonal cross-hatched intersections. The two side edges are finished with knotted white cotton fringe. Believed to be machine made, see pic of tag in photos.
Lot: 121A - Mid-20th C. Cherry Pattern Chenille Bedspread
90 x 104 A vintage bedspread or large sheet featuring a white woven ground fabric, likely cotton or a cotton blend. The surface is decorated with an allover repeating pattern of embroidered cherry clusters. Each cluster consists of two tufted red cherries with a light blue-gray leaf and stem, executed in a chenille or needle-punch style. The side borders are marked by four parallel red stripes running the length of the textile. The construction and aesthetic are characteristic of mid-20th century American domestic linens.
Lot: 122 - Mid-C. Chartreuse Geometric Chenille Bedspread
82 x 96 A vintage mid-century chenille bedspread or coverlet featuring a vibrant chartreuse or lime green cotton fabric base. The textile is decorated with white cotton tufted chenille embroidery in a design of overlapping circles and a central geometric lattice pattern. The composition is framed by several rows of wavy, undulating chenille lines near the edges. The piece is finished with a white cotton fringe along three of its sides. The reverse side displays the machine-tufted stitch patterns corresponding to the front design.
Lot: 123 - Mid-20th C. Floral Wreath Chenille Bedspreads
98 x 102 This lot consists of a white cotton bedspread featuring a matching floral design executed in different needlework styles. The item is a tufted chenille bedspread with a raised texture. The central design features a large circular wreath composed of purple five-petaled flowers with green stems and leaves. A single coordinating flower is positioned in the center of the wreath, and a curved floral swag appears at the top. The entire white ground is filled with a dense, textured pattern of concentric tufted loops and scrolling swirls characteristic of Candlewick-style embroidery. The edges are finished with a purple scalloped chenille border.
Lot: 125 - Mid-C. Purple & White Tufted Chenille Bedspread
90 x 102 A vintage mid-20th century tufted chenille bedspread featuring a deep plum purple cotton ground. The textile is decorated with cotton yarn tufting in white and purple. The central rectangular field displays a grid pattern of white tufted accents. This central area is surrounded by a wide border composed of concentric, undulating wavy lines in alternating purple and white. This design is characteristic of American tufted textiles from the mid-20th century, a style often associated with manufacturers in Dalton, Georgia.
Lot: 126 - Lavender Chenille Double Wedding Ring Bedspread
88 x 104 A mid-century cotton chenille bedspread featuring a lavender or lilac base fabric. The piece displays an all-over geometric pattern of interlocking circles, commonly known as a Double Wedding Ring or circular lattice design. The pattern is constructed using traditional chenille tufting, where rows of thick cream-colored cotton yarn are stitched onto the base fabric and cut to create a raised, soft pile texture. Three sides of the coverlet are finished with a knotted cotton fringe. The reverse side shows the structural stitching that secures the tufted pattern to the base textile.
Lot: 127 - Mid-20th C. Double-Sided Cotton Patchwork Quilt
72 x 84 This is a vintage handmade American utility quilt, constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps dating from approximately the 1930s to the 1950s. The piece features a double-sided pieced design. The front is a string quilt pattern, characterized by irregular strips or strings of fabric sewn onto a foundation and arranged into uniform square blocks that form a diagonal grid. The fabrics include a variety of mid-century prints such as florals, ginghams, stripes, and solid colors. The reverse side is constructed from larger rectangular and square blocks, prominently featuring a navy-and-white striped fabric alongside a large-scale red, blue, and green floral print and light blue panels. The entire piece is hand-quilted with a visible running stitch throughout.
Lot: 128 - American Cotton Pinwheel Pattern Quilt
68 x 84 An American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt featuring a repeating geometric pinwheel pattern, also known as a whirling logs design, dating from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. The quilt utilizes various period fabrics including indigo blue floral calico, black and white polka dots, stripes, and checkered patterns, interspersed with solid gray elements and a single red-patterned block. The construction features an off-white ground with linear hand-quilted stitching. The reverse is finished with a plain off-white fabric backing.
Lot: 129 - Mid-20th C. American Folk Art Indian Head Quilt
70 x 72 An American folk art quilt featuring sixteen blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. Each block displays a profile of a figure in a feathered headdress, a motif frequently utilized in mid-century textile crafts. The faces are constructed from solid red cotton fabric with hand-embroidered facial features in pink and black thread. The headdresses are pieced together from a variety of patterned scrap fabrics including stripes, checks, florals, and paisley. Decorative elements include yellow and pink ric-rac trim and black blanket stitching around the perimeter of the headdress segments. The white cotton ground is hand-quilted with diagonal rows of running stitches. The reverse side of the quilt is finished with a two-tone floral paisley and calico print in shades of pink, red, and purple. The quilt top is composed of multiple joined white fabric panels.
Lot: 129A - Pictorial Appliqu? Cotton Quilt Featuring Indigenous Style Figures and Ikat Geometric Borders
86 x 90 A hand-stitched pictorial quilt constructed on a white cotton ground. The textile features twelve rectangular panels arranged in a four-by-three grid. Each panel contains a centrally positioned appliqu? figure depicted with long black braids, shown from either a posterior or simplified frontal view. The figures are dressed in various solid-colored garments, including tunics, dresses, and jumpsuits in shades of blue, red, pink, purple, brown, and green. Several figures include a cross-hatched red band across the crown of the head. The panels and the overall border are composed of a printed cotton fabric featuring a multi-colored ikat-style geometric pattern in red, yellow, green, and black. The piece exhibits extensive hand-quilting, with the reverse side showing the stitched outlines of the figures and borders. The style of the figures is consistent with Southwestern pictorial patterns such as Little Chief and Sister Sioux or Best Friends.
Lot: 130 - American Hand-Quilted Bear's Paw Variation Quilt
66 x 74 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted American textile features sixteen blocks in a Bear's Paw variant pattern, each featuring a central red cross motif. The blocks are constructed from an assortment of blue fabrics, including indigo-dyed calico, polka dot, and checked patterns, set against an off-white printed background. The blocks are separated by wide off-white sashing. The entire surface is densely hand-quilted in a traditional fan or shell motif. The reverse is finished with a solid off-white fabric backing.
Lot: 131 - American Improvisational Rail Fence Quilt, 20th C
60 x 76 An American folk art scrap quilt featuring an improvisational block pattern in a Rail Fence or Roman Square variation. The quilt top is constructed from assorted cotton and cotton-blend fabric strips in a diverse range of patterns, including leopard print, yellow paisley, mid-to-late 20th-century floral motifs, and polka dots, alongside solid blocks of red and blue. The construction utilizes mismatched rectangular blocks of varying sizes. The piece is hand-quilted with visible white running stitches in a concentric rectangular echo pattern. It features a solid light blue backing and is finished with a hand-sewn solid pink binding.
Lot: 132 - Antique American Hand-Quilted Crazy Quilt
66 x 74 An American folk art crazy quilt hand-pieced from various early-to-mid 20th-century fabric scraps, including floral calicos, feedsack-style prints, ginghams, stripes, and solids. The irregularly shaped patches are joined with decorative hand-embroidered feather and herringbone stitching in contrasting light-colored thread. The reverse side features a solid light blue cotton fabric with repetitive hand-quilted fan or shell patterns. The piece is finished with a thin light blue fabric binding.
Lot: 133 - Mid-20th C. Cotton Patchwork Tied Scrap Quilt
54 x 76 This vintage American utility scrap quilt is constructed in a nine-patch variation pattern. The quilt top is composed of numerous small squares of diverse cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, featuring a variety of patterns including solids, florals, stripes, ginghams, and novelty fruit prints such as cherries and apples. These patterned sections are separated by horizontal rows of solid red sashing. The quilt is held together by ties made of pink yarn rather than traditional quilting stitches. The backing consists of two large panels of fabric in cream and yellow tones. The edges are finished with a yellow fabric binding. The internal batting is visible through damaged areas and appears to be a coarse natural fiber.
Lot: 134 - American Hand Quilted Dresden Plate Quilt
64 x 84 A vintage American scrap quilt featuring sixteen blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. Each block contains a Dresden Plate motif, a pattern consensus also known as a Friendship Flower, composed of radiating petals made from varied cotton scrap fabrics including calico, checks, stripes, and feed sack style floral prints. The centers of the plates are finished with circular hubs in mustard yellow, light blue, or navy blue solids. The motifs are set against a cream-colored ground and separated by a bold red fabric sashing. The quilt is finished with a matching red binding. The construction is hand-quilted throughout, featuring a traditional clamshell or fan pattern in the background areas and outline quilting along the seams of the individual petals. The reverse side is a solid off-white fabric that displays the hand-stitching.
Lot: 135 - Mid-20th Century Hand-Appliqued and Hand-Quilted Cotton Basket Motif Quilt
60 x 72 A mid-20th-century American applique quilt featuring a repeating basket motif. The central field contains baskets in alternating upright and inverted orientations, hand-appliqued onto a solid white cotton ground. These basket elements are fashioned from navy blue, chocolate brown, and lavender polka-dot printed cotton fabrics. The border consists of a white cotton fabric printed with blue floral medallions and grey scrollwork. The quilt is finished with a narrow, light blue binding. The assembly is entirely hand-quilted, featuring parallel vertical and horizontal running stitches that create a grid pattern across the field. The backing is a single piece of solid white cotton fabric.
Lot: 136 - American Hand Quilted Star Pattern Scrap Quilt
62 x 74 A mid-20th century utility-style patchwork quilt constructed from an assortment of printed cotton fabric scraps. The central design features a prominent four-pointed star motif, a variation of traditional patterns such as the Star of Hope or Friendship Star. The textile incorporates a variety of early-to-mid 20th-century prints, including maroon and white polka dots, small-scale floral calicoes, stripes, and geometric patterns. The quilt is finished with a blue and white wave-patterned binding. The entire piece is hand-quilted with visible running stitches in a square grid pattern. The reverse is composed of a solid cream-colored cotton fabric that displays the hand-stitching and several historical repairs.
Lot: 137 - Mid-20th C. Cotton Patchwork Bow Tie Quilt
66 x 76 This is a double sided quilt of American origin, constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. The design features a bold geometric lattice of wide red bands set against a bright blue field.
Lot: 138 - Mid-20th C. Double-Sided Corduroy & Satin Crazy
72 x 82 A hand-pieced crazy quilt top composed of a diverse array of repurposed fabric scraps. The front, or recto, features a string-pieced design organized into a grid of 56 blocks arranged seven wide by eight high. These blocks are constructed from heavy-weight materials, primarily corduroy and various synthetic satin fabrics, interspersed with occasional plaid cotton patches. The patches are arranged in diagonal, fan-shaped, and geometric patterns, utilizing a bold color palette of saturated purple, burgundy, emerald green, mustard yellow, bright orange, and red. The construction utilizes a rustic quilt-as-you-go technique where the seams are joined with the raw edges exposed on the reverse side. The entire piece exhibits a folk-art or utilitarian character, likely assembled from clothing remnants.
Lot: 139 - American Velvet Patchwork Medallion Quilt
64 x 84 A hand-tied velvet patchwork quilt featuring a medallion design. The central navy blue velvet rectangular panel is surrounded by concentric rectangular borders in shades of red, navy blue, and charcoal grey velvet. The patches are joined with decorative hand-embroidery in yellow, purple, and blue cross-stitching. The quilt is constructed with numerous light-colored yarn ties distributed across the surface to secure the batting. The reverse side is finished with a solid mustard-yellow fabric. The design and materials are consistent with late 19th to early 20th-century American folk-art textiles.
Lot: 140 - Patchwork Quilt Top w/ Feed Sack Era Textiles
68 x 80 An unfinished vintage patchwork quilt top constructed from a diverse assortment of cotton fabrics dating approximately from the 1930s through the 1950s. The top is a scrap-style assembly featuring multiple block patterns including floral-printed squares and pieced radiating motifs resembling a Dresden Plate or star pattern. The fabric selection is characteristic of the American feed sack era, featuring small-scale calico florals, ginghams, polka dots, checks, and novelty prints such as a white fabric with red cherry and plaid circle motifs. The item is an unfinished project consisting of the pieced decorative layer without batting, backing, or binding. Construction involves a combination of hand-piecing and machine stitching with raw, unfinished seam allowances and loose threads visible on the reverse.
Lot: 140A - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Cotton Bowtie Quilt Top
70 x 76 This hand-pieced cotton quilt top features a repetitive Bowtie pattern, which is a common variation of a nine-patch block using corner triangles to create the bowtie silhouette. The construction consists of a wide variety of cotton scrap fabrics characteristic of the mid-20th century, including colorful ginghams, multicolored plaids, floral calicos, and solid-colored fabrics. The bowtie blocks are arranged in vertical rows separated by sashing strips of solid blue fabric and a small-scale navy and white checkered print. The item is an unfinished quilt consisting only of the pieced top layer.
Lot: 140B - Mid-C. Cotton Scrap Quilt Top w/ Faux-Cross-Stitch
48 x 82 This vintage mid-century patchwork quilt top is constructed from an assortment of cotton and cotton-blend scrap fabrics. The primary field is composed of square patches joined together in a one-patch style. The fabrics include a variety of prints typical of the 1940s and 1950s, such as large-scale florals, small calico patterns, plaids, checks, and polka dots. Notable among the scraps are vibrant yellow magnolia-style floral motifs and prints resembling period feed sacks. The piece features a wide border of light blue fabric decorated with a printed faux-cross-stitch pattern of pink tulips and green foliage. The reverse side reveals exposed seam allowances, confirming the item is an unfinished quilt top.
Lot: 141 - Mid-C. Pieced Cotton Quilt Top w/ Circular Pattern
70 x 90 This mid-20th century American pieced quilt top features a complex interlocking circular design. The pattern consists of slate-blue quadrants forming circular motifs, which are defined and separated by a grid of off-white fabric bands. Each major intersection features a red accent square composed of four smaller sections. The red fabric is printed with a small-scale black geometric calico design typical of the 1930s to 1950s. The piece is constructed from cotton or cotton-blend fabrics and is machine-stitched. The reverse side shows exposed seam allowances and loose thread ends. This is an unfinished quilt top
Lot: 141A - Mid-20th C. Feedsack Quilt Top
62 x 78 This is a mid-20th-century American pieced quilt top constructed from various cotton print and solid fabrics. The piece features a grid of string-pieced or strip-pieced blocks, each composed of diagonal fabric scraps. The blocks are joined by cream-colored sashing made from repurposed utilitarian cotton feed or grain sacks. Several strips of the sashing retain original commercial printing from their prior use, with visible black letters including PER and DOH. Faint blue ink characters are also present on the sashing material. The piece is hand-pieced and represents a traditional example of North American folk quilting using recycled materials.
Lot: 141B - Mid-20th C. Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt Top
56 x 72 This is an unfinished handmade cotton quilt top featuring the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern. The piece is constructed from numerous hand-pieced hexagonal fabric scraps in a variety of prints, including pink florals, red centers surrounded by white floral borders, and a purple lattice pattern with green floral motifs. The reverse side exhibits visible hand-stitching and raw seams, confirming its status as a quilt top rather than a completed, layered quilt. The overall color palette of pink, green, yellow, and red is characteristic of 1930s-1940s textiles. The edges are unfinished and jagged, following the hexagonal shapes of the individual patches.
Lot: 142 - Hand-Stitched Red & Green Star Pattern Quilt Top
72 x 76 This textile is an unfinished quilt top, hand-pieced and appliqu?d in a palette of red, sage green, and off-white. The central design features a complex geometric star, similar in construction to a Feathered Star pattern, surrounded by squares and triangles. A notable feature is the extensive use of a sawtooth or shark's teeth border, composed of numerous small, hand-stitched triangles that edge the primary star points and internal blocks. The fabric appears to be a lightweight, plain-weave cotton or a cotton-linen blend. The reverse side shows exposed hand-stitching and raw seam allowances, confirming its status as an unfinished top rather than a completed quilt. A wide red border strip frames the central patterned field.
Lot: 142A - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Cotton Pinwheel Quilt Top
64 x 76 An unfinished, hand-pieced cotton quilt top featuring multiple pinwheel pattern blocks. The blocks are constructed from a variety of scrap fabrics, including floral prints, stripes, ginghams, and polka dots. These blocks are set within a bold red and green sashing. The construction utilizes hand-stitched running stitches. There is no backing or batting present. The fabric selection is consistent with mid-20th century textile production.
Lot: 143 - Mid-20th C. Dresden Plate Quilt Top, Yellow Ground
64 x 84 This is a vintage hand-pieced quilt top featuring a Dresden Plate or sunflower pattern, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The top is composed of multiple circular and semi-circular blocks constructed from a diverse assortment of multi-colored scrap fabrics, including floral calicos, checks, stripes, and solids. These fabric pieces are hand-stitched onto a pale yellow ground fabric. The reverse side reveals the hand-sewn construction technique used to assemble the decorative blocks. The item is an unfinished quilt top, lacking batting and a backing layer. Faint, illegible script characters are visible on one of the yellow panels in what appears to be pencil or ink; however, the marks are too faded to be deciphered.
Lot: 143A - 19th C. American Patchwork Cross & Star Quilt Top
60 x 74 An unquilted American patchwork quilt top hand-pieced from various 19th-century printed cotton fabrics. The design utilizes a repeating block pattern, a variation of the Cross and Crown or Cross and Star motif, featuring central cross elements surrounded by triangles and diamonds that form secondary geometric patterns when joined. The textiles include indigo blues with white discharge prints, madder reds, madder browns, assorted calicoes, and various striped and dotted shirtings. One edge of the piece is finished with a border of curved clamshell or fish scale patchwork.
Lot: 144 - Mid-20th C. American Patchwork Quilt Top
74 x 80 This textile is a mid-20th-century American patchwork quilt top constructed in a one-patch or postage stamp grid pattern. The piece is composed of an assortment of scrap fabric remnants, including various cotton calicos, ginghams, stripes, solids, and floral prints. The variety of patterns indicates the use of household remnants common in the mid-century period, with specific prints such as 1940s-style florals and 1960s to 1970s-style geometrics suggesting a multi-decade accumulation of materials. The squares are joined by hand using large, visible running stitches in a dark thread. This is an unfinished project piece, as it lacks internal batting, a fabric backing, and finished bound edges.
Lot: 144A - American Hand-Pieced Cotton Patchwork Quilt Top
68 x 80 This item is a vintage American patchwork quilt top featuring a hand-pieced construction. The textile is an unfinished top, lacking batting, backing, and binding. It is composed of assorted cotton fabrics, including various printed calicos, ginghams, and solid red and light blue cottons. The layout consists of three horizontal rows of patchwork blocks separated by wide bands of solid light blue fabric. Each individual block is designed with a solid red central square surrounded by radiating trapezoidal and triangular pieces in a variety of multicolored prints, creating a primitive star or stylized floral motif. The quilt top is entirely hand-stitched with visible running stitches throughout the seams, particularly evident on the reverse side. The construction is irregular, reflecting a folk art character. No maker labels, signatures, or marks are visible on the textile.
Lot: 145 - American Red & White Feathered Star Cotton Quilt
72 x 78 This is an antique American handmade patchwork quilt dating to the late 19th or early 20th century. The textile features a classic two-color red and white palette in a variation of the Feathered Star or Sawtooth Star pattern. The layout consists of sixteen 4x4 blocks set against a white ground. Each block is composed of a central red square surrounded by radiating star points with triangular feathered edges and smaller square accents. The quilt top is framed by a wide red inner border and a plain white outer border. The item is meticulously hand-pieced and features dense hand-quilting in a diagonal diamond cross-hatch pattern across the entire surface. The reverse is finished with plain white cotton fabric, which clearly displays the intricate hand-stitched quilting.
Lot: 146 - Antique American Red & White Basket Pattern Quilt
70 x 84 This late 19th to early 20th-century American folk textile is a two-color hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt. The item features a repeating basket pattern, a variation often referred to as a Cake Basket or Fruit Basket, oriented on point. The quilt is constructed from solid red cotton fabric and a white cotton fabric printed with a black pin-dot motif. Each basket unit is composed of a large red triangle for the base with a handle created from multiple small red and white half-square triangles. The quilt is finished with a wide, solid red cotton border. The reverse side consists of a solid cream-colored cotton backing. Technical examination confirms hand-pieced construction and hand-quilting in an off-white thread. The quilting follows the seam lines of the blocks, with additional decorative four-petal floral motifs hand-quilted into the center of each solid red basket base.
Lot: 147 - Hand-Quilted Cotton Basket Pattern Quilt, 1961
66 x 88 This is a hand-quilted bedcovering featuring a traditional pieced Basket pattern. The quilt top is constructed from cotton or cotton-blend fabrics in a pastel palette. The design includes various colored baskets set on point within large pink diamond-shaped blocks, separated by light-colored sashing. The baskets are rendered in shades of blue, yellow, teal, tan, and brown. The central field is framed by a narrow light blue inner border and a wide lavender outer border. The quilt displays intricate hand-quilting, with diamond grid motifs in the central blocks and scrolling feathered patterns in the lavender border. The date 1961 is embroidered in red thread in the lower right corner of the lavender border. The backing is a solid off-white fabric with the initials H P embroidered in light-colored thread in one corner.
Lot: 148 - Modern Geometric Hand-Quilted Cotton Quilt
78 x 90 This textile is a hand-pieced and hand-quilted in Indiana bedcover or throw quilt featuring a modern improvisational geometric block design. The quilt is constructed from various solid-colored matte fabrics, likely cotton or a cotton-blend, in a cool-toned palette of navy blue, royal blue, teal, and slate gray, accented with dark green and brown. The individual squares contain varied arrangements of diagonal strips and triangles. These blocks are separated by a dark navy blue sashing and are framed by a medium blue border with a thin, light-colored binding edge. The quilting is done by hand and follows the diagonal lines of the pieced design. The reverse side features a solid light blue backing fabric.
Lot: 149 - Amish Made Hand Quilted Center Square Coverlet
64 x 70 This is a hand-quilted, reversible bed coverlet or quilt made by the Holmes Co, OH Amish. The piece is constructed from solid-colored fabrics, likely cotton or a cotton-polyester blend. The front side features a central purple field framed by concentric blue and purple borders. The reverse side is composed of a single piece of solid light blue fabric. The entire quilt is hand-quilted with high-contrast thread. The purple and light blue sections feature decorative floral and vine quilting motifs, while the blue borders are quilted with a diagonal diamond crosshatch pattern. The edges are finished with a dark blue fabric binding.
Lot: 150 - American Red & White Hand-Quilted Cotton Quilt
66 x 78 An antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted textile quilt. The item features a repeating geometric pattern in a two-color red and white scheme. The design consists of red pieced elements that create a diagonal pinwheel or star-variant lattice effect across an off-white ground. The entire surface is finished with hand-quilting in a diagonal diamond grid pattern. The quilt is constructed from cotton fabrics with a cotton batting and a plain off-white cotton backing. This style of red and white two-color quilt was a popular American pattern from the late 19th through the early 20th century.
Lot: 151 - American Hand-Appliqued and Hand-Quilted Umbrella Girl Cotton Quilt
76 x 82 An American quilt featuring the Umbrella Girl pattern, which is a variation of the traditional Sunbonnet Sue motif. The quilt consists of sixteen square blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. Each block features a central figure of a girl wearing a bonnet and a wide-skirted dress, carrying an open umbrella, shown from a rear-view perspective. The applique is constructed from a variety of polychrome cotton fabrics, including floral calicos, solid colors, and a novelty print featuring vintage toys such as sailboats and cars. The figures are detailed with black and colored embroidery for the umbrella handles, dress outlines, and bows. The blocks are joined by pink cotton sashing and finished with a thin floral print binding. The piece displays extensive hand-quilting throughout in fan and diamond patterns. The reverse side is finished with a plain, off-white cotton backing.
Lot: 152 - Mid-C. Hand-Embroidered Floral Patchwork Quilt
74 x 86 A handmade patchwork quilt featuring a checkerboard arrangement of alternating solid green and white squares. The quilt consists of twenty-four white squares, each showcasing a unique hand-embroidered floral motif including varieties such as poppies, pansies, lilies, and poinsettias. The piece is constructed with hand-quilting in a concentric fan or shell design throughout the body. It features a wide solid green border and is finished with a green fabric binding. The reverse is composed of a solid white fabric. The design and execution are consistent with mid-20th century domestic textile production.
Lot: 153 - Magic Vine Hand-Stitched Applique Cotton Quilt
88 x 96 This vintage hand-stitched applique quilt features a design commonly associated with the Magic Vine or Rose of Sharon patterns. The central field is organized in a 3x3 grid containing nine floral sprays on a pale celadon green cotton ground. Each flower is constructed from purple and lavender fabric petals with yellow embroidered centers. The composition is enclosed by a scrolling dark green vine border accented with lavender buds. The textile exhibits intricate hand-quilting throughout, including large circular medallions with radiating patterns in the negative spaces and various floral and geometric motifs filling the background. The piece is finished with a thin purple binding and a solid lavender reverse.
Lot: 154 - Hand-Quilted Lone Star Patchwork Quilt
84 x 90 This mid-to-late 20th-century hand-quilted patchwork quilt features the traditional Lone Star pattern, also known as the Star of Bethlehem. The central design is an eight-pointed star composed of concentric rings of diamond-shaped fabric in navy, purple, lavender, pink, and red. The outer tips of the star alternate between yellow and green diamonds. The star is set against an off-white ground that is decorated with intricate hand-quilted motifs including circular, scrolled, and floral patterns. The quilt is finished with a double border consisting of an inner blue floral print band and an outer solid pink band. The reverse side features a contrasting vintage floral print with yellow roses and pink blossoms on a white ground, framed by wide pink borders. The item is hand-constructed with small, even quilting stitches throughout.
Lot: 155 - Mid-C. Spiderweb String-Pieced Cotton Quilt Top
64 x 70 This is a vintage handmade unfinished quilt top, likely dating to the mid-20th century, approximately 1930s to 1950s. The piece is constructed using a string-piecing technique, where small strips of fabric are sewn together to form larger segments. These segments are arranged into a series of large, radiating circular motifs resembling a spiderweb or a variation of a Dresden Plate pattern. A distinctive red and white striped cotton fabric is used throughout the design to anchor the circular sections. The top features a diverse assortment of printed cotton scraps, including various calicos, florals, ginghams, and polka dots characteristic of feedsack-era textiles. The construction consists only of the pieced decorative front layer; there is no batting, backing, or finished binding, with raw seam allowances visible on the reverse.
Lot: 155A - American Hand-Pieced Silk & Cotton Crazy Quilt Top
62 x 76 An antique American folk art crazy quilt top, hand-constructed using an eclectic array of irregularly shaped fabric remnants. The piece features a diverse mix of materials including weighted silks, satins, velvets, and woven or printed cottons such as gingham and small-scale floral motifs. The color palette is varied, contrasting deep jewel-toned satins against neutral and pastel patches. The item is an unfinished textile, consisting only of the pieced top layer without batting, backing, or edge binding. The reverse side reveals hand-stitched seams and raw fabric edges.
Lot: 156 - American Spider Web Variant String Quilt Top
68 x 78 This vintage American textile is a hand-pieced quilt top featuring a Spider Web or Kaleidoscope variant pattern. The construction utilizes a string piecing technique where various multi-colored fabric strips radiate from solid red cotton square hubs or cornerstones to form a repetitive geometric design across the surface. The fabrics consist of a wide assortment of mid-20th century printed and solid cottons, including period feed sack prints, calicoes, stripes, polka dots, and checks. The piece is hand-sewn with visible white running stitches throughout the seams. This item is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, a backing, or finished binding.
Lot: 156A - Antique American Strippy Patchwork Quilt Top with Indigo Botanical Printed Fabric
86 x 86 An antique American strippy-style patchwork quilt top dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, approximately 1880-1910. The design is composed of five vertical columns of scrap-style patchwork alternating with four vertical columns of indigo-dyed cotton fabric printed with a white botanical fern or leaf sprig motif. The patchwork is made from a diverse selection of rectangular cotton patches featuring late Victorian-era prints, including calicos, small-scale florals, scrolls, stripes, and plaids. Notable patterns include a recurring purple and white crescent or half-moon motif. The piece is a quilt top only and does not contain batting, a finished backing, or quilting. The reverse side demonstrates the foundation piecing technique used for construction, showing where patches have been sewn onto dark fabric strips. The edges are raw and unfinished.
Lot: 157 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Log Cabin Scrap Quilt Top
68 x 70 This textile is a primitive American quilt top featuring the traditional Log Cabin block pattern. It is constructed from a diverse assortment of fabric scraps, including cotton ginghams, calico floral prints, striped ticking, solids, and denim-style textiles. The construction consists of hand-pieced blocks using a primitive running stitch technique, where fabric strips are layered and stitched around a central square. This piece is a single-layer quilt top or a very lightly backed utility piece without traditional edge binding or heavy decorative quilting. The variety of fabric prints and the construction method suggest a mid-20th century origin.
Lot: 157A - Mid-20th C. Maple Leaf Cotton Scrap Quilt Top
70 x 86 A vintage hand-pieced quilt top featuring the traditional Maple Leaf pattern, also referred to as the Autumn Leaf pattern. The top is constructed from an assortment of mid-20th century scrap fabrics, primarily cotton and cotton blends. Fabric prints consist of various florals, ginghams, checks, and geometric patterns in colors such as red, blue, pink, and dark grey. These blocks are joined by irregular sashing pieces in shades of light blue, cream, and pale yellow. The construction exhibits a mix of machine sewing for the primary seams and hand-stitching for specific elements, particularly the leaf stems. Pencil marks from the layout and tracing of the pattern pieces remain visible on several blocks. This item is the pieced top only and does not include batting, backing, or finished binding.
Lot: 158 - Mid-20th C. Lemoyne Star & Plaid Cotton Quilt Top
64 x 78 A hand-pieced quilt top constructed from assorted cotton fabrics. The design features alternating blocks of an eight-pointed Lemoyne Star pattern and a red, white, and blue plaid cotton fabric. The star blocks consist of a bright pink cotton ground with a small blue square at the center, with star points made from a variety of scrap-style fabrics including florals, paisleys, stripes, and geometric prints. The blocks are hand-joined using visible running stitches, as seen on the reverse side. The item is an unfinished textile and lacks batting, backing, and binding.
Lot: 158A - Mid-20th C. English Paper Pieced Star Quilt Top
61 x 82 An unfinished mid-20th century pieced quilt top featuring a repeating eight-pointed star pattern, a variation of the LeMoyne Star. The stars are hand-pieced from an assortment of multicolored printed cotton fabrics including calico florals, polka dots, ginghams, and stripes. Each star block is set against a solid bright yellow background, and the blocks are joined by a light blue sashing with a pink and yellow floral motif. The piece is constructed using the English Paper Piecing (EPP) technique. The reverse side shows several diamond-shaped segments that still contain their original paper templates. These templates are composed of recycled printed matter, with visible text fragments including NY, pieces, home, Ford, G, and tern. This item consists of the top layer only and does not include batting or backing.
Lot: 159 - Mid-C. Spiderweb Mixed Scrap String Quilt
70 x 96 This vintage handmade scrap string quilt features a multi-pointed spiderweb or vortex pattern, created with radiating strips of fabric in varying widths. The construction utilizes a diverse assortment of mid-to-late 20th-century scrap fabrics, including cotton, polyester knits, and synthetic blends. The fabric selection includes a wide range of colors and patterns, such as avocado green, harvest orange, vibrant blues, reds, houndstooth, geometric plaids, and floral prints. The piece is machine-pieced and machine-quilted with parallel vertical stitching lines through all layers. The edges of the quilt are raw and unfinished.
Lot: 160 - American Hand-Quilted Star Patchwork Cotton Quilt
60 x 70 A vintage hand-quilted patchwork quilt, likely of American origin, dating from the mid-20th century. The design features twenty large octagonal blocks arranged in a grid, with each block containing a central eight-pointed star variation resembling a LeMoyne Star. These blocks are constructed from a diverse assortment of vintage printed fabrics, including small-scale florals, stripes, paisleys, and novelty motifs such as umbrellas and bows. The octagonal blocks are set against a lattice of pink and white floral diamond-shaped patches and finished with a simple pink fabric binding. The piece is hand-quilted throughout, featuring visible running stitches in a dark pink or red thread that follow the geometric outlines of the patchwork. The backing is composed of a solid pink fabric, likely cotton or linen. The variety of prints, specifically the novelty shirting and small floral patterns, are characteristic of American quilts from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Lot: 161 - Hand-Appliqued Sunbonnet Sue Scrap Quilt
60 x 84 This vintage hand-appliqued scrap quilt features the Sunbonnet Sue pattern, composed of forty-two individual blocks arranged in a six-by-seven grid. Each block depicts a figure of a girl in a bonnet, hand-appliqued using various patterned and solid scrap fabrics, including calicos, florals, stripes, and ginghams. The figures are outlined with decorative green hand-stitching, consistent with a blanket or buttonhole stitch. The quilt is constructed with a tied technique featuring small blue yarn ties at the intersections of the blocks. The backing is a lightweight fabric with a dense, small-scale multi-color floral print in shades of yellow, pink, blue, and green on an off-white ground. The piece is finished with a narrow floral border that matches the backing fabric. Materials appear to be cotton or a cotton-synthetic blend.
Lot: 162 - American Hand-Tied Maple Leaf Patchwork Quilt
70 x 88 This vintage American patchwork quilt, dating to the second quarter of the 20th century, features a repeating Maple Leaf or Autumn Leaf pattern. The quilt top is composed of individual blocks with a black cotton background and pieced leaf motifs in shades of dusty rose, slate gray, and olive green. The blocks are separated by horizontal and vertical sashing in a pale peach cotton fabric. The three layers are secured together with numerous hand-tied knots of yellow yarn rather than decorative quilting stitches. The reverse side is made of a two-tone pink and purple checked cotton fabric. The leaf panels are constructed from a mix of cotton and potentially weighted silk or rayon blends, while the sashing and backing are cotton. The internal batting is visible in areas of wear and is cotton.
Lot: 163 - Mid-Century American Hand-Pieced and Hand-Tied Scrap Quilt
68 x 82 A hand-pieced and hand-tied scrap quilt featuring vertical columns of multi-colored fabric patches. The layout includes variations of Nine-Patch blocks and irregular strip-pieced sections. The quilt is constructed from a variety of cotton and synthetic blend fabrics, including florals, ginghams, stripes, solids, and red corduroy. Instead of traditional quilting stitches, the layers are held together by red yarn ties spaced across the surface, characteristic of a utility quilt. A wide border along one side and the bottom is made from a distinctive orange, brown, and tan striped fabric featuring a repeated diamond geometric motif. The reverse consists of two panels of plain white cotton or poly-cotton fabric joined by a horizontal central seam, through which the red yarn ties are visible.
Lot: 164 - Schoolhouse Pattern Multi-Fabric Patchwork Quilt
74 x 86 This vintage American patchwork quilt features the traditional Schoolhouse pattern, consisting of 24 individual blocks arranged in a 4-by-6 grid. Each house motif is pieced from a variety of scrap fabrics including printed calico, gingham, plaid, paisley, and solids in diverse colors. The house blocks are set against a white background and are separated by light blue sashing with pink square cornerstones. The quilt is finished with a wide, solid medium-brown border that matches the solid brown backing fabric. The quilting is executed with machine-stitched vertical straight lines. The construction involves a combination of hand-pieced blocks and machine-stitched assembly and quilting.
Lot: 165 - Hand-Pieced Cotton Quilt Top, Birds in the Air
78 x 80 This antique quilt top features the Birds in the Air pattern, comprised of square blocks set on point. Each patterned block contains multiple small triangles arranged to form a larger triangular design, suggesting flight. These blocks alternate with solid squares of red calico printed with a small white floral motif. The materials consist of various cotton calico prints and white cotton muslin. Notable prints include indigo discharge fabrics with geometric designs and several earth-toned floral prints in shades of brown, yellow, and gold. The construction is entirely hand-pieced, with meticulous hand-stitching visible on the reverse side. The reverse also reveals the use of diverse scrap fabrics for the internal components of the triangle blocks. This item is a quilt top only and has not been layered with batting or a backing.
Lot: 165A - Mid-C. Hand-Pieced Cotton Touching Stars Quilt Top
This item is an unfinished, hand-pieced quilt top featuring a repeating geometric pattern known as Touching Stars or Seven Sisters. The design consists of six-pointed stars, each constructed from six diamond-shaped fabric pieces surrounding a central white hexagon. These star motifs are separated by larger off-white hexagonal blocks, creating a honeycomb-like secondary pattern. The materials include a variety of printed cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps typical of the mid-20th century, featuring colorful floral motifs, stripes, and paisley patterns in a palette of lavender, bright blue, red, yellow, and green. The piece is hand-sewn with visible stitching and seam construction on the reverse side. As an unfinished quilt top, it does not include batting, backing, or decorative quilting stitches.
Lot: 166 - Cotton Quilt Top, Teal & Paisley Star Pattern
80 x 92 A vintage unfinished quilt top featuring a repeated star pattern, hand-pieced from solid teal-green cotton and a paisley-printed cotton with a palette of pink, red, yellow, and green. The blocks are set into a cream-colored or off-white cotton ground. Each decorative block consists of a central teal diamond surrounded by four paisley panels and four teal-colored points. The blocks are joined by wide vertical and horizontal cream cotton sashing strips. This item is an unfinished top, consisting only of the pieced decorative layer without batting or backing. Visible running stitches on the reverse side confirm hand-sewn construction.
Lot: 166A - American Cotton Basket & Flying Geese Quilt Top
74 x 84 This is an unfinished American pieced quilt top crafted from cotton fabric. The design consists of a twelve-block grid featuring a traditional basket motif. Each basket is constructed from triangular segments and features a curved, appliqued handle. The blocks are separated and bordered by multiple rows of a flying geese pattern, characterized by repeating triangular patches. The fabric used for the decorative motifs is a golden yellow cotton with a fine white dash or grid print, set against a cream-colored ground. The reverse side shows the raw seam construction and includes several period additions: a strip of aged adhesive tape with the handwritten note Minor restitching on several patches.
Lot: 167 - Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt Top
66 x 76 This vintage quilt top is designed in the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern, a traditional American folk art design. The piece is constructed from individual cotton hexagons joined by hand-stitching. Each floral motif is typically composed of a central yellow hexagon, an inner ring of solid-colored fabric, and an outer ring of coordinating floral or geometric calico prints. These motifs are set against a field of white or off-white connecting hexagons. The assortment of printed fabrics is indicative of mid-20th-century scrap quilting and includes period-appropriate feed sack materials. This item is an unfinished quilt top, consisting only of the pieced front without batting, backing, or binding.
Lot: 167A - 1930s Grandmother's Flower Garden Hand-Pieced Cotton Quilt Top
84 x 90 This item is an unfinished hand-pieced quilt top featuring the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern, also known as Honeycomb. The piece is constructed from various cotton fabrics, including assorted calico floral prints, solid colors, and gingham patterns. The design consists of multiple floral rosettes formed by hexagonal patches. Each rosette features a central hexagon surrounded by a ring of solid-colored petals, which is then encased in a ring of patterned or contrasting fabric. These floral motifs are set into a continuous ground composed of white hexagonal pieces. The entire top is assembled using hand-stitched seams, with raw seam allowances and visible hand-stitching appearing on the reverse side.
Lot: 168 - American Mid-C. Floral Lattice Cotton Quilt Top
82 x 84 This is an unfinished American quilt top featuring a hand-appliqu?d floral lattice pattern. The ground is constructed from multiple joined panels of cream-colored cotton fabric. The decorative design consists of stylized blossoms with pale pink petals and yellow circular centers, interconnected by a grid of green stems and leaves. The specific shades of mint green and pastel pink are characteristic of American textile production from the 1930s and 1940s. The reverse side reveals visible hand-stitching and raw seam allowances where the decorative elements are attached to the ground. The edges of the entire piece remain raw and unfinished, as it was not completed into a quilted textile with batting or a backing layer.
Lot: 168A - Hawaiian Style Pink and White Applique Quilt Top
74 x 84 This square textile is an unquilted top or decorative coverlet featuring a traditional Hawaiian-style applique design. The ground is composed of a single layer of white plain-weave fabric, likely a cotton or cotton-linen blend. A pink fabric is hand-appliqued to the center in a large, four-way symmetrical medallion motif. This central medallion is complemented by four matching corner motifs and a narrow pink fabric border around the edges. The motifs consist of stylized, scrolling botanical or geometric elements characteristic of Kapa Lau needlework. The applique is attached with fine hand-stitching. The item does not contain batting or a backing fabric.
Lot: 168B - Floral Appliqued & Embroidered Cotton Tablecloth
82 x 82 This square tablecloth is constructed from an off-white cotton or linen weave base fabric. The central decoration consists of four identical appliqued motifs arranged in a diamond formation. Each motif features a blue square fabric piece set on a point, accented with two five-petal pink flowers and green leaves. The appliqued elements are finished with a dark decorative blanket stitch. The centers of the flowers are detailed with embroidered yellow French knots. The perimeter is framed by a pink fabric border strip, which is also secured with a dark blanket stitch. The reverse shows the hand-stitched construction.
Lot: 168C - American Hand Appliqued Tulip Feed Sack Quilt Top
74 x 74 A mid-20th century American handmade quilt top featuring hand-appliqued floral motifs. The unquilted top is constructed from a cream-colored cotton ground divided into four quadrants by pink and tan printed fabric sashing and borders. Each quadrant contains a central motif of a pink pot holding four stylized tulip-like blossoms in shades of yellow, orange, and pink, supported by green stems and leaves. The sashing and borders are constructed from repurposed commercial printed feed sack fabric. Legible text from the original sacks is visible throughout, including Chicago - Kansas City, Manufactured By, Soy Bean Meal, and Milk, Cod Liver Oil. The reverse side shows the hand-stitching of the applique work and the reverse of the feed sack print.
Lot: 169 - American Court House Steps Variation Cotton Quilt
60 x 70 A vintage utility scrap quilt featuring a variation of the Court House Steps pattern, a derivative of the Log Cabin design. The quilt top is composed of multiple hand-pieced cotton fabric scraps, including various calico prints, ginghams, stripes, and solid-colored fabrics in shades of blue, brown, pink, and lavender. The blocks are arranged in a four-by-four grid. The quilt consists of three layers: a hand-pieced top, a natural cotton batting interior, and a solid cream cotton muslin backing. The layers are joined together with hand-stitched quilting in parallel diagonal running lines. The overall construction and fabric types are consistent with American folk textile traditions from the early to mid-twentieth century.
Lot: 170 - Mid-Late 20th C. Patchwork Utility Quilt w/ Fringe
94 x 110 A patchwork utility quilt constructed from a variety of fabric remnants including cotton, synthetic blends, and knit materials such as jersey and ribbed knits. The quilt is designed with a large-scale grid pattern, with each major block composed of smaller squares and rectangles featuring floral, striped, checked, and geometric prints along with solid colors. It is machine-pieced with straight-line stitching and features raw seam allowances on the reverse side. The edges are finished with a bright green yarn fringe attached via overcast stitching. The specific mix of fabrics and patterns suggests a production date in the mid-to-late 20th century, likely between the 1960s and 1980s.
Lot: 171 - Handmade Patchwork Cotton Crazy Block Tied Quilt
70 x 88 This handmade scrap quilt is constructed from a grid of square blocks, with each block featuring an irregular crazy quilt arrangement of various fabric remnants. The top surface consists of a diverse range of printed and solid-color fabrics, including cotton and synthetic blends with floral, gingham, striped, polka dot, and checked patterns. The layers are secured by hand-tied red yarn at the corner junctions of the internal blocks. The reverse side features a single continuous piece of printed cotton fabric with a small-scale floral calico design in shades of burnt orange, chocolate brown, and olive green against a cream ground. The edges are finished with a turnover binding of the backing material.
Lot: 172 - American Appliqued Basket Pattern Cotton Quilt
66 x 80 This vintage American quilt is executed in a variation of the Basket pattern, featuring 64 individual blocks set on point. Each block contains a hand-pieced basket base constructed from various scrap cotton fabrics, including solids and period prints such as florals and geometrics. The curved handles of each basket are hand-appliqued to the blocks. These blocks are set against a dark indigo-blue cotton background. The entire piece is hand-quilted in a diagonal cross-hatch pattern. The reverse side consists of a light pink solid cotton backing with a central vertical seam. The edges are finished with a separate dark-colored binding. No maker's marks, labels, or signatures are present.
Lot: 173 - Hand-Quilted Sampler Patchwork Feed Sack Quilt
76 x 80 This item is an American hand-quilted sampler patchwork quilt, dating to the mid-20th century, approximately 1930-1940. The piece features a variety of traditional pieced blocks, including Churn Dash, Pinwheel, Maple Leaf, and various Nine Patch and Four Patch configurations. It is constructed from numerous printed cotton fabrics characteristic of the Depression era, such as feed sack prints, ginghams, stripes, and calico florals. The quilt contains cotton batting and is finished with a solid light green-yellow cotton backing. The entire surface is hand-quilted in a geometric maze or grid pattern.
Lot: 174 - American Hand-Stitched Spider Web Scrap Quilt
66 x 80 This hand-stitched American scrap quilt is executed in the Spider Web pattern, also referred to as a Kaleidoscope design. The quilt top is comprised of numerous cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps including stripes, plaids, florals, polka dots, and a novelty print featuring horse-drawn carriages. These fabric strings are pieced together into octagonal motifs centered within alternating frames of solid brown and black fabric. The curved inner edges of the solid frames create a decorative lattice effect across the surface. The piece is finished with a solid gray fabric backing and a coordinating gray binding. Hand-quilting is visible on the reverse side, following a geometric arrangement that echoes the piecing of the top.
Lot: 175 - Antique American Pieced & Tied Stylized Fan Quilt
70 x 76 This antique American pieced and tied quilt, likely dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, features a geometric block pattern that is a variation of a stylized fan or bow tie design. The front is constructed from an assortment of scrap fabrics including wool, wool-blends, and heavy cottons. The color palette is composed of muted tones including navy blue, charcoal, dark purple, ochre yellow, and olive green. Decorative white embroidery, specifically a blanket or feather stitch, accents many of the interior seams, a technique common in Victorian-era crazy quilts. The quilt layers are held together by hand-tied yarn knots in red, yellow, and white rather than traditional quilted stitching. The reverse side of the quilt is made from a woven blue and yellow plaid or checked cotton fabric.
Lot: 176 - Two Mid-20th C. Unfinished American Quilt Tops
76 x 82 flower patter, 36 x 86 wedding ring. This lot consists of two unfinished American quilt tops, dating from approximately the mid-20th century. The first item is a tulip applique quilt top featuring stylized red and yellow tulips with green stems and leaves, hand-applied to a white cotton ground. The white fabric is marked with hand-drawn graphite or ink templates for a future quilting pattern, including feathered wreaths and diagonal grid lines. The second item is a partially pieced quilt top in the Double Wedding Ring pattern. Several interlocking rings have been completed using a variety of multicolored floral and geometric cotton prints, typical of Depression-era or feedsack-style fabrics. These rings are joined at intersections with solid purple fabric squares. Large areas of the white cotton ground are marked with blue or grey lines indicating the planned placement for the remaining rings.
Lot: 176A - Mid-20th C. Pink Floral Drunkard's Path Quilt Top
48 x 84 This textile is an unfinished quilt top featuring the Drunkard's Path pattern, composed of repeating hand-pieced quarter-circle curved segments. The construction utilizes alternating sections of solid pink cotton fabric and a cream-colored cotton fabric featuring a small-scale floral print of pink roses and blue flowers. The item consists only of the pieced upper layer, lacking batting, backing, and quilting. Hand-stitched seams with visible allowances and loose threads are apparent on the reverse side. The floral print and color palette are characteristic of American textile production from the mid-20th century.
Lot: 177 - Hand-Pieced Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt Top
70 x 90 An unfinished vintage American quilt top hand-pieced in the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern. The design features multiple hexagonal floral motifs, each constructed from a central patch surrounded by concentric rings of contrasting fabric patches. These floral units are set into a background field of white hexagonal patches. The piece is entirely hand-sewn, with visible whip-stitching and raw seam allowances on the reverse side. The materials consist of a variety of cotton solids and prints, including ginghams, stripes, pindots, and various floral patterns typical of mid-20th century dress and feed sack fabrics.
Lot: 177A - Cotton Shoofly & Churn Dash Quilt Top
70 x 80 A mid-20th century American hand-pieced cotton quilt top featuring a checkerboard layout of alternating blocks. One set of blocks is composed of a uniform pink cotton fabric with a small white and blue floral print. The alternating blocks are pieced in Shoofly and Churn Dash pattern variations, utilizing a diverse assortment of cotton scrap fabrics including calicoes, ginghams, stripes, and novelty prints in various colors such as navy blue, red, green, and yellow. Several fabrics appear consistent with mid-century and Depression-era feed sack prints. The item is an unfinished textile consisting only of the pieced top layer with raw, unhemmed edges.
Lot: 178 - Mid-20th C. Drunkard's Path Cotton Quilt Top
86 x 88 A vintage hand-pieced quilt top featuring the traditional Drunkard's Path pattern. The design is composed of square blocks with inset quarter-circles, arranged to create a repeating motif of interlocking curved shapes. The fabric is a plain-weave cotton in a two-tone color palette of golden-orange and white. Close-up inspection of the reverse side reveals irregular hand-stitching along the seams, confirming the manual construction of the piece. This item is an unfinished quilt top, meaning it consists only of the decorative upper layer and has not been layered with batting or a backing. The perimeter edges are raw and unfinished.
Lot: 178A - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Star Pattern Quilt Top
74 x 94 A hand-pieced quilt top featuring large eight-pointed star blocks, a variant of the LeMoyne Star or Lone Star pattern. This unfinished textile is constructed from a wide variety of printed and solid-color fabrics characteristic of the 1930s to 1940s feed sack era, primarily cotton with some potential cotton-rayon or silk blends. The scrappy star motifs incorporate small-scale floral prints, polka dots, ginghams, checks, stripes, and paisley patterns. These blocks are set into a grid separated by wide pink sashing with light blue cornerstone squares. The construction is hand-sewn throughout, and the piece remains in an unfinished state without batting, backing, or binding. Raw seam allowances and hand-stitching are visible on the reverse side.
Lot: 179 - Unfinished Dresden Plate Cotton Quilt Top
66 x 76 An unfinished vintage quilt top featuring the Dresden Plate pattern, characteristic of American folk quilting from the mid-20th century. The piece is constructed of square cream cotton background panels arranged in a diagonal on-point orientation. Hand-appliqued to these panels are circular blocks, each composed of approximately ten wedge-shaped fabric scraps in a variety of prints and solids, including florals, ginghams, checks, and stripes. These scraps are consistent with dress and feedsack fabrics of the period. The blocks are secured to the background using a decorative red blanket stitch. The individual wedges and the background squares are joined with a combination of machine and hand-sewing. A large, unfinished strip of solid green cotton fabric is partially attached to one edge with a simple running stitch. This is an unfinished top only
Lot: 179A - American Turkey Red & White Sawtooth Quilt Top
68 x 84 This textile is an unfinished quilt top of American origin, constructed from hand-pieced cotton fabrics. The design features a series of repeating geometric blocks, each consisting of a central white square framed by multiple nested borders of alternating red and white triangles in a sawtooth pattern. The red fabric is characteristic of late 19th-century Turkey Red dyes. The piece is an unfinished top, lacking batting and a backing layer. Visible hand-stitching and seam allowances are present on the reverse side.
Lot: 180 - Mid-20th C. Pink & Cream Geometric Star Quilt Top
70 x 84An unfinished machine-pieced quilt top featuring a complex geometric design. The textile is constructed from equilateral triangles arranged to create a repeating pattern of large six-pointed stars in pink, separated by cream and pink triangular accents. The fabric exhibits a subtle luster, characteristic of cotton sateen or early synthetic blends from the mid-20th century. One end of the top is finished with a wide horizontal two-tone border consisting of one cream stripe and one pink stripe.
Lot: 180A - Hand-Pieced 8-Pointed Star Patchwork Quilt Top
72 x 84 This is a mid-20th century hand-pieced quilt top featuring an Eight-Pointed Star pattern, also known as a LeMoyne Star. The textile is constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps including striped shirtings, ginghams, small-scale floral prints, and solid colors. These scrappy elements form the stars, which are set within an off-white cotton ground. Dark olive-green square cornerstones are positioned at the grid intersections. The construction is entirely hand-sewn, as evidenced by the visible running stitches and unfinished seams on the reverse side. The item remains in its unfinished state, consisting only of the pieced top layer without batting or backing.
Lot: 181 - Mid-C. LeMoyne Star Hand-Quilted Scrap Quilt
60 x 82 This vintage scrap quilt features a hand-pieced eight-point star pattern, often identified as a LeMoyne Star or Friendship Star. The quilt is constructed from a wide variety of mid-20th century cotton fabrics, including various floral prints, plaids, stripes, and solids. The star blocks are arranged in vertical columns across the field. The left side of the quilt utilizes a yellow floral sashing, while the right side transitions into wider vertical strips of solid lavender, white, and pink fabric. The entire piece is finished with a solid blue fabric binding. The reverse side consists of a white cotton fabric with a delicate blue and green floral sprig print. The quilting is executed by hand in a utility-style grid pattern using large, visible running stitches in blue thread.
Lot: 182 - American Cotton String Quilt, Mid-20th C
64 x 80 This vintage American patchwork quilt is constructed from hand-pieced cotton strips in a string quilt pattern, featuring twelve large blocks arranged in a four-by-three grid. Each block contains diagonal strips of varied scrap fabrics, including colorful cotton prints such as polka dots, florals, stripes, and leopard-style spots, interspersed with solid red, white, pink, and blue segments. The blocks are separated by a solid red cotton sashing joined by light blue cornerstone blocks at the intersections. The quilt is finished with functional hand-quilted horizontal lines that run across the entire width of the piece. The reverse consists of a single panel of off-white cotton fabric.
Lot: 183 - 1952 Friendship Quilt
80 x 82 This is a mid-20th-century friendship or signature quilt, constructed from 36 white cotton blocks arranged in a six-by-six grid and separated by light blue sashing. Each block features unique hand-embroidered designs likely worked from commercial stamped kits, including floral wreaths, baskets of flowers, bluebirds, morning glories, and a horseshoe. The quilt is extensively personalized with embroidered names and dates, several of which are marked 1952. The surnames represented?including Miller, Yoder, Lehman, Bontrager, Hostetler, Schlabach, Beachy, Hochstetler, and Eash?are highly characteristic of Amish and Mennonite communities in the American Midwest. Notable signatures include Wilma Beachy 1952, Ada Bontrager 1952, Emma Eash 1952, and Orpha Yoder, whose block includes a heart with the dates 1934 and 1952. Other blocks are dedicated to Mother, Aunt Ella, Aunt Anna, and Sisters Ella and Elsie. The piece is entirely hand-quilted, featuring diagonal line work within the blocks and decorative cable and diamond patterns throughout the sashing. The quilt is finished with a plain white cotton backing.
Lot: 184 - Hand-Quilted Dresden Plate Pattern Quilt
68 x 82 This textile is a vintage hand-quilted bedcovering featuring the traditional Dresden Plate pattern. The quilt is comprised of twenty individual blocks arranged in a four-by-five grid. Each block contains a circular arrangement of sixteen pointed fabric petals in a variety of solid colors, including shades of forest green, turquoise, navy blue, mustard yellow, brown, and pale pink. These decorative plates are hand-appliqu?d onto a solid lavender or lilac purple cotton ground. A central circular patch of the same purple fabric finishes each plate. The central field is bordered by an off-white inner frame and a matching lavender outer border. The reverse side consists of a solid off-white cotton fabric. The construction is entirely hand-quilted. The background areas feature diagonal parallel line quilting, while the areas surrounding the Dresden Plate blocks are quilted with radiating concentric circles. The off-white inner border is decorated with a hand-quilted cable or rope-like motif. The color palette and construction techniques are characteristic of mid-20th-century American quilting, typically dating from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Lot: 185 - Amish-made Trip Around the World Quilt With Feedsacks
36 x 36 This vintage small-format patchwork quilt features a Trip Around the World pattern is made by the Indiana Amish. The backing material is a repurposed 100-pound cotton feed sack. Printed markings on the reverse, visible in mirror image, identify the manufacturer as the Anderson Feed and Grain Co. of York, Pennsylvania. The text includes 100 LBS NET, ANDERSON, BROILER RATION, and MANUFACTURED BY ANDERSON FEED & GRAIN CO., YORK, PA.
Lot: 186 - Antique Blue & White Cotton Checkerboard Quilt Top
70 x 82 This is an unfinished antique patchwork quilt top constructed from square fabric blocks in a checkerboard arrangement. The piece is composed of various lightweight cotton fabrics, including a solid medium-blue fabric and three distinct printed calico patterns on cream or white grounds. The printed patterns feature a repeating circular motif with interior stars, a horizontal stripe pattern interspersed with small diamond-and-dot clusters, and a blue diamond grid pattern. The fabrics and print styles are characteristic of dress and scrap fabrics from the late 19th to early 20th century. The top consists of pieced squares but remains an unfinished project, lacking a batting layer, backing fabric, and decorative quilting stitches. The perimeter edges are raw and show construction seams.
Lot: 187 - Mid-Century Hand-Pieced Cotton Sawtooth Quilt Top
70 x 76 This vintage hand-pieced quilt top is constructed from multiple panels of lightweight, semi-sheer cotton or cotton-blend fabrics, possibly a lawn or chambray weave. The design features a geometric patchwork pattern including a multi-colored checkerboard field in shades of pink, lavender, powder blue, primrose yellow, and charcoal-green. This field transitions into a larger-scale checkerboard pattern of yellow and charcoal-green. One edge is finished with a border of sawtooth triangles in alternating blue and dark green. The piece is hand-stitched throughout, with visible seam allowances on the reverse side. This item is an unfinished quilt top, consisting of the pieced face only, without batting or a backing layer.
Lot: 188 - Holly Hobbie Character Patchwork Quilt Top
80 x 92 This is a vintage handmade patchwork quilt top featuring licensed Holly Hobbie character fabric and an assortment of mid-century prints. The piece is constructed in a scrap-quilt style using multiple fabric squares including green and white stripes, various floral motifs, strawberry prints, ginghams, and polka dots. Several patches prominently feature the Holly Hobbie character with visible printed marks including "? HOLLY HOBBIE" and "H. HOBBIE." The assembly consists of hand-stitched squares, notably visible on the red fabric patches. The item appears to be an unfinished project, characterized by raw, unbound edges and the absence of batting or a backing layer. The fabrics are a mixture of cotton and cotton-synthetic blends consistent with domestic textiles from the 1970s.
Lot: 189 - Late 20th Century Machine Quilted Cotton Medallion Quilt
76 x 80 A strip-pieced medallion quilt constructed from various cotton fabrics. The design features a central white square surrounded by thirteen concentric rectangular borders of varying widths. The fabric selection includes a mix of solids, plaids, and floral and abstract prints in a color palette of white, pink, purple, red, navy, light blue, tan, cream, dark brown, and forest green. The entire surface is machine-quilted in a uniform square grid pattern. The reverse is backed with a plain white cotton fabric and finished with a light green fabric binding.
Lot: 190 - American 20th C. Nine-Patch Variation Scrap Quilt
60 x 74 An American patchwork scrap quilt featuring a Nine-Patch variation design. The piece is constructed from a diverse assortment of mid-to-late 20th-century textiles including solid-colored cottons in orange, red, and yellow, houndstooth check patterns, striped shirting, and various floral prints. The Nine-Patch blocks are organized in horizontal rows and separated by vertical orange sashing strips and horizontal bands of floral and geometric patterned fabrics. The quilt features machine-stitched quilting in an all-over spiral or swirl motif. The reverse is finished with a plain off-white cotton backing, and the edges are bound with a small floral print.
Lot: 191 - Mid-20th C. American Hand-Quilted Scrap Quilt
66 x 76 A folk-art style quilt featuring a variation of the Dresden Plate or pinwheel pattern. The quilt is hand-pieced using a variety of printed and solid-colored cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps, including several pieces with a textured crepe-like weave. The central motifs consist of blocks with radiating petal-like wedges and circular appliqued centers. These blocks are arranged in a grid separated by wide solid turquoise blue sashing and finished with a white border. The reverse side features a plain-weave cream cotton muslin backing. The entire piece is hand-quilted with a utilitarian running stitch that follows the outlines of the blocks and sashing. A white rectangular inventory tag with a barcode is pinned to the top edge.
Lot: 192 - Handmade Staggered Strip Quilt w/ Floral Reverse
64 x 72 This handmade patchwork quilt features a horizontal staggered strip or brick pattern. The front is composed of rectangular fabric blocks in a color palette of mint green, sage, pale yellow, and white. These sections are accented by a multi-colored striped fabric containing vertical bands of black, red, green, and white. The individual fabric pieces exhibit various textures and weaves. The reverse side of the quilt features a light blue ground with small white polka dots and a printed floral pattern of white daisies with yellow centers and green foliage. The construction includes machine-stitched horizontal channel quilting that follows the lines of the patchwork strips. The quilt is finished with a thin white fabric binding around the perimeter.
Lot: 193 - Mid-Century Atomic Print Cotton String Quilt Top
64 x 80 This is a mid-century handmade string quilt top likely dating from the 1950s. The piece is constructed from narrow strips of various lightweight cotton and cotton-blend fabrics organized into larger rectangular blocks. The fabrics feature diverse prints characteristic of the Atomic Age, including boomerangs, geometric shapes, abstract line work, and stylized novelty motifs. The palette consists of pastel shades of blue, yellow, and pink with accents in black, red, and orange. The construction features visible machine stitching. The reverse of the piece reveals large, raw seam allowances and loose threads, identifying it as an unfinished quilt top.
Lot: 194 - American Cotton Quilt Top, Cut Glass Dish Pattern
74 x 88 This hand-pieced cotton quilt top features a two-color geometric design in cobalt blue and off-white. The textile is composed of eight blocks arranged in a two-by-four grid, with each block separated by plain off-white sashing. The blocks are constructed in the Cut Glass Dish pattern, featuring a central square with inset triangles forming a stylized geometric star. The assembly is hand-stitched with white thread, which is visible on the reverse side of the piece. A blue border strip is attached to one longitudinal edge, while a partial strip is present on the opposite side. This is an unfinished quilt top, lacking batting, backing, and decorative quilting.
Lot: 195 - Dresden Plate Variation Cotton Quilt Top
75 x 83 This textile is a hand-pieced quilt top featuring a variation of the Dresden Plate or Aster pattern. The design consists of multi-colored radiating petals constructed from various printed cotton fabrics, including florals, paisleys, stripes, and geometrics. Many of the fabrics are characteristic of mid-20th-century calico and feed sack prints. Each floral motif centers on a solid yellow circular patch. These elements are hand-stitched into a ground of solid mint-green cotton fabric. The reverse of the piece reveals hand-sewn seams and raw seam allowances. The item is an unfinished quilt top without batting, backing, or binding.
Lot: 196 - Tulip Applique Quilt Top
74 x 90 This is a vintage hand-appliqued quilt top featuring a stylized tulip design. The textile is composed of white cotton square blocks, each centered with a multi-piece fabric tulip in varying colors including red, light blue, dark blue, pink, orange, yellow, and purple. Each flower is finished with a green fabric stem. The blocks are joined by lavender cotton sashing strips with bright lime-green fabric cornerstones. Some of the applique fabrics exhibit a slight sheen, suggesting the use of sateen or rayon blends common in mid-20th-century textiles. The piece is a completed quilt top assembly but lacks batting, backing, and quilting stitches.
Lot: 197 - Hand-Pieced Six-Pointed Star Cotton Quilt Top
66 x 76 This is an unfinished vintage quilt top featuring a repeating pattern of six-pointed stars. Each star is hand-pieced from alternating diamond-shaped segments of solid navy blue cotton and a floral calico print featuring red, yellow, and blue flowers on a white ground. The stars are integrated into a field of white and pale yellow diamond-shaped cotton pieces. The construction is entirely hand-sewn using a running stitch, which is clearly visible on the reverse side along with the seam allowances. The item consists only of the pieced top layer and lacks batting, backing, or binding. The fabrics and pattern are consistent with mid-20th century American quilt-making, likely dating from the 1930s to 1950s.
Lot: 198 - Antique Hand-Pieced Wandering Lover Quilt Blocks
62 x 76 This lot consists of several joined antique quilt blocks and fragments, hand-pieced during the late 19th to early 20th century. The blocks feature the Wandering Lover pattern, a geometric design characterized by radiating arms constructed from rows of small triangular units, often called Flying Geese. The materials comprise an assortment of period-correct cotton fabrics, including indigo-dyed calicoes with discharged white patterns, striped and dotted shirtings, red and blue ginghams, and solid madder-toned cotton. The blocks are joined with larger rectangular sections of varying fabrics, and the construction demonstrates traditional hand-stitching techniques. Individual blocks show different color combinations, such as red and white stripes, black and tan solids, and pink and indigo prints.
Lot: 199 - Hand-Pieced Cotton Double Wedding Ring Quilt Top
76 x 88 This is an unfinished vintage quilt top featuring the traditional Double Wedding Ring pattern. The piece is hand-pieced from a wide variety of scrap cotton fabrics, including calicos, gingham checks, stripes, and small floral prints. These fabrics are characteristic of American textiles from the mid-20th century, specifically the 1930s through the 1950s. The interlocking circles of the pattern are set against an off-white cotton background. The edges are unfinished and frayed, indicating that the piece was never completed with batting or backing. The construction utilizes hand-stitching throughout the various wedge-shaped segments and circular joins.
Lot: 200 - Hand-Pieced Lone Star Pattern Cotton Quilt Top
74 x 78 A hand-pieced cotton quilt top featuring a Lone Star or Star of Bethlehem pattern. The central design is a large eight-pointed star composed of concentric diamond-shaped pieces in various cotton fabrics, including solids, stripes, florals, and calicos. One inner round incorporates a mid-century stylized print of pink and green squares with bird and floral motifs. The star is set against a plain white cotton ground. The piece consists of a finished top only and lacks batting, backing, or finished binding. Hand-stitched construction is evident through the visible seam allowances and irregular stitching on the reverse side.
Lot: 201 - Hand Appliqued Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Top
64 x 84 This vintage textile piece features the traditional Sunbonnet Sue, also known as Dutch Doll, pattern in a repeating motif. The item is an unfinished quilt top composed of six rectangular blocks arranged in a two-by-three grid. Each block consists of a mint green cotton ground with a hand-appliqued figure in profile. The figures are constructed with pink sunbonnets and full skirts paired with pale yellow bodices and hems, and each is shown holding a small pink and red flower. The applique elements are secured with hand-sewn blanket stitching, also known as buttonhole stitching, in a dark contrasting thread. The blocks are joined by pink cotton sashing with small square cornerstones. The reverse side reveals the hand-stitching through the base fabric. The outer edges of the sashing are raw and finished with pinking shears, indicating the piece was prepared for final assembly with batting and a backing.
Lot: 202 - Friendship Ring Quilt
45 x 90 This textile item consists of four joined square blocks featuring a variation of the Dresden Plate or Friendship Ring pattern. Each block displays a circular ring composed of approximately 40 to 45 individual narrow fabric wedges. The wedges are made from various mid-20th-century printed cotton scraps, including florals, stripes, polka dots, checks, and geometric motifs, many characteristic of feed sack fabrics. The fabric rings are hand-appliqu?d to a cream-colored cotton background using a visible running stitch. The center of each ring is open, showing the background fabric. The blocks are joined together, but the piece remains an unfinished quilt top without batting, backing, or finished edges.
Lot: 203 - Mid-20th C. Bow Tie Patchwork Quilt Top
72 x 92 This mid-20th-century cotton or cotton-blend patchwork quilt top is constructed in the Bow Tie pattern, also known as the Spool pattern. The design features a series of machine-pieced blocks in solid shades of purple, pink, red, blue, and green. These patterned blocks alternate with solid cream-colored squares in a checkerboard configuration. The textile is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, a backing, or finished bound edges. The reverse side reveals raw fabric edges and machine-stitched seams.
Lot: 204 - Mid-20th C. Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt Top
64 x 80 This is an unfinished quilt top featuring the traditional Grandmother?s Flower Garden pattern. The piece is composed of numerous hexagonal cotton and cotton-blend fabric patches. The design is organized into distinct floral motifs, each featuring a solid brown hexagonal center, a primary ring of varied floral print petals, and a secondary outer ring of solid purple hexagons. The floral prints include small-scale calicos and a pink grid pattern with multi-colored blossoms. These floral units are set into a continuous background path of solid green hexagons. Visual inspection of the reverse side confirms hand-pieced construction, showing visible hand-stitching and raw seam allowances. Based on the fabric patterns and construction style, this item is consistent with American textile production from the mid-20th century, approximately the 1930s through the 1950s.
Lot: 205 - Mid-20th C. Double Irish Chain Cotton Quilt Top
74 x 93 This is a vintage pieced cotton quilt top featuring a variation of the Double Irish Chain pattern. The design is composed of large central cream squares framed by a grid of smaller alternating squares in a solid purple fabric and a multi-colored floral print. The floral textile features a small-scale blossom pattern in shades of purple, yellow, and turquoise on a white ground. The ground fabric is a cream-colored cotton with a visible weave characteristic of muslin. The top is constructed with machine-pieced seams and some potential hand-sewing. The edges of the textile are raw and unfinished. The reverse side shows exposed seam allowances and loose threads.
Lot: 206 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Nine Patch Quilt Top
78 x 78 This textile is a hand-pieced cotton quilt top featuring a Nine Patch pattern. The design utilizes alternating pieced blocks and large, solid cream cotton squares. The decorative blocks are constructed from a variety of mid-20th-century printed cotton fabrics, featuring patterns such as florals, stripes, cherries, and tropical palms in shades of red, blue, green, and yellow. The construction is hand-sewn, and the item remains in an unfinished state with raw, unhemmed edges.
Lot: 207 - Hand-Appliqued Cotton Tulip Motif Quilt Top
74 x 80 A vintage hand-stitched applique textile, likely intended as a quilt top or a decorative throw. The piece is constructed from a cream-colored cotton ground featuring a subtle woven check pattern. It is finished with a solid blue border on all four sides. The decorative elements consist of stylized floral motifs in each corner, depicting tulips in orange, yellow, and blue fabrics with green stems and leaves. All floral components are attached to the ground fabric with visible hand-stitching. The design and layout are characteristic of applique patterns from the 1930s, particularly those resembling the work of Marie Webster. The reverse side of the textile clearly shows the hand-stitched construction of the applique work and the border attachment.
Lot: 208 - Large Scale Log Cabin Variation Patchwork Quilt
74 x 78 A hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton utility quilt featuring a large-scale asymmetrical Log Cabin variation pattern. The face is constructed from strips of various patterned fabrics including blue, black, and gray ginghams, checks, and stripes, contrasted with white and cream ground fabrics. The quilting is hand-stitched in a linear pattern that follows the orientation of the fabric strips. The reverse is backed with three joined panels of coordinated gray and white checked gingham fabric.
Lot: 209 - American Log Cabin Hand-Quilted Cotton Scrap Quilt
80 x 96 A hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton scrap quilt of American origin. The quilt is constructed in the traditional Log Cabin pattern, consisting of twenty rectangular blocks. Each block is composed of various printed and solid cotton fabrics, including calicos, florals, stripes, and solids in a palette of pink, blue, black, and cream. A repeating foliate print in blue, green, and red is featured throughout the piecing. The reverse side features a whole-cloth backing of magenta cotton printed with a white scrolling foliate and floral pattern. The quilt exhibits visible hand-quilting in parallel horizontal lines and is finished with a narrow magenta fabric binding.
Lot: 210 - American Hand-Quilted Cotton Scrap Sampler Quilt
66 x 82 A vintage American hand-quilted sampler quilt featuring a utilitarian scrap-work design. The quilt top is organized into four vertical columns separated by solid mint-green sashing. Two columns feature repeating Pinwheel or Star variation blocks in pink and blue gingham. The remaining two columns include various traditional patterns such as Bowtie blocks, octagon centers, and diverse patchwork arrangements. The piece is composed of a variety of mid-20th-century fabrics including printed calico florals, stripes, polka dots, and solid-colored cotton or cotton-blend scraps. The reverse consists of a plain white or off-white cotton fabric. The item is hand-stitched with diagonal line and chevron quilting patterns.
Lot: 211 - American Patchwork Scrap Quilt w/ Green Sashing
74 x 80 This is a vintage handmade patchwork scrap quilt featuring a grid of blocks set within solid green sashing and borders. Each block is constructed from multiple half-square triangles arranged in various geometric patterns, including pinwheel and broken dishes variations. The quilt is composed of a diverse array of printed and solid textiles, primarily cotton and cotton blends. Fabric patterns within the patches include ginghams, stripes, florals, and small geometric prints. The quilt is finished with a solid green backing and a narrow red fabric binding. The construction and style are consistent with mid-20th-century American folk-art quilting traditions.
Lot: 212 - American Log Cabin Scrap Quilt, Late 19th-20th C
74 x 80 An American hand-pieced and hand-quilted Log Cabin pattern scrap quilt dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. The quilt features a five-by-five grid of twenty-five individual blocks. Each block is constructed of concentric fabric strips radiating from a central square. The blocks are separated by black sashing strips punctuated by pink cornerstone squares at each intersection. The piece is hand-quilted throughout with diagonal cross-hatching using dark thread and finished with a hand-turned binding. The materials consist of a variety of domestic textiles including printed cotton calicos, striped cottons, solid and twill-weave woolens, and figured fabrics. The reverse side features a pieced backing of several large-scale floral printed cotton fabrics.
Lot: 213 - Hand-Quilted Spider Web Star Patchwork Quilt
70 x 80 This vintage American bed quilt features twelve primary blocks in a Spider Web or Kaleidoscope star pattern. Each block is hand-pieced from a variety of mid-20th-century cotton fabrics, including stripes, polka dots, ginghams, and solids, radiating from a central hub. These blocks are set against a background of repeating floral print fabric featuring purple and yellow flowers. The bottom edge is finished with a wide border of blue and white geometric printed fabric, and the entire quilt is bound with a solid lavender fabric. The piece is entirely hand-quilted in a concentric fan pattern across the entire surface. The diverse array of small-scale prints and feedsack-style patterns indicates a mid-20th-century origin, likely from the 1930s to 1940s.
Lot: 214 - Mid-C. Cotton Polka Dot Snowball Variant Quilt
72 x 76 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted American scrap quilt is constructed in a Snowball variant pattern using cotton fabrics and cotton batting. The primary design features white octagonal blocks with red polka dots set against a medium blue ground with white polka dots. The composition includes secondary blocks in purple and black polka dot fabrics. The quilt is finished with a pieced border of black and white polka dot fabric. The reverse is composed of a solid light aqua cotton fabric. Construction exhibits visible hand-quilting in a diamond and geometric pattern that follows the piecing lines. The binding is formed by turning the backing fabric over to the front face and hand-stitching it down.
Lot: 215 - Hand-Tied Patchwork Scrap Quilt w/ Mixed Fabric
20 x 60 A handmade patchwork scrap quilt featuring an asymmetrical arrangement of square fabric swatches in various materials, including cotton, flannel, and terry cloth. The design incorporates a diverse range of printed and solid fabrics, with visible motifs such as nautical sailboats and anchors, floral patterns, and geometric designs in multiple colors. The quilt is constructed with white yarn ties at the intersections to secure the layers and is finished with a solid maroon fabric backing.
Lot: 216 - American Hand-Quilted Scrap Quilt w/ Plaid Sashing
54 x 60 This mid-20th-century American scrap quilt is constructed from a variety of cotton fabrics including floral prints, stripes, polka dots, and solids. The quilt features a grid of patchwork blocks set within a green, red, and white diagonal plaid cotton sashing. Each square block is composed of three vertical segments, with the central segment further subdivided into three smaller horizontal patches. The piece is finished with a solid lavender-pink cotton backing and displays hand-quilting in a traditional fan or clamshell pattern. The construction exhibits irregular hand-stitching typical of handmade utility quilts from this period.
Lot: 217 - Late 20th C. Hexagon Pattern Patchwork Quilt
50 x 68 This hand-assembled patchwork quilt is constructed using a variation of a hexagon or tumbling blocks pattern. The top is composed of multiple hand-pieced units of solid and floral-printed cotton or cotton-blend fabrics in a palette of lavender, purple, light blue, and peach. The quilt layers are joined by visible yarn or thread ties at the patch intersections rather than traditional quilting stitches. The reverse side consists of light blue fabric panels accented with horizontal bands of coordinating patchwork. The edges are unfinished or frayed.
Lot: 218 - Double Sided Patchwork Tied Remnant Quilt
60 x 80 This lot features double sided vintage, handmade patchwork tied quilt constructed from an assortment of fabric remnants, including cotton and poly-cotton blends. The first side is characterized by large, irregular blocks of solid pink, mint green, and dark green. It incorporates a central vertical strip with a botanical and avian motif, alongside a novelty fabric panel depicting early American ceramic motifs. This novelty print includes text such as BONE CHINA, PLYMOUTH, U.S. POTTERY NEW JERSEY, and Fenton's Works Bennington Vermont. The second side exhibits a busier arrangement of smaller patches, featuring various ginghams, stripes, floral patterns, and a bold mid-century modern geometric print. Both sides are finished with yellow yarn ties distributed across the surface to secure the layers. The textile remnants include prints in the style of manufacturers such as Waverly and Schumacher, notably patterns resembling Waverly Somerset Hall and Schumacher Barnet Cotton Check.
Lot: 219 - American Mid-20th C. Reversible Patchwork Quilt
64 x 72 A reversible, hand-pieced, and hand-tied cotton patchwork quilt. One face features a large central square with a blue and white floral chevron pattern, surrounded by eight-pointed star blocks. These elements are set within wide borders of a bold floral print featuring pink roses on a blue foliate ground. The reverse face consists of a grid layout featuring multiple eight-pointed star blocks composed of various calico, gingham, and striped cotton fabrics. The quilt is hand-tied at intervals with white thread and finished with a pink fabric binding at the top edge.
Lot: 220 - American Mid-20th C. Log Cabin Variation Quilt
68 x 70 This American utility scrap quilt dates from the mid-20th century, approximately 1930 to 1950. The piece is hand-pieced and hand-quilted in an improvisational style that incorporates elements of traditional Log Cabin and Court House Steps patterns, specifically resembling a Housetop or Half-Log Cabin variation. The quilt top is constructed from a wide variety of period cotton scrap fabrics including calicos, ginghams, small-scale florals, solids, and various checks and plaids in a palette primarily of blues, tans, and reds. The central composition of irregular blocks is framed by a wide border of tan, green, and black plaid fabric. The entire surface is hand-quilted in a dense Baptist Fan pattern characterized by concentric arcs of running stitches. The backing consists of a solid medium-blue utility cotton with a fine horizontal texture, featuring a large make-do patch of the border plaid fabric integrated into one corner. The binding is finished with a separate blue and white striped fabric.
Lot: 221 - American Geometric Patchwork Quilt, mid-20th C
64 x 78 This hand-quilted American patchwork quilt features a geometric scrappy layout utilizing a block pattern variation reminiscent of Snowball and Rolling Stone designs. The composition is centered on octagonal shapes framed by smaller squares and rectangles. The construction incorporates a variety of cotton fabrics, including red and white striped cotton, gray and pink floral calicos, a blue and white marbled print, and solid shades of navy and light blue. The quilt contains a thin inner batting and is finished with a solid off-white cotton backing. The piece is entirely hand-quilted in a diagonal grid (diamond) pattern, with visible hand-stitching on both the front and the reverse. The edges are finished with a narrow, hand-applied off-white cotton binding.
Lot: 222 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Appliqued Floral Cotton Quilt Top
96 x 96 This is an unfinished handmade applique quilt top featuring a stylized floral motif. The piece is constructed from a lavender-purple cotton or cotton-blend ground fabric with turquoise-aqua sashing and border panels. The design consists of four repeating blocks, each depicting a tan-colored vase or urn containing three tulip-like flowers and green foliage. The flowers are composed of orange outer petals with centers that are either solid purple or feature a purple-and-white checkered pattern. The applique elements are made from a soft, non-fraying material and are secured to the ground fabric with decorative hand-stitching, including blanket-stitching and cross-stitching in contrasting thread colors. The reverse side reveals the hand-stitched construction and confirms the item is a single layer without batting or backing. The design reflects a folk-art aesthetic characteristic of mid-20th-century American kit-style needlework.
Lot: 223 - Cotton Log Cabin & Courthouse Steps Quilt Top
68 x 82 This is a vintage pieced cotton quilt top featuring a variation of the Log Cabin or Courthouse Steps concentric square pattern. The top is constructed from multiple square blocks made of various printed cotton scraps, including floral, polka dot, striped, paisley, and geometric motifs. These patterned blocks are set within wide sashing of off-white or cream-colored cotton fabric. The construction is hand-stitched, which is visible in the seam work and on the reverse side of the piece. The fabrics are consistent with mid-20th-century dress prints and potential feed sack remnants. The item is an unfinished quilt top, consisting only of the pieced front layer without batting, backing, or finished bound edges.
Lot: 224 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Cotton Patchwork Quilt Top
62 x 84 This hand-pieced cotton patchwork quilt top features a grid of blocks in a variation of traditional patterns such as Shoofly or Square-in-a-Square. The design incorporates small square patches set on-point within larger blocks, alternating with solid cream or white squares. The piece is constructed from a variety of cotton fabrics including navy and white gingham, checks, solid colors, and printed calicos. The central field is framed by a blue inner border with a wavy caterpillar or lightning print and an outer border with a grey and white geometric motif. The item is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, backing, or quilting stitches.
Lot: 225 - Grandmothers Fan Quilt Top
74 x 94 A vintage unfinished quilt top featuring the Grandmothers Fan pattern. The textile is composed of twenty square blocks arranged in a four-by-five grid. Each block displays a pieced fan motif in one corner against a white fabric background. The fans are constructed from a variety of scrap fabrics including floral calicos, solids, and small-scale geometric prints in a palette of purple, green, yellow, pink, and blue. Each fan segment radiates from a solid peach-colored fabric base. The blocks are connected by aqua green sashing with white cornerstone squares and the entire assembly is finished with a matching aqua green border. The pieces are machine-stitched together.
Lot: 226 - Machine Pieced Purple Star & Sage Quilt Top
60 x 75 This is an unfinished vintage quilt top of American origin, likely dating to the mid-20th century. The piece is constructed of machine-pieced solid fabrics, including deep purple, sage green, and an off-white muslin or cotton blend. The design features twelve geometric blocks arranged in a grid, separated by sage green sashing and finished with a wide sage green border. Each individual block is a nine-patch variation containing a central white square surrounded by half-square triangle units that form a geometric star motif. The reverse side shows exposed machine-stitched seam allowances and the unfinished nature of the textile.
Lot: 227 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Cotton Fan Quilt Top
35 x 40 This is a mid-20th century American folk-style quilt top featuring a Quarter Fan pattern. This quilt top has been folded in 4 and stitched together and is now 35 x 40. The piece is hand-pieced from various cotton scrap fabrics, including solids, florals, checks, and polka-dot prints, many of which are characteristic of Depression-era feedsack textiles. The construction consists of individual blocks, each featuring a multi-pieced fan in one corner with a consistent pink center section. The perimeter features a solid light blue border with visible, irregular white basting stitches. This item is an unfinished quilt top.
Lot: 228 - Mid-20th Century Floral Hand-Embroidered and Appliqued Cotton Coverlet
68 x 76 This mid-20th century coverlet is constructed from a white, textured woven cotton or cotton-linen blend fabric. The piece is composed of three vertical panels joined by visible seams. The central decorative element is a large floral bouquet featuring purple and lavender flowers with yellow embroidered centers. Some petals are formed through fabric applique, while others are defined by embroidery. This central spray is tied with a white fabric appliqued bow and ribbon tails. Six smaller, individual white flower motifs with yellow centers and yellow-green leaves are positioned symmetrically on the side panels. The entire perimeter is finished with a hand-crocheted or tatted lace trim. One small area is patched and multiple stained areas.
Lot: 229 - Hand-Pieced and Hand-Quilted Pink and Off-White Churn Dash Crib Quilt
48 x 64 This vintage American child or crib quilt features fifteen hand-pieced blocks arranged in a three-by-five grid. The blocks are a variation of the Churn Dash or Monkey Wrench pattern, constructed as nine-patches using dusty pink and off-white cotton fabrics. Each block is composed of half-square triangles at the corners, solid off-white side squares, and a solid pink central square. The blocks are separated by dusty pink sashing and finished with a thin, hand-applied off-white binding. The piece is extensively hand-quilted with an interlocking cable or continuous circle motif in the sashing and a diagonal diamond grid pattern within the pieced blocks. The reverse consists of a solid off-white cotton fabric that clearly shows the hand-stitched quilting lines. The internal batting appears to be a thin layer of cotton.
Lot: 230 - Disney Mickey Mouse Cotton Patchwork Quilt Top
74 x 76 A handmade patchwork quilt top from the mid-20th century, constructed from various printed cotton fabrics. The piece is assembled in a concentric square or modified log cabin pattern. A prominent square features novelty print fabric depicting licensed Disney characters including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Pluto in various poses. The surrounding patchwork consists of a diverse range of textiles such as floral sprigs, polka dots, stripes, ginghams, and solid colors. A border of green and white shamrock-patterned fabric is attached to two sides. This item is an unfinished quilt top, featuring raw, frayed edges and exposed seam allowances on the reverse side. It lacks batting, backing, and quilting stitches.
Lot: 231 - Postage Stamp Patchwork Quilt Top w/ Inscriptions
70 x 90 Hand-pieced postage stamp style patchwork quilt top featuring small fabric squares set on-point. The piece is constructed from a diverse assortment of fabric scraps including cottons and possible synthetic blends. Fabric patterns range from vintage-style florals and stripes to 1960s-70s era novelty prints, polka dots, and a solid neon yellow square. This is an unfinished quilt top that has not been layered with batting or a backing. It is currently laid over a red fabric base with raw, frayed edges. Several squares feature handwritten inscriptions or stamps. One yellow square is marked in black ink with Dear Audrey and FANTASTIC!!. Another square shows a partial stamp including TROY, N.Y. and zip code 11205. Other squares contain illegible cursive handwriting in pink and a faint circular stamp. The reverse side reveals raw, unfinished seams and thread ends from the hand-stitching process.
Lot: 232 - Machine Pieced Churn Dash Pattern Quilt Top
78 x 96 This is a vintage pieced quilt top featuring a traditional pattern commonly known as Churn Dash, Monkey Wrench, or Hole in the Barn Door. The piece is machine-constructed using a combination of solid white cotton or cotton-blend fabric and a stylized floral print. The patterned fabric displays orange, yellow, and light green flowers over a black and white patterned background, a style typical of the mid-to-late 20th century, likely the 1960s or 1970s. The blocks are arranged on point and separated by large triangular white setting pieces. The item is an unfinished top, consisting only of the pieced front layer without batting, backing, or finished edges. Machine stitching is visible on the reverse side of the piece.
Lot: 233 - Cotton Double Irish Chain Quilt Top
70 x 84 A mid-20th century American quilt top featuring the Double Irish Chain pattern. The textile is constructed from cotton fabrics, showcasing large off-white or cream blocks alternating with a grid-like chain design. The chain is composed of small squares in two distinct patterns: a solid medium-blue and a floral calico print with small pink and blue flowers. The piece exhibits both machine-piecing and hand-stitching techniques. This is an unfinished quilt top, consisting of the pieced front panel only, without batting, backing, or quilting. The reverse side reveals raw seam allowances and hand-stitched assembly.
Lot: 234 - Late 20th C. Appliqued & Patchwork Palm Tree Quilt
44 x 48 This is a decorative textile piece featuring a combination of applique and patchwork construction, likely intended for use as a crib or lap quilt. The central rectangular panel is composed of cream-colored fabric with a central light blue appliqued palm tree motif. This central area is finished with concentric echo quilting that follows the silhouette of the tree. The inner border is a patchwork design consisting of alternating solid purple triangles and floral-patterned diamonds. The purple triangles are embellished with quilted five-petal flower motifs, while the floral diamonds, which feature a print of pink, teal, and cream tones, are finished with diagonal line quilting. Two solid outer borders in bubblegum pink and teal blue surround the patchwork, both featuring a decorative machine-quilted scroll or loop pattern. The reverse of the quilt is a solid lavender-colored fabric that showcases the decorative stitching from the front. The piece is finished with a thin cream-colored binding along the edges.
Lot: 235 - Mid-20th C. American Hummingbird Scrap Quilt
66 x 76 This is a mid-20th-century American hand-quilted patchwork quilt, likely dating from the 1930s to the 1950s. The quilt features sixteen blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. Each block contains a central multi-point motif resembling a star or petal, commonly identified as the Hummingbird or Periwinkle pattern. These motifs are constructed in a scrap or string style using a wide variety of period cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including floral prints, stripes, solids, and various plaids. The blocks are separated by yellow sashing strips with small multi-colored plaid squares at each intersection. The textile is finished with a wide plaid border along the top edge. The piece is hand-quilted throughout in a simple horizontal linear pattern. The reverse side is composed of plain off-white cotton fabric, showing the hand-stitched running stitches.
Lot: 236 - Trip Around the World Feed Sack Patchwork Quilt
68 x 82 A vintage hand-quilted patchwork quilt featuring the Trip Around the World pattern, also known as Sunshine and Shadows. The design is composed of small fabric squares arranged in concentric diamond-shaped rings radiating from a central point. The quilt top is constructed from numerous cotton fabric remnants, including various mid-20th century prints such as florals, ginghams, stripes, and solids in a palette of pink, blue, lavender, black, and white. The materials are characteristic of period feed sack or flour sack textiles. The quilt is hand-stitched with visible linear running stitches across the squares. The backing is pieced from several large panels of floral-patterned cotton fabric on pink, lavender, and white grounds. The interior features a thick, white natural fiber batting.
Lot: 237 - American Hand-Quilted Grandmothers Fan Quilt
64 x 76 This vintage American patchwork quilt is hand-pieced in a traditional Grandmothers Fan pattern. The quilt top is constructed from numerous scrap fabrics, including ginghams, checks, and various floral and geometric calico prints, arranged in fan-shaped segments. These segments are set against a light blue cotton ground and separated by sashing made from a blue, green, and white plaid fabric. The piece is finished with a solid light blue border and matching binding. The reverse side features a large-scale novelty print fabric typical of the late 1960s or 1970s, depicting stylized birds and floral motifs in a palette of pink, purple, orange, and green on a white ground. Hand-quilting is visible throughout the quilt, following the contours of the fan shapes and the sashing. The materials consist of cotton and cotton-blend fabrics with internal batting.
Lot: 238 - Mid-20th C. Patchwork Quilt w/ Floral & Gingham
60 x 80 This handmade patchwork quilt is constructed from various cotton fabrics arranged in a grid of twelve decorative blocks. Each block features a geometric pinwheel variation made from a mix of prints, including red-and-white checks, blue-and-yellow florals on a grid pattern, and multi-colored small-scale calicos. The blocks are separated by wide pink sashing printed with a blue-and-white stylized floral design, punctuated by light yellow floral cornerstones. The piece is framed by dark green vertical borders on the left and right sides and finished with a narrow cream-colored binding. The backing is a solid cream or off-white cotton fabric. The quilting consists of an all-over machine-stitched meandering pattern of stylized hearts and leaves. The combination of mid-20th-century fabrics and modern machine quilting suggests a vintage quilt top that was professionally finished at a later date.
Lot: 239 - Hand-Stitched Concentric Bullseye Scrap Quilt
88 x 96 A vintage hand-stitched utility quilt featuring a concentric bullseye or spider web patchwork design. The central medallion consists of a freeform red fabric appliqu? with a quilted circle center, surrounded by radiating spokes of dark plaid fabric. This motif is enclosed by numerous concentric rings composed of a variety of fabric scraps, including multi-colored plaids, stripes, suit-weight wool blends, and small-scale printed cottons. The quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted using large-scale white running stitches that follow the circular pattern of the top. The reverse is finished with a solid neutral tan or beige fabric. The edges are finished with a simple fold-over binding using a plaid scrap fabric. The construction reflects mid-20th-century American folk art and utility quilting traditions.
Lot: 240 - Mid-20th C. American Cotton String Patchwork Quilt
64 x 76 This is a vintage American patchwork quilt constructed in a string or scrap style, dating from approximately the mid-20th century. The quilt top is pieced from a diverse array of cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including gingham, plaid, floral, striped, and abstract patterns in a multi-colored palette of blue, red, pink, green, and yellow. The design is organized into vertical columns separated by strips of green-and-white floral print sashing. The left and right vertical edges are bordered with a brown and white checkered fabric. The piece is hand-quilted throughout using a simple running stitch that creates a textured, grid-like pattern visible on the reverse side. The reverse consists of multiple panels of plain off-white or white cotton fabric.
Lot: 241 - Antique American Octagonal Pattern Scrap Quilt
80 x 84 An antique American scrap quilt featuring a geometric pattern composed of octagonal blocks with central diamond-shaped squares, a design sometimes referred to as a Stone Mason's or Octagonal Bowtie variation. The piece is constructed from a wide variety of cotton scrap fabrics typical of late 19th and early 20th-century utility quilts, including calico prints, ginghams, plaids, and solid colors in shades of blue, green, brown, cream, and yellow. The quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted in a traditional concentric fan or shell motif. The reverse consists of plain, off-white cotton fabric with a central vertical seam.
Lot: 242 - American Hand-Stitched Snowball Utility Quilt
64 x 72 This vintage American utility quilt features hand-pieced and hand-quilted construction. The front is designed with a grid of alternating patchwork blocks. One set of squares is composed of dark plaid or tartan fabrics in navy and green tones. These alternate with a modified snowball or economy block pattern, which uses a central fabric of multicolored dots on a pink ground, framed by corner triangles of various scrap cotton fabrics including light blue solids, polka dots, and small floral prints. The reverse side is finished with a red, blue, and white striped cotton ticking fabric. One edge of the quilt is trimmed with white eyelet lace. The quilting consists of simple, functional straight-line stitching throughout.
Lot: 243 - American Hand Quilted Patchwork Quilt, Grain Sack
66 x 82 A vintage American hand-quilted patchwork scrap quilt dating to the early-to-mid 20th century. The quilt top is constructed from an eclectic variety of cotton fabric scraps including ditsy florals, ginghams, and geometric prints characteristic of the 1930s and 1940s. The design is structured with vertical bars and blocks of blue and white striped ticking or shirting fabric interspersed with diagonal string-pieced and square patchwork blocks. The piece is hand-quilted throughout in a horizontal channel pattern. The reverse is composed of plain white cotton fabric constructed from repurposed grain or flour sacks. Faded blue stenciled lettering is visible on the backing material with legible text including FINE, PURE GRAIN, and MANUFACTURED BY.
Lot: 244 - American Patchwork Quilt w/ Embroidered Border
70 x 84 A large handmade American folk art tied scrap quilt featuring an eclectic patchwork top. The construction consists of irregular rectangular and square patches in a style reminiscent of a utility crazy quilt. The fabrics used comprise a varied assortment of materials including cotton solids, ginghams, stripes, corduroy, and velvet. The color palette is diverse, featuring shades of red, navy blue, purple, yellow, black, and tan. The reverse side is constructed from a single large-scale floral print fabric with white and grey leaves and small pink and yellow blossoms on a dark blue ground. The quilt is finished with a white fabric border decorated with yellow thread embroidery in a simple floral and scroll pattern. The three layers are secured together with pink yarn ties spaced regularly across the surface of the quilt.
Lot: 245 - American Half-Square Triangle Scrap Quilt
44 x 52 This mid-20th century American utility quilt is hand-pieced and hand-tied. The front features sixteen large blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid, separated by wide light blue cotton sashing. Each individual block is composed of sixteen small half-square triangles arranged in a grid pattern. The quilt utilizes a scrap aesthetic with a diverse array of patterned cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including various calicos, florals, plaids, and geometric prints. Several blocks incorporate a recurring small-scale floral print on a white ground, while the rightmost column features a consistent yellow, pink, and white plaid. The quilt is finished with hand-tied white thread visible throughout the sashing and block centers. The backing is a solid light blue cotton fabric.
Lot: 246 - Kellen Patchwork Quilt
58 x 78 A hand-stitched cotton patchwork quilt in the Kellen pattern, attributed to Pottery Barn. The quilt features a reversible design. The front is composed of concentric strips of various blue, gray, and brown woven shirting and workwear fabrics, arranged in a Log Cabin variation to create a large-scale geometric diamond layout. The reverse displays a printed cotton with an all-over paisley and floral medallion pattern in green, purple, red, and yellow on a white ground. The item is constructed with vertical running hand-quilting stitches and finished with a narrow floral print binding.
Lot: 247 - Hand-Pieced Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt Top
46 x 66 This vintage quilt top is hand-pieced in the Grandmothers Flower Garden pattern. The design features multiple floral motifs composed of hexagonal fabric patches. Each floral cluster consists of a central hexagon surrounded by six coordinating print patches, all joined by a ground of solid orange hexagons. The piece is constructed from a wide variety of printed and solid cotton fabrics, including patterns such as calico, floral, polka dot, stripe, and plaid. Several fabric prints are characteristic of feedsack materials from the second quarter of the 20th century. The assembly is performed with hand-stitching, which is visible on the reverse side along with the folded-over seam allowances typical of hand-joining techniques. The item remains in its unfinished top state, without batting, backing, or binding. The perimeter consists of raw, hand-cut hexagonal edges.
Lot: 248 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced 6-Point Star Quilt Top
74 x 88 This hand-pieced cotton quilt top features a repeated six-pointed star pattern. The stars are constructed from a diverse assortment of mid-20th-century scrap fabrics, including floral calicos, feedsack-style prints, plaids, checks, and stripes, set against a white cotton ground. The assembly is entirely hand-sewn, with visible stitching and raw seams on the reverse side. The variety of prints suggests a production date between the 1940s and 1960s. This item is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting or a backing fabric.
Lot: 249 - Pink & Cream Pinwheel Pattern Cotton Quilt Top
72 x 78 This hand-pieced quilt top is constructed in a repeating pinwheel variation pattern composed of large half-square triangles. The textile is made from two distinct cotton fabrics: a solid pale pink and a cream-colored fabric featuring a small, repeating black diamond or lozenge print. The central field is bordered by a narrow strip of the printed fabric and a wider outer band of the solid pink fabric. The reverse side features exposed seam allowances, indicating that the piece remains an unfinished quilt top and lacks a middle layer of batting or a backing fabric. The piece is attributed to the United States, dating from the early to mid-20th century.
Lot: 250 - Grandmother's Fan Pattern Quilt Top
80 x 92 This is a vintage American quilt top featuring the Grandmother's Fan pattern. The piece consists of machine-pieced blocks joined together to form a larger textile, currently in an unfinished state without batting or backing. Each block contains a quarter-circle fan motif comprised of approximately six to seven tapered fabric segments in a variety of prints and solid colors. These segments include mid-20th-century textiles such as calicos, polka dots, stripes, checks, and small-scale florals, many of which are characteristic of 1930s to 1950s scrap fabrics or feed sacks. The fans are anchored by solid green or pink corner pieces and set against a solid lavender purple cotton or cotton-blend background. The construction shows consistent machine stitching.
Lot: 251 - Geometric Foundation-Pieced Cotton Quilt Top
84 x 100 This is an unfinished quilt top featuring a modern geometric design, likely dating from the 1970s to 1980s based on the color palette. The textile is constructed from cotton or cotton-blend fabrics in shades of navy blue, slate blue, terracotta, peach, and pale sage green. The pattern consists of square blocks divided diagonally, with one half in solid navy and the opposing half featuring diagonal stripes of varying widths. This design is characteristic of a Roman Stripe pattern variation. The item is machine-pieced using a foundation piecing technique. As visible on the reverse side, the striped sections are sewn directly onto a light-colored cotton muslin foundation for stability. This piece consists only of the pieced top layer and does not include batting, a final backing, or binding.
Lot: 252 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Applique Floral Scrap Quilt Top
76 x 92 This unfinished vintage quilt top features hand-appliqu? medallion blocks. Each block is centered with a diamond shape from which four clusters of pointed leaves radiate. The appliqu? is constructed from an assortment of mid-century "scrap" printed cotton fabrics, including floral, geometric, and paisley motifs in shades of blue, yellow, orange, and purple. The white cotton ground blocks are joined by wide emerald green sashing with contrasting light pink cornerstones. The decorative floral elements are attached to the ground fabric using a visible hand-sewn running stitch. The sashing and cornerstones appear to be machine-pieced. The item consists of the pieced top layer only and lacks batting, backing, and finished binding.
Lot: 253 - American Depression Era Patchwork Scrap Quilt Top with Repurposed Industrial Sack Borders
60 x 72 A vintage American utility quilt top featuring hand-pieced patchwork blocks arranged in an on-point diamond pattern. The central section is framed by wide borders and a backing made from repurposed, unbleached cotton industrial sacks. The border material retains original stenciled commercial markings in black ink. Visible partial characters include rd Co., ORATED, V-S, S.A., LES-N, and WICE, indicating the fabric was salvaged from industrial product bags, likely for flour, feed, or sugar. The construction is that of an unfinished quilt top with raw, unhemmed edges. Has soiling, see pics.
Lot: 254 - Unfinished Hand Appliqued Tree of Life Quilt Top
84 x 92 This is an unfinished quilt top featuring a central Tree of Life or Apple Tree folk art motif, likely dating from the late 20th century. The piece centers on a large cream-colored panel depicting a stylized tree with a dark green trunk and branches. The tree is decorated with multiple hand-appliqued fruits in various patterns, including solid red, green calico, and multi-colored floral prints. The fruit motifs and leaves are attached with visible hand-stitching, and the stems are embroidered in a green running stitch. The central panel is framed by a patchwork border of light green, red, and cream fabric squares joined with dark green sashing. Several of the light green squares feature individual hand-appliqued apple motifs matching those on the central tree. The fabrics appear to be a mix of cotton and polyester-cotton blends. The reverse side shows visible hand-stitching for the applique motifs, while the sashing and block construction are machine-pieced.
Lot: 255 - American Mid-20th C. Floral Appliqued Bedspread
A vintage hand-appliqued cotton bedspread or counterpane featuring a stylized floral motif in a variation of the Rose of Sharon pattern. The design consists of central four-petaled flowers rendered in two-tone pink fabric with yellow centers. These central blossoms are accented by mint green leaves and pink floral buds arranged in a cross-axial pattern. The piece is constructed from white cotton fabric and includes a wide, gathered ruffle along three sides. The reverse side displays visible hand-stitching used to secure the appliqued elements, and the item is unlined. The ground is composed of multiple rectangular panels joined with visible seams. Has soiling, see pics.
Lot: 256 - Mid C. Handmade Patchwork Scrap Quilt Top
70 x 90 This is a vintage handmade patchwork quilt top constructed from various multi-colored cotton and cotton-blend fabric patches. The piece features a utilitarian square grid layout, often referred to as a scrap or postage stamp style. The fabrics include solid colors in black, yellow, and purple, along with several patterned textiles such as pink and white gingham, blue and white gingham, various striped patterns, a blue fabric with large dark circles, a green and pink geometric square print, and an olive green botanical or floral print. The patches are joined by hand using a visible white running stitch. This item is an unfinished quilt top, as it lacks internal batting, a backing fabric, and finished edge binding.
Lot: 257 - Strip-Pattern Scrap Quilt
70 x 76 A mid-20th century hand-quilted utility or scrap quilt made in NC. The piece is constructed in a horizontal strip-style pattern, featuring rows of varied vertical fabric patches alternating with continuous bands of blue and gray striped ticking-style fabric. The patchwork incorporates an assortment of period fabrics, including floral calicos, plaids, polka dots, and solids, typical of the 1930s through 1950s. The quilt is hand-quilted with a simple running stitch in a horizontal wave pattern. The reverse is composed of a plain cream-colored cotton backing with several visible repair patches, including one featuring a red and white checked fabric. The item is finished with a multi-colored fabric binding. No manufacturer or maker's marks are identified.
Lot: 258 - Hand-Pieced & Quilted Scrap Star Quilt
62 x 72 This vintage quilt is composed of sixteen individual blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid and made in SC. Each block features an eight-pointed star in a pattern characteristic of the LeMoyne Star style. The construction is entirely hand-pieced and hand-quilted. The materials consist of assorted scrap cotton and cotton-blend fabrics in various prints including florals, paisleys, stripes, ginghams, and geometric patterns. These star blocks are separated by solid turquoise cotton sashing with slightly darker turquoise cornerstones. The quilting follows a simple straight-line grid along the sashing and diagonal patterns within the stars. The reverse is finished with a solid turquoise cotton backing. The variety of fabric prints, ranging from mid-century calicos to bold florals, suggests a mid-to-late 20th-century origin.
Lot: 259 - American Hand-Pieced Reversible Quilt, Late 19th C
80 x 88 An antique American hand-pieced and tied reversible scrap quilt dating to the late 19th or early 20th century. The quilt is constructed from a variety of printed cotton fabrics, including indigo-dyed calicos, light-colored shirtings with small-scale floral and geometric motifs, and various red and purple prints. The interior batting is cotton. One side features a structured Courthouse Steps Log Cabin pattern layout with red central squares surrounded by alternating light and dark printed logs. The reverse side features an eclectic medallion-style composition with a central checkerboard of blue-and-white polka dot squares and light floral prints, bordered by decorative bands of Flying Geese triangles, checkerboard patterns, and small Log Cabin blocks. The three layers are secured by hand-tied yarn knots rather than decorative quilting stitches.
Lot: 260 - American Cotton Medallion Diamond Quilt, mid-20C
64 x 74 This mid-20th-century American hand-quilted patchwork quilt features a central medallion or concentric diamond design. The center is composed of four diamond-shaped blocks in orange and red prints set against a white and red patterned ground, surrounded by a light blue field with small floral blocks. The design radiates outward in a series of concentric diamond-shaped bands made from various printed cotton fabrics, including teal green, purple floral prints, and cream-colored floral calico. Large pink triangles fill the outer corners. The item is hand-quilted throughout, featuring decorative fan or clamshell quilting in the corner sections and straight or diagonal lines following the patchwork in the central diamond sections. The backing is composed of two different fabrics: a small-scale floral calico print in shades of brown, orange, and green on a white ground, and a wide solid pink band along the bottom edge. Materials consist of cotton fabrics and batting.
Lot: 261 - American Hand-Pieced Log Cabin Variation Quilt
80 x 80 A vintage American handmade patchwork utility quilt constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps. The quilt features multiple square blocks, including several variations of the log cabin motif with strips of contrasting fabric pieced around a central square, as well as simpler grid-based patchwork blocks. The collection of fabrics includes a diverse range of mid-20th-century patterns such as calico florals, ginghams, polka dots, stripes, and solids in a wide-ranging color palette of pink, red, blue, green, and yellow. The piece exhibits an improvisational, vernacular aesthetic with visible hand-stitching and irregular borders.
Lot: 262 - Mid-Century Modern Hand-Appliqued Turtle Quilt Top
56 x 72 An unfinished quilt top composed of twelve square blocks, each featuring a hand-appliqued turtle motif. The turtles are constructed from four pieced quadrants of various blue cotton fabrics, including navy, turquoise, and chambray denim. Each turtle is finished with a red hand-blanket stitch around the perimeter and two hand-embroidered red eyes. The background fabrics for each block consist of a variety of mid-20th-century cotton prints, including floral patterns, paisley designs, and abstract geometric graphics. A printed selvage mark reading S VATS is visible on the background fabric of the center block. The reverse side reveals exposed seam allowances, hand-stitching, and knotted threads.
Lot: 263 - American Cotton Dresden Plate Quilt, c. 1890-1920
56 x 82 An antique American utility scrap quilt or quilt top featuring hand-pieced construction. The primary design consists of a variation of the Dresden Plate or Friendship Wheel motif. These circular blocks are set within a grid of blue cotton sashing made from at least two distinct fabrics: a blue-on-blue polka dot print and a blue-on-blue striped shirting. A secondary section of the textile displays a simple checkerboard grid of small rectangular scraps. The quilt is composed of a wide variety of late 19th and early 20th-century cotton fabrics, including indigo-dyed prints, red-and-black calicos, assorted shirting stripes, floral prints, checks, and ginghams. One block features a wedge of dark brown velveteen or corduroy. One central circular motif displays a dark blue fabric printed with white anchors. No maker labels or signatures are visible. A modern white paper inventory tag with a barcode is attached to the edge.
Lot: 264 - American Cotton Scrap Quilt Top, Late 19th-20th C
66 x 86 An antique American cotton quilt top, dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. This unfinished quilt top, often referred to as a flimsy, is entirely hand-pieced in an improvisational utility style. The composition features distinct sections utilizing various traditional patterns, including diamond-in-the-square or postage stamp blocks, vertical string-pieced strips, and checkerboard motifs. The piece is constructed from a wide array of period textiles, including indigo-dyed prints, small-scale calicos, woven ginghams, and diverse shirting stripes. The reverse side exhibits raw seam allowances, confirming that the top was never assembled into a finished quilt with batting or a backing layer.
Lot: 265 - Mid-20th C. American Patchwork Crazy Quilt Top
60 x 76 This is an unfinished mid-20th century American quilt top featuring a random patchwork crazy quilt design. The piece is constructed from a wide assortment of cotton and cotton-blend scrap fabrics, representative of dress remnants or feed sack materials from the 1930s through the 1950s. Patterns include various floral calicos, ginghams, plaids, polka dots, solids, and geometric target prints. A notable novelty print with cartoon lambs or bunnies on a yellow ground is featured near the center. The construction utilizes machine-stitched seams to join the irregularly shaped fabric pieces. As an unfinished top, the item lacks batting, a backing, and finished binding. The reverse side clearly displays the machine-stitched seams and raw fabric edges.
Lot: 266 - Waverly Renoir Roses Hand-Pieced Quilt Top
80 x 86 This is an unfinished vintage patchwork quilt top, hand-pieced in an eclectic string or crazy quilt style. The design consists of irregular fabric patches organized by a diagonal lattice of solid-colored sashing in red, light blue, and green. The patches incorporate a diverse range of mid-century textile patterns, including blue and white gingham, red and white checks, various stripes, calico florals, and a novelty print depicting a cartoon character face. One edge is finished with a wide border featuring a large-scale yellow and green floral print on a white ground. The selvage of this border fabric is printed with the following text: An Original Waverly Fabric Renoir Roses. The reverse side reveals the hand-sewn construction with raw seam allowances and remnants of paper used as a foundation for the piecing. The top is composed of various cotton and cotton-blend fabrics.
Lot: 267 - Patchwork String Quilt w/ Fuchsia Backing
60 x 62 A handmade patchwork utility quilt, designed in a string quilt or rail fence variation. The quilt top is constructed from rectangular blocks containing multi-colored fabric strips of varying widths, arranged in a pattern of alternating horizontal and vertical orientations. The textile comprises a wide variety of prints and solids, including florals, polka dots, geometric motifs, and striped patterns in a color palette of navy, forest green, peach, brown, and cream. The materials consist of mixed fabrics, including cotton and silk/satin. The quilt is finished with a wide, fuchsia-colored textured fabric binding and a matching solid fuchsia backing, which appears to be a later addition or mid-20th-century finishing. Several strips of shiny fabric exhibit characteristic shattering, indicative of weighted silk common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. No maker labels or signatures are present.
Lot: 268 - Mid-20th Century Scrappy Patchwork Quilt Top
74 x 78 This textile is an unfinished, machine-pieced patchwork quilt top, likely dating from the mid-20th century, circa 1960s-1970s. The design features a scrappy aesthetic with alternating nine-patch and sixteen-patch blocks alongside large squares of single fabrics. The materials consist of various printed cottons and synthetic blends. Patterns reflect the era, including large-scale florals, gingham, calico, polka dots, and geometric designs. The color palette includes saturated tones of orange, lime green, bright pink, and blue. The piece exhibits machine-stitched assembly throughout.
Lot: 269 - Mid-20th C. Mixed String-Pieced Utility Quilt
80 x 84 A handmade utility quilt constructed in a string-pieced crazy quilt pattern, dating to the mid-to-late 20th century. The design features alternating solid navy blue blocks and multi-colored scrappy blocks. The scrappy sections are composed of fabric strips in various patterns, including plaids, stripes, and several floral prints. One notable block contains a large-scale print of blue and white sunflowers on a pink lattice ground, characteristic of 1970s textile design. The quilt is finished with a wide, ruffled border in red fabric with a small white floral calico print. Materials consist of various cotton and synthetic blend scrap fabrics. The piece displays a rustic construction with visible white basting stitches and a mix of hand and machine assembly.
Lot: 270 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Stitched Scrap Patchwork Quilt
56 x 66 This unfinished patchwork quilt top is a hand-sewn example of mid-20th-century American utility quilting. The piece is constructed from an extensive assortment of recycled textile scraps, including printed cotton calicos, ginghams, plaids, stripes, solid-colored cottons, denim, and various synthetic or knit fabrics. The patches are assembled in a random scrap design with rectangular and square pieces joined by hand using a white thread running stitch. The reverse of the textile reveals raw, unfinished seam allowances and significant fraying, indicating that the top was never completed with batting, a backing, or binding. The wide range of fabric patterns and textures?specifically the small-scale florals and mid-century synthetic knits?suggests a period of assembly dating from approximately the 1940s through the 1970s.
Lot: 271 - Mid-C. Hand Appliqued Cotton Floral Tree Quilt Top
76 x 90 This item is a handmade, unfinished quilt top dating from the mid-20th century. The piece features a checkerboard layout of alternating solid navy blue and bright yellow cotton blocks arranged on point. The yellow blocks are decorated with repeating appliqued floral motifs resembling a stylized tree of life. Each green stem features an arrow-shaped base and two pairs of diamond-shaped leaves. The tops of the stems are adorned with three multi-layered flower heads. These flower heads are constructed using a hexagonal base, a patterned fabric ring, and a solid circular center, utilizing various mid-century scrap fabrics in shades of red, orange, purple, and diverse floral and geometric prints. The construction consists of machine-pieced primary blocks, while the decorative motifs are applied with visible hand-stitching. The reverse side clearly displays the hand-sewing used for the applique work. The edges are raw and unfinished, indicating the piece was intended to be layered with batting and a backing for final quilting.
Lot: 272 - Mid-C. American Crazy Quilt Top w/ Pink Sashing
66 x 84 This mid-century crazy quilt top features a patchwork design composed of irregularly shaped fabric scraps arranged into large rectangular blocks. These blocks are separated by wide sashing strips of solid pink fabric. The scrappy portions include a diverse array of patterns such as floral prints in various scales, gingham checks, polka dots, stripes, houndstooth, and solid colors. The fabrics appear to be a mix of cotton and cotton-blends, consistent with domestic textile production from the mid-20th century. The reverse of the piece is lined with a single layer of coarse-weave off-white cotton fabric, which exhibits the texture and appearance of repurposed flour or feed sacks. Simple diagonal hand-stitching is visible on the backing, securing the layers together. The edges are unfinished with raw fabric visible, suggesting this may be a completed quilt top or that the original binding has been removed.
Lot: 274 - Hand-Sewn Cotton Patchwork Quilt Top, Mid-20th C
60 x 76 A hand-sewn scrap patchwork quilt top constructed from a diverse assortment of cotton print fabrics. This item consists of the pieced decorative layer only and has not been finished with batting or backing. The arrangement features an irregular, non-repeating patchwork design incorporating various mid-20th-century textiles. Notable patterns include a magenta and white floral stripe, blue fabric with white and orange floral motifs, a white ground with large-scale red and blue floral prints, black and white gingham, and a blue and white concentric circle or bubble pattern. Additional fabrics include brown polka dots, various calico florals, and diagonal stripes. The reverse side reveals exposed hand-stitched seam allowances and loose threads typical of domestic folk-art construction.
Lot: 275 - Hand-Tied Diagonal String Patchwork Quilt
68 x 84 This is a vintage hand-tied patchwork string quilt featuring a utilitarian scrap-style design. The quilt top consists of 42 square blocks arranged in a 7 by 6 grid. Each block is string-pieced with diagonal fabric strips of varying widths, creating a repeating chevron or diamond-like visual pattern across the surface. The construction utilizes a variety of mid-to-late 20th-century fabrics including synthetic double-knit polyesters, cottons, and blended textiles. Colors include solid red, blue, green, yellow, and purple, interspersed with various floral, striped, and geometric prints. The three layers of the quilt are secured with hand-tied tufts of thread visible at regular intervals throughout the grid. The edges are finished with a simple red fabric binding. The reverse side is covered in a light green and white striped cotton or cotton-blend fabric.
Lot: 276 - American Hand-Pieced & Quilted Scrap Quilt
68 x 70 This is a vintage American patchwork scrap quilt featuring a geometric design. The top is hand-pieced from a wide variety of period textiles, including calico florals, gingham, ticking stripes, plaids, and solid cotton fabrics in shades of blue, pink, tan, and cream. The pattern incorporates various block styles including large half-square triangles, four-patch squares, and rectangular fence-style bar strips. The quilt is hand-quilted in a utility style with parallel rows of straight stitching. The reverse side consists of a plain, light-colored cotton fabric, possibly muslin. The edges are finished with a simple turned-edge binding.
Lot: 277 - American Hand Quilted Feed Sack & Scrap Quilt
64 x 80 This mid-20th-century American scrap quilt is hand-quilted and features a variety of multi-colored cotton fabrics, including calicos, florals, ginghams, and novelty prints such as anchors. The construction follows a vernacular string or scrap pattern organized into irregular blocks, many of which contain central diamond or square-in-square motifs. The piece consists of the patchwork top, internal cotton batting, and an off-white cotton backing made of two panels joined by a central vertical seam. The quilting is worked by hand in a dense, echoing design. The array of printed cottons is typical of American feed sack textiles used in quilting between the 1930s and 1950s.
Lot: 278 - Mid-Century American Hand-Pieced Geometric String Quilt
66 x 80 This hand-pieced scrap quilt features a variation of a string star or string diamond pattern. The quilt top is constructed from square blocks divided into four quadrants, each filled with diagonal fabric strips known as strings. These blocks are organized to create a series of large, concentric diamond motifs across the surface. The composition is unified by diagonal bands of solid pink textured fabric. The materials consist of a diverse mix of mid-century fabrics including rayon and acetate crepes along with various cotton prints. Patterns include florals, plaids, and geometric designs characteristic of the 1940s and 1950s. The quilt features a solid bright blue backing, possibly a synthetic blend or cotton sateen, and is finished with machine-stitched grid quilting and a simple blue binding.
Lot: 279 - Hand-Pieced Nine-Patch Scrap Quilt Top
68 x 84 An unfinished, hand-pieced patchwork quilt top featuring a wide variety of 20th-century cotton and cotton-blend scrap fabrics. The construction consists of large Nine-Patch blocks set on point in a diagonal grid. The arrangement of the blocks and fabric colors creates a visual effect similar to a Trip Around the World pattern. The fabric assortment includes an eclectic mix of prints, including polka dots, stripes, plaids, and various floral calicos in a color palette dominated by blues, reds, pinks, and greens. The central field is framed by a wide border of black and white fabric featuring a scrolling vine or foliate pattern. The entire top is hand-stitched, as evidenced by the irregular running stitches and raw, un-felled seam allowances visible on the reverse side.
Lot: 280 - Dunmoy Irish Linen & Quilted Textiles
Approx 15 x 26 This collection features multiple quilted textile items, including table runners and a decorative mat. One rectangular table runner is crafted from green fabric featuring a central printed scene of two bluebirds in a nest within an apple tree with white butterflies. The bottom edge of the fabric is printed with the marks Warranted Fast Colours, Dunmoy, and Pure Irish Linen. The reverse of this piece bears a handwritten inscription in purple ink that reads Ev over 10-06. The group also includes a square cream-colored mat featuring a teal-green fabric appliqu? of interlocking circles. The center contains a small appliqu? basket in a red and white patterned fabric filled with three red fruits. This piece shows elaborate hand-stitched quilting in radiating and concentric patterns and is finished with a cream-colored binding. Two additional rectangular table runners feature rose motifs. One displays a gray trellis-style background pattern with printed pink roses and buds clustered at one end, finished with a bright pink fabric binding. The other runner is decorated with an all-over diamond quilted pattern and a print of large pink roses and green leaves on a cream ground, also finished with a bright pink fabric binding. Construction across the collection includes a mix of machine-printed fabrics, hand-appliqu?, and hand-quilting. Materials include linen, cotton, and synthetic batting.
Lot: 281 - Set 4 Valentine's Day Quilted Textiles
Largest is 24 x 44 A collection of four small decorative quilted items featuring various Valentine's Day motifs. The group consists of a square piece with a central heart-within-a-heart applique on a pink rose floral background, framed by a black border patterned with pink hearts and a solid pink binding. A rectangular panel features a bright lime green background with nine appliqued squares and diamonds containing romantic imagery and text including You're my Sweetheart, Be my Valentine, Sweet as Candy, and Crazy for you! It is finished with a white border featuring small pink hearts. A third item is a rectangular quilt with a blue and white checkered grid containing nine panels of roses, hearts, and cherubs, with the bottom section featuring the embroidered text I Love You above three red silhouetted cherubs and a red heart-patterned border. The fourth item is a long rectangular table runner with a white diamond-quilted ground depicting a stylized tree with scrolled branches, pink blossoms, heart-shaped leaves, and blue birds, with Happy Valentines Day in script at the bottom and a teal binding. All items are constructed from printed and solid fabrics with interior batting, utilizing machine quilting, applique, and machine embroidery.
Lot: 282 - Hand-Embroidered Patchwork Quilt w/ Bunny & Floral
31 x 38 This hand-embroidered baby or crib-sized patchwork quilt is designed in a 3x3 grid layout. Five squares feature central white panels with hand-embroidered scenes of a rabbit peeping over a wooden fence with three large roses in the foreground. The embroidery utilizes brown thread for the rabbit outlines, green for the eyes, and varying shades of blue, pink, and yellow for the roses. These panels are surrounded by a purple and white floral print border. The alternating four squares are made from a floral print fabric featuring red, pink, purple, and yellow blossoms on a pink background. The quilt is finished with a solid pink binding along the edges. The reverse side is composed of a pink fabric printed with large multi-colored polka dots in shades of blue, green, purple, and pink. The materials are likely cotton or a cotton-synthetic blend.
Lot: 283 - American Red & White Hand-Pieced Spool Quilt Top
74 x 82 This antique American hand-pieced quilt top features a repeating geometric spool pattern, also commonly known as a bow tie pattern. The textile is constructed from red and off-white cotton fabrics. Each individual block is composed of a central rectangular piece flanked by two trapezoidal elements that form the spool motif. These blocks are hand-stitched together, alternating colors to create a secondary optical design across the field. The reverse side reveals the hand-sewn construction with exposed raw seam allowances typical of late 19th to early 20th-century folk textiles. This piece is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, backing, or quilting stitches.
Lot: 284 - American Hand-Appliqued Butterfly Crib Quilt
36 x 36 A vintage American hand-crafted butterfly appliqu? quilt constructed from various printed and solid cotton fabrics. The design features a nine-block configuration arranged in a three-by-three grid, with each block containing an individually appliqu?d butterfly motif. These motifs utilize an assortment of mid-20th-century fabrics, including floral, striped, and polka-dot patterns, which are secured to the cream-colored cotton ground using hand-stitched blanket (buttonhole) embroidery in contrasting threads. The blocks are separated by teal green fabric sashing with cream-colored cornerstones and finished with a matching teal green binding. The textile is hand-quilted throughout, exhibiting cable or scrolled patterns within the sashing and decorative outline quilting surrounding each butterfly.
Lot: 285 - Two Handcrafted Floral Quilted Wall Hangings
21-31 x 42 This lot consists of two contemporary handcrafted quilted textiles intended as decorative wall hangings or table runners. The first item features a central vertical panel depicting a vase of irises in purple and cream tones on a mottled purple ground. This central imagery is framed by a sawtooth inner border in alternating lime and forest green shades and an outer border of mottled purple fabric. The piece is finished with a solid purple binding. Construction includes piecing and applique with hand-quilted accents following the design. The reverse is solid purple fabric with visible hand-stitching in a light-colored thread. The second item is a rectangular piece with an off-white field featuring a machine-quilted diagonal grid pattern. It includes a large central oval inset of floral fabric depicting lilies in pink, lavender, and blue against a grayish-blue ground. A narrow pinkish-peach mottled border frames the oval and an outer rectangular section of the field. The piece is finished with an off-white binding and a solid off-white reverse. Both items are constructed from cotton or cotton-blend fabrics.
Lot: 286 - Two Quilted Decorative Textile Items
31 x 34, 36 x 36 This lot consists of two vintage quilted decorative textile pieces. The first item is a square patchwork wall hanging or table topper featuring an eight-point star pattern, a variation of the Lone Star or Broken Star design. The central star is constructed from diamond-shaped pieces of dusty pink ditsy floral print and off-white solid cotton fabric, flanked by off-white square and triangular blocks. It is finished with a wide pink floral border and off-white binding. The piece features intricate hand-quilting throughout, including floral designs in the solid blocks and a feathered scroll pattern in the border. The second item is a solid lavender quilted piece with a grey or taupe satin-finish binding. The lavender fabric has a slight sheen, suggesting a satin, silk, or synthetic blend. The piece is decorated with elaborate quilting featuring a central floral medallion, heart and flower motifs at the corners, and an overall diagonal diamond grid background. No maker labels, signatures, or tags are visible on either item. Measurements: Not provided.
Lot: 287 - Hand-Quilted & Applique Textile Panels
12 x 12, 15 x 28 This collection of vintage quilted textile panels includes a variety of decorative techniques and motifs. One rectangular panel features three horizontal bands of hand-appliqued baskets in multicolored calico prints, separated by rows of hand-quilted heart designs on a cream ground with peach-colored binding. An elongated rectangular piece is constructed from a printed fabric featuring large blue roses and buds on a pale blue and white striped ground, finished with a dark blue binding and a machine-quilted diamond pattern. Another rectangular panel features a central printed graphic of a yellow vintage open-top automobile with the license plate IK872 in a landscape setting, bordered by light mint green fabric and finished with hand-quilted echo stitching. A square panel features a large central hand-appliqued four-petaled pink flower with a yellow center and four green leaves at the corners, set against a cream background with dense hand-quilted clamshell stitching. The pieces are composed of cotton fabrics and batting.
Lot: 288 - Pair Folk Art Easter Bunny Applique Childs Quilts
23 x 28, 27 x 32 A pair of handmade, folk-art style childs quilts or decorative wall hangings featuring Easter-themed appliqu? designs. The first quilt displays a central hand-appliqu?d tan fabric rabbit wearing a maroon-colored floral print dress accented with a small white daisy. This figure is set against a light gray-blue background with circular hand-quilting and is framed by a wide border of pink, yellow, and orange floral print fabric. The item is finished with a bright lime green binding and has a solid vibrant pink reverse showing visible white hand-quilting stitches. The second quilt features a hand-appliqu?d white fabric rabbit with pink inner ears wearing a teal dress and matching cap. The dress is detailed with a white lace collar and a cluster of metallic-toned floral and egg-shaped ornaments. The rabbit is set against a floral print ground with small rabbits and eggs, framed by a solid lime green inner border and an outer border of yellow chicks and Easter egg motifs. This piece is finished with a light pink binding and has an off-white reverse. Both quilts demonstrate traditional hand-appliqu? and hand-quilting techniques.
Lot: 289 - Panorama Product NW Coast Tea Towel & Quilted Mats
Approx 16 x 28 This lot comprises four vintage printed textiles. The first item is a printed linen tea towel featuring a bold Northwest Coast Indigenous style eagle design in black and red. Below the graphic is a narrative titled STORY OF THE EAGLE recounting a mythological tale of transformation. The bottom margin is marked PRINTED IN CANADA and A PANORAMA PRODUCT. The reverse side of this towel features a red print with white heart and floral motifs in wavy lines. The second item is a rectangular quilted textile titled A Kitchen Prayer. The central poem is framed by colorful illustrations of various fruits including grapes, strawberries, watermelon, and apples. It is finished with a black fabric border and features a white diamond-stitched quilted backing. The third item is a rectangular quilted textile featuring botanical illustrations of nine potted houseplants. Each plant is labeled with its common name: Ti Plant, Wax Plant, Southern Yew, Zebra Plant, Mock Orange, Tree Ivy, Hurricane, Lady Palm, and Caladium. It is finished with a pink fabric border and white diamond-stitched quilted backing. The fourth item is a rectangular quilted textile featuring a grid of various kitchen and botanical motifs. The vignettes include mushrooms, a basket of pears, a floral tureen, chili peppers, salt and pepper shakers, and a fruit bowl. It is finished with a pale green fabric border and white diamond-stitched quilted backing.
Lot: 290 - Trio Quilted Panels: QEII Jubilee & Irish
Approx 20 x 28 This lot features three vintage souvenir quilted fabric panels, each finished with a diamond-stitched pattern and white perimeter binding. The first panel commemorates the 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The central design includes a crown and laurel wreath above the text The Queens Silver Jubilee and the date 1977. Six circular vignettes illustrate royal residences and events, including Balmoral, Trooping the Colour, State Coach leaving Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, and Sandringham. The design is flanked by the flags of the United Kingdom and home nations. Printed marks at the bottom edge include Clive Mayor and Made in Gt. Britain. A partial tag for pure cotton is present. The second panel is an illustrated map of Ireland titled Irish Scenes. The map features landmarks such as the Giants Causeway, Belfast Castle, Rock of Cashel, and the Cliffs of Moher. The border is decorated with a shamrock pattern and contains two verses of poetry about Ireland. Printed marks at the bottom edge include Fast Colours, Irish Scenes, and Pure Irish Linen Standall Brand. The third panel, titled Irish Family Shields, displays a central green map of Ireland surrounded by a grid of numerous heraldic crests representing common Irish surnames, such as O'Byrne, McCarthy, and Fitzgerald. Printed marks at the bottom edge include Irish Linen and Made in Ireland.
Lot: 291 - Pair Hand-Crafted Nursery Quilted Blankets
21 x 40, 29 x 44 This lot consists of two hand-crafted quilted panels or baby blankets featuring nursery-themed motifs. The first blanket depicts the story of the Three Little Pigs through hand-appliqu?d fabric figures on a bright green field. The scene shows the three pigs building their respective houses of straw, sticks, and bricks along a winding blue and white path. A figure representing the big bad wolf is positioned in the lower right corner, and the scene is accented with appliqu?d trees and floral details. The piece is finished with a cream-colored fabric binding. The second blanket features a celestial theme with teddy bears resting on stars and clouds against a light pink central field. The four corners are anchored by large yellow stars with a musical note pattern. Hand-stitched text across the center reads: would you like to swing on a star / Carry moonbeams home in a jar... This blanket includes a pink and white checkered inner border and a solid yellow outer binding. Both items demonstrate hand-appliqu? and hand-quilting techniques, with irregular, visible stitching on the reverse sides characteristic of domestic textile production.
Lot: 292 - Pair Style Tulip Pattern Quilted Wall Hangings
28 x 39, 33 x 33 This lot consists of two small quilted textiles, likely intended as wall hangings or decorative mats, dating to the late 20th century. The first item is a rectangular quilt featuring three horizontal rows of stylized, pieced tulips in pastel shades of pink, mint green, and lavender. These floral motifs are set against an off-white background fabric featuring a small red floral sprig print. Dark forest green fabric defines the stems, small accent squares, and horizontal sashing. The top and bottom borders feature a colorful checkered pattern. This piece is hand-quilted in a simple grid pattern and finished with a pink bias tape binding. The reverse side features a white fabric decorated with a multi-colored grid and heart pattern. The second item is a square quilted mat featuring four large blocks in a beige fabric, each with a large-scale stylized tulip applique in slate gray with a pink center. The blocks are separated and bordered by pink sashing. The pink sashing is machine-quilted in a diamond pattern, while the tan blocks feature echo quilting surrounding the appliqued flowers. This piece is finished with a tan bias tape binding and has a solid beige cotton backing.
Lot: 293 - Glen Appin Hanging & Presidential Pot Holders
19 x 21, 18 x 29 This lot consists of three quilted textile items. The first is a rectangular quilted cotton wall hanging produced by Glen Appin of Scotland. The panel features a printed illustration of a bagpiper in full Highland dress standing before the Ross Fountain and Edinburgh Castle. The top is titled AMAZING GRACE, and the bottom half contains the full lyrics to the hymn set against a bright green background. It is finished with a black border featuring white musical notes and instruments. Marks printed along the bottom edge include ALL COTTON, GLEN APPIN Regd. HT 496, and MADE IN UNITED KINGDOM. The remaining two items are a pair of circular quilted pot holders or trivets. Each is constructed from white quilted fabric with red, white, and blue striped fabric binding and includes a small red hanging loop. One features a line-art portrait of George Washington, labeled 1st President with dates 1789-1797 and a reproduced signature. The second features a line-art portrait of Abraham Lincoln, labeled 16th President with dates 1861-1865 and a reproduced signature. The reverse sides of the pot holders are plain white quilted fabric.
Lot: 294 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Stitched Lone Star Cotton Quilt
29 x 29 A small hand-quilted cotton quilt featuring a central eight-point Lone Star pattern, also known as a Star of Bethlehem. The star is composed of hand-pieced diamond-shaped patches in solid pink, blue floral calico, and green floral calico prints. The central motif is set against a cream-colored ground and is framed by a border of cream fabric with a purple and lavender floral print. The piece is entirely hand-quilted with visible running stitches that trace the geometry of the star and create decorative floral designs in the corner squares and side triangles. The reverse is finished with a plain off-white cotton backing. Based on the floral prints and color palette, this piece is characteristic of American quilting from the mid-20th century, likely dating between 1940 and 1960.
Lot: 295 - Hand Appliqued Sunburst Pattern Cotton Quilt Top
74 x 82 This is a vintage hand-appliqued cotton quilt top featuring multiple Sunburst or Dresden Plate motifs on a pieced white cotton ground. Each star-shaped motif is constructed from multiple pointed petals of varied printed cotton fabrics, including floral, gingham, and polka dot patterns characteristic of the mid-20th century. The petals surround a circular central medallion of floral-printed fabric. The layout consists of full circular motifs in the interior and partial motifs positioned along the edges and corners. The ground fabric consists of white cotton panels joined with machine-stitched seams.
Lot: 296 - North American Improvisational Strip Utility Quilt
68 x 74 This hand-quilted utility quilt is constructed in an improvisational strip-pieced style, often referred to as a hired man quilt. The top is composed of vertical columns of scrap fabrics in a dark palette of navy blue, charcoal, chocolate brown, deep burgundy, and tan. The fabrics appear to be salvaged from men suiting and workwear, featuring pinstripes and subtle textures in cotton and potentially wool-blend materials. The reverse side is a uniform small-scale check fabric in charcoal and white. The entire surface is hand-quilted with diagonal parallel lines. The style and construction are characteristic of late 19th to mid-20th century North American domestic textiles, resembling those produced by Mennonite communities and other rural groups.
Lot: 297 - American Hand-Quilted Grandmother's Fan Quilt
64 x 74 This vintage American patchwork quilt features the traditional Grandmother's Fan pattern. The piece is composed of square blocks, each showcasing a fan motif made of radiating wedges in a diverse array of mid-century cotton fabrics. The selection includes various floral prints, ginghams, stripes, and a novelty print featuring vintage automobiles. Each fan originates from a solid yellow quarter-circle pivot. The fans are set onto a cream-colored cotton ground and oriented in a consistent direction across the quilt top. The item is both hand-pieced and hand-quilted, with the quilting design following echoing concentric fan shapes visible on both the front and the reverse. The reverse is composed of a solid pale yellow cotton fabric, and the edges are finished with a matching yellow fabric binding.
Lot: 298 - Cotton Scrap Quilt w/ Horseshoe & Clover Sashing
66 x 84 This is a contemporary cotton scrap quilt, machine-pieced and machine-quilted. The top is composed of twenty large primary blocks arranged in a four-by-five grid. Each block features a construction resembling the Family Reunion pattern, with four nine-patch quadrants separated by white sashing and a red polka-dot center square. The fabric selection includes a wide variety of multi-colored cotton calicos, florals, and checks, many of which are in the style of mid-20th-century reproduction prints. The blocks are set into a wide green sashing printed with a repeating white horseshoe and four-leaf clover motif. The quilt is finished with a narrow dark green binding and a solid teal-green cotton backing. The quilting is a professional machine-executed all-over pattern featuring large swirling and floral motifs.
Lot: 299 - American Hand-Quilted Diamond Ring Scrap Quilt
70 x 80 A vintage American scrap quilt, hand-pieced and hand-quilted in the Diamond Ring pattern, a variation of the Pickle Dish design. The quilt is constructed from numerous cotton fabric patches arranged in elongated hexagonal rings. These rings are comprised of diamond-shaped pieces in various prints and solids, including a red and white gingham with clover motifs, a grey and red striped ticking, solid blue cotton, and various floral prints. These patterned rings are set against a plain white cotton ground. The entire piece is hand-quilted using straight-line and contour stitching patterns. The reverse of the quilt is made from four large, coordinating panels of printed cotton fabric: a yellow geometric floral on white, a grey-green scroll print, a grey striped pattern with small red and black motifs, and a blue polka dot on white. A small area of green decorative embroidery is visible on one block, though it does not contain a discernible name or date. The construction and fabric types are characteristic of mid-20th-century American textile production, typically ranging from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Lot: 300 - American Rail Fence Pattern Utility Scrap Quilt
68 x 74 An American hand-pieced utility scrap quilt dating to the second quarter of the 20th century, approximately 1925-1950. The top is constructed in a rail fence or bar pattern consisting of square blocks of parallel fabric strips arranged in alternating horizontal and vertical orientations to create a basketweave visual effect. The top is made from a variety of scrap fabrics, primarily heavy utilitarian materials including wool suiting, cotton twills, and flannels. The color palette is dominated by muted tones of navy, gray, brown, tan, and burgundy, with various striped and patterned remnants incorporated. The quilt is hand-quilted with parallel lines of running stitches across the entire surface to secure the batting. The reverse is finished with a blue and white striped cotton utility ticking fabric.
Lot: 301 - Antique American Hand-Stitched String Scrap Quilt
74 x 74 This antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted scrap quilt dates to the early to mid-20th century. The quilt top is composed of a grid of squares featuring string-pieced diagonal strips and triangular patches. It incorporates a diverse array of period cotton fabrics, including calicos, ginghams, stripes, solids, and various floral prints. Several interior seams are highlighted with decorative black embroidery in feather or faggoting stitches. The piece is hand-quilted using white thread in large running stitches. The backing is made from joined pieces of light-colored cotton fabric repurposed from commercial flour or feed sacks, with faded blue and green printed characters and fragments such as ED BY and CONTENT visible on the surface.
Lot: 302 - Mid-20th C. American Patchwork Strip Utility Quilt
52 x 70 This is an American utility scrap quilt featuring hand-pieced and hand-tied construction. The quilt top is composed of various cotton fabrics, including solids, calicos, stripes, and floral prints. The design is organized into horizontal bands, with wide rows of solid yellow fabric alternating with narrower rows of pieced scraps. Certain sections of the scrap rows include triangular and fan-shaped motifs. The layers are secured with short lengths of white thread visible on the front. The reverse of the quilt is made of two panels of plain white cotton fabric joined by a vertical seam.
Lot: 303 - American Patchwork Pinwheel Quilt, mid-20th C
74 x 84 A vintage American patchwork quilt featuring a traditional Pinwheel pattern. The quilt top is composed of square blocks, each containing an eight-triangle pinwheel motif created from alternating printed and solid cotton fabrics. The various prints include small-scale florals, geometrics, and calicos characteristic of Depression-era feedsack textiles in a multi-color palette. The quilt is hand-tied with light blue yarn at the block corners and centers. The reverse is finished with a solid light aqua blue cotton fabric. An internal layer of yellow and white checkered flannel or heavy fabric is visible through damage on the reverse, indicating a repurposed "make-do" construction. The edges are finished with a simple binding.
Lot: 304 - American Hand-Quilted Diagonal Nine-Patch Quilt
68 x 72 This vintage American patchwork quilt features a repeating block pattern in a diagonal Nine-Patch variation. The piece is constructed using a variety of cotton scrap fabrics, including solid cottons, ginghams, and small-scale floral calico prints. The blocks are organized into rows separated by wide horizontal sashing strips of varying patterned fabrics, including brown-and-white gingham and various floral motifs in yellow, blue, and red tones. The entire quilt is hand-stitched with a fan or shell quilting pattern. The reverse side consists of a solid pink cotton fabric.
Lot: 305 - American Hand-Quilted String Patchwork Scrap Quilt
62 x 74 This mid-20th-century American patchwork quilt features a string-pieced block design organized into nine large squares. Each block is subdivided into four quadrants, with each section filled with diagonal strips of assorted scrap fabrics including floral calicos, ginghams, stripes, and solid colors. The color palette is varied, featuring shades of blue, green, black, yellow, and pink. The blocks are joined by wide pink sashing and framed with borders of pink floral calico and a coordinating zig-zag patterned fabric. The piece is hand-quilted with prominent white running stitches in a simple grid pattern across the entire surface. The reverse side is constructed from large panels of solid yellow-tan and gray fabrics. Materials include cotton and cotton-blend textiles with cotton thread.
Lot: 306 - Hand-Quilted Cotton Star & Crazy Scrap Quilt
68 x 82 This vintage American scrap quilt features a combination of hand-pieced construction techniques and hand-quilting. The design is eclectic, incorporating several traditional pinwheel or star blocks constructed from triangular pieces alongside large, irregular patches in a crazy quilt style and sections of strip-piecing. The materials consist of various mid-20th-century cotton fabrics, including floral calicos, ginghams, stripes, and solids in a multi-colored palette of blue, pink, red, yellow, and lavender. The backing is composed of plain cream-colored cotton fabric. Hand-quilting is visible throughout in simple linear and curved patterns. No maker labels are present; a small white inventory tag with illegible characters is pinned to the upper back.
Lot: 307 - Mid-20th C. American Hand-Quilted Maple Leaf Quilt
72 x 80 This mid-20th-century American hand-quilted patchwork quilt is executed in the traditional Maple Leaf pattern, also frequently identified as the Tea Leaf pattern. The textile is composed of 48 individual blocks organized in a six-by-eight grid. Each block features a central stylized leaf in solid red cotton set against a variety of scrappy background fabrics, including printed cottons with floral, striped, polka dot, and checked motifs. The blocks are separated by bright yellow sashing accented with white square cornerstones. The quilt is finished with a solid white cotton backing and is hand-quilted with a running stitch that follows the geometric lines of the patchwork and includes parallel line motifs. The variety of printed fabrics utilized is characteristic of the feedsack styles prevalent from the 1930s through the 1950s.
Lot: 308 - A Pair of American Patchwork Scrap Quilts
62 x 80 A pair of vintage American patchwork scrap quilts, dating from the mid-20th century. The first quilt features a large saltire or X pattern composed of small, multi-colored rectangular scrap patches in various floral, gingham, and calico prints. This central design is framed by solid purple triangular panels and outer panels of assorted block-patterned squares. It is finished with mismatched side borders, one featuring a red and blue paisley print and the other a brown floral pattern. The quilt exhibits hand-quilted diamond and straight-line stitching. The second quilt displays an all-over hexagon mosaic or honeycomb pattern, featuring a randomized scrap arrangement of mid-century prints including bold florals, stripes, medallions, and paisley motifs. This piece is hand-pieced with visible hand-quilted running stitches throughout. Both items are constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend printed and solid fabrics.
Lot: 309 - American Scrap Patchwork Double Pinwheel Quilt
72 x 80 A handmade American scrap patchwork quilt featuring sixteen large square blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. The quilt top employs a Double Pinwheel or Broken Dishes variation pattern. Each block is pieced from a variety of mid-20th-century scrap fabrics, including solid cottons in orange, green, black, and burgundy; various plaid and gingham checks in green, brown, blue, and pink; and several small-scale floral and geometric prints. The quilt is finished with a wide, solid peach-colored border that matches the full-cloth backing. The construction is machine-pieced with sparse straight-line quilting or tacking visible across the sections.
Lot: 310 - Hand-Pieced Cotton Bow Tie Pattern Quilt Top
70 x 72 This is a vintage American quilt top dating to approximately the mid-20th century, circa 1940s-1950s. The textile is an unfinished quilt top, consisting of the pieced decorative layer without batting, backing, or binding. It features a variation of the Bow Tie or Butterfly pattern, where central blocks are constructed from a grid of multi-colored scrap fabrics set against a solid pink cotton background. The scrap pieces comprise a wide variety of period-appropriate cotton and cotton-blend prints, including ginghams, stripes, checks, plaids, and small-scale florals characteristic of the feed sack era. The piece is primarily hand-pieced with visible hand-stitching throughout. The perimeter edges of the textile are raw and unfinished.
Lot: 311 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Appliqued Dresden Plate Textile
68 x 96 A quilt top with pink cotton ground textile featuring two large, circular hand-appliqued Dresden Plate motifs. Each motif is composed of approximately 16 to 20 pointed fabric wedges. The wedges display a variety of vintage printed scrap patterns, including various plaids, stripes, polka dots, and small-scale florals in shades of blue, red, yellow, brown, and green. The centers of the motifs are composed of the underlying pink ground fabric. The reverse of the piece shows visible hand-stitching consistent with period assembly. The diverse scrap fabric patterns are characteristic of mid-20th century feedsack prints.
Lot: 312 - Hand-Pieced Flower Basket Quilt Top w/ Borders
66 x 86 A vintage hand-pieced quilt top featuring a recurring flower basket motif. The top is composed of multiple pieced blocks set on point, each depicting a basket made from various cotton fabrics including small-scale florals, solids, and geometric prints. These materials are characteristic of mid-20th-century textile production, including feed sack style prints. The blocks are set against a white cotton ground. The top is finished with two distinct decorative borders: a vibrant orange and yellow plaid, and a red fabric decorated with white polka dots and blue rose motifs. The construction is hand-pieced, with visible stitching and seam allowances on the reverse. This is an unfinished quilt top, lacking batting, backing, and final quilting.
Lot: 313 - Hand-Pieced Grandmother's Fan Cotton Quilt Top
48 x 64 This is a hand-pieced quilt top featuring the Grandmother's Fan pattern. The piece is constructed from various scrap cotton fabrics, including multicolored calico floral prints, plaids, stripes, polka dots, and solid colors. Each block consists of a fan motif with multiple fabric blades set into a pale green corner piece. These blocks are joined by white cotton sashing strips. Visual inspection of the reverse side confirms hand-stitched construction with raw fabric edges. This is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, backing, or finished quilting stitches.
Lot: 314 - American Hand-Pieced Courthouse Steps Pattern Quilt Top, Late 19th to Early 20th Century
68 x 82 A hand-pieced unfinished quilt top featuring a variant of the Log Cabin pattern known as Courthouse Steps. The design is constructed from alternating strips of solid-colored fabrics arranged to create concentric rectangular frames around central squares, which are positioned to form large off-white diamond motifs against a multi-colored background of blue and green. The material composition includes a variety of textiles; several of the teal, forest green, and blue strips possess a distinct sheen characteristic of silk, acetate, or a rayon blend, while the off-white fabric has a matte appearance consistent with a cotton or linen blend. The piece is entirely hand-stitched, with visible hand-sewing on the reverse side. The item is an unfinished top only, lacking batting, backing, and finished binding. The geometric, improvisational aesthetic is representative of Southern vernacular quilting traditions.
Lot: 315 - Mid-20th C. Cotton Dresden Plate Quilt Top
60 x 70 A vintage American pieced quilt top featuring the Dresden Plate pattern. This unfinished top is composed of circular motifs, each with radiating wedges made from various multi-colored scrap cotton fabrics. The fabric selection includes a diverse range of floral, geometric, and novelty prints characteristic of the 1930s through the 1950s. Each plate is finished with a solid lime-green center circle and is set into a white cotton muslin ground with pieced, star-shaped intersections. The piece is a single layer and has not been quilted, backed, or bound.
Lot: 316 - Mid-20th C. Pieced Maple Leaf Variation Quilt Top
60 x 80 This mid-20th century pieced quilt top features large-scale blocks in a stylized pattern resembling a Maple Leaf or star variation. The construction consists of machine-pieced blocks joined with wide, unbleached cotton sashing. The fabric selection includes a variety of printed and solid-colored textiles, likely cotton or cotton-synthetic blends, characteristic of the 1960s and 1970s. Notable prints include bold psychedelic florals, vibrant stripes, and geometric patterns in a palette of pink, blue, green, and orange. The quilt top is unfinished, lacking batting, backing, and quilting, and features raw, unhemmed edges.
Lot: 317 - Mid-20th C. String-Pieced Patchwork Quilt Top
64 x 82 A mid-20th century American string-pieced quilt top featuring square blocks constructed from diagonal fabric remnants. The pieced strips include a variety of cotton and cotton-blend textiles, such as floral calicos, stripes, polka dots, and novelty feedsack-style prints. The blocks are arranged in a diagonal pattern and separated by solid lavender sashing with solid pink cornerstones. This piece is an unfinished quilt top, machine-pieced onto a white cotton fabric foundation visible on the reverse side. It lacks batting, backing, and finished binding.
Lot: 318 - American Nine-Patch Quilt Top w/ Striped Calico
74 x 82 An antique hand-pieced cotton quilt top featuring a pattern of alternating Nine-Patch blocks and large squares of striped floral calico. The Nine-Patch blocks utilize a variety of scrappy period cotton prints, including indigo blue calicos with polka dots and floral motifs, turkey red, ochre yellow, chocolate brown, and checkered shirting fabrics. The piece is entirely hand-stitched, with visible seam allowances and hand-sewn junctions on the reverse side. It is an unfinished quilt top, lacking batting, backing, or a finished edge. The fabric selection and construction techniques are consistent with American domestic textile production from the late 19th to early 20th century.
Lot: 319 - Mid-20th C. Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt Top
62 x 80 This is a vintage hand-pieced quilt top featuring the traditional Grandmothers Flower Garden pattern. The top is composed of numerous hexagonal rosettes, each featuring a center hexagon surrounded by a ring of coordinating fabric. These flower motifs are joined together by a field of white or cream-colored hexagonal pieces. The assembly uses a wide variety of cotton fabric scraps, including solids, calicos, small-scale florals, stripes, and plaids typical of mid-20th-century dress prints and feed sacks. The pieces are joined with hand-stitched seams throughout. The top remains unfinished, lacking batting, backing, and binding.
Lot: 320 - Hand-Stitched Red & Cream Cotton Pinwheel Quilt
70 x 88 This is an unfinished quilt top featuring a repeating geometric pinwheel pattern in the American folk art style. The textile is constructed from alternating red and cream-colored half-square triangles of woven cotton fabric. The panels are joined by hand-stitching with white thread, which is visible on the reverse side. The item consists of the pieced top layer only and does not include batting, backing, or binding.
Lot: 321 - American Flower Garden Quilt Top, c. 1930-1940
84 x 96 A hand-pieced cotton quilt top in the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern, dating from approximately 1930 to 1940. This unfinished textile consists of the pieced top layer only, without batting, backing, or quilting stitches. The design features hexagonal fabric patches arranged into floral motifs, with each flower typically featuring a central hexagon surrounded by two rows of petals. These units are set within a white hexagonal grid and separated by a path or lattice of solid forest green hexagons. The top is constructed from various cotton fabrics, including solid colors in purple, yellow, orange, and green, as well as numerous printed feed sack style fabrics characteristic of the mid-20th century. The piece is entirely hand-sewn, with visible hand-stitching and raw seam allowances on the reverse side. The outer edges are raw and unhemmed.
Lot: 322 - American Blue & White Double Irish Chain Quilt Top
60 x 80 This is an antique American hand-pieced quilt top in the Double Irish Chain pattern. The textile is constructed from cotton fabrics in white and navy blue. The navy blue fabric is a calico featuring a discharge-printed pindot or birdseye motif. The geometric design is created using nine-patch blocks arranged diagonally across a white cotton ground to form the chain effect. It features a navy blue border strip on at least one visible edge. The construction is entirely hand-stitched throughout, with long manual running stitches and raw, frayed seam allowances visible on the reverse side. This item is an unfinished quilt top and lacks batting, backing, or quilting.
Lot: 323 - Hand Pieced Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt Top
76 x 84 This is an unfinished vintage quilt top hand pieced in the Grandmothers Flower Garden pattern. The design consists of hexagonal flower blocks, each featuring a solid yellow center surrounded by two concentric rings of varied floral and patterned fabrics. These flower motifs are joined by a lattice of white hexagons accented with small green diamond shaped sashing pieces at the intersections. The fabrics are primarily cotton and include a diverse selection of period appropriate prints such as calicoes, small florals, and geometric patterns characteristic of mid 20th century scrap or feed sack quilts. The piece remains an unfinished top, lacking batting, a backing, and final quilting stitches. The perimeter edges are irregular and unfinished, showing the raw hand stitched construction. No maker marks or signatures are visible on the textile.
Lot: 324 - Mid-20th C. Rail Fence Pattern Silk & Cotton Quilt
64 x 74 This mid-20th-century American patchwork quilt is constructed in a Rail Fence pattern. The design features square blocks composed of three rectangular fabric strips, with the blocks arranged in alternating horizontal and vertical orientations to create a woven effect. The quilt is made from an assortment of scrap fabrics, including burgundy, green, pink, and orange silk or rayon satins, various floral-printed cottons, and a navy-blue novelty print featuring multi-colored stylized fans or lollipops. The quilt is machine-sewn throughout, utilizing a prominent white zigzag stitch to join the patches and secure the top to the backing. The reverse is finished with a solid light-pink cotton fabric.
Lot: 325 - Attributed to Rosie Barker, Improvised Scrap Quilt
54 x 72 This hand-stitched improvisational scrap quilt is attributed to the style of contemporary artist Rosie Barker, exhibiting a bold geometric composition characteristic of vernacular quilting traditions. The piece is constructed from a variety of cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps, incorporating solid-colored patches in blue, teal, white, pink, orange, brown, and yellow, alongside printed textiles such as a prominent brown and mustard yellow plaid and light floral motifs. The front side displays three vertically stacked blue rectangular blocks of varying proportions centered on a white field, framed by wide teal borders and outer strips of multi-patterned and plaid fabrics. The bottom edge is finished with horizontal bands of vibrant orange and dark brown. The reverse side features a distinct, simpler layout with a large central yellow rectangular block framed by blue borders and light-colored printed fabrics, making the piece potentially reversible. The assembly is joined and quilted with prominent, irregular hand-quilting running stitches using dark thread. The quilting lines loosely follow the patchwork seams while also creating independent abstract patterns across the surface.
Lot: 326 - Handmade String-Pieced Cotton Patchwork Quilt
70 x 78 This is a vintage handmade string-pieced patchwork quilt constructed from a wide variety of cotton and cotton-blend scrap fabrics. The design features square blocks composed of diagonally sewn strips, oriented so that groups of four form an X-pattern configuration. The fabric assortment includes various patterns such as florals, stripes, ginghams, solids, and paisleys. The blocks are separated by a light brown and tan striped fabric sashing, which is accented by navy blue solid cotton cornerstones at the intersections. The piece is finished with hand-quilted diagonal lines throughout. The reverse side consists of a single-piece off-white cotton fabric.
Lot: 327 - Mid-C. American Patchwork Scrap Quilt, Mod Backing
70 x 80 This vintage patchwork quilt is constructed in an improvisational crazy or string style using a diverse assortment of mid-20th-century fabric remnants. The front is composed of irregular shapes and strips featuring various patterns including red and blue floral calicos, blue and white gingham, striped shirting, polka dots, paisley, and solid color blocks. The reverse is uniquely assembled from large fabric sections rather than a single backing sheet. The central back panel features a large-scale white floral mod print on a black ground. This is flanked by instructional cut-and-sew novelty fabric panels designed for home sewing projects like towels and potholders. These panels include printed text and illustrations such as TOWEL, POCKET, TOP, and CUT HERE, along with detailed sewing instructions regarding seam allowances and bias tape application. The quilt appears to be primarily machine-stitched. Materials include cotton and likely synthetic poly-blends characteristic of the 1960s and 1970s.
Lot: 328 - Reversible Hand-Tied Patchwork Scrap Quilt
60 x 80 This is a double-sided patchwork scrap quilt of handmade construction. The top features an eclectic scrap design composed of squares and half-square triangles in a variety of fabric remnants. Patterns include ginghams, small-scale florals, solids, stripes, and novelty prints, notably one featuring small green hats. The reverse side is pieced into vertical columns of rectangular fabric patches separated by long, solid-colored strips in shades of light tan, bright blue, and pink. The layers are held together by hand-tied tufts of blue and yellow yarn spaced across the surface. The edges are finished with a pink and white gingham fabric binding. Materials appear to be a mixture of cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. No maker labels, signatures, or tags are present.
Lot: 329 - Somerset Star 3D Folded Petal Scrap Quilt
90 x 94 A handmade vintage tied quilt, also known as a comforter, featuring a three-dimensional folded-petal design commonly referred to as the Somerset Star or Dahlia pattern. The quilt top is constructed from a grid of square blocks. Each block contains a central floral or star motif created by individual pieces of fabric that have been folded and gathered to form dimensional petals radiating from a central fabric-covered button. The quilt is composed of a diverse array of scrap fabrics typical of the mid-to-late 20th century, including cotton, polyester knits, and various synthetic blends in a wide range of colors and prints such as florals, checks, and solids. The quilt is secured through all layers with yarn ties located at the corners of the background squares and within the floral motifs. The backing consists of a single panel of printed fabric with a geometric chevron or zigzag pattern in muted blue and tan tones.
Lot: 330 - Mid-20th C. Housetop Pattern Utility Quilt
70 x 80 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted utility quilt features a vernacular variation of the Housetop pattern, which is a stylized off-center version of the traditional Log Cabin design. The quilt is composed of nine large blocks constructed from an assortment of scrap cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including various calicos, ginghams, stripes, and geometric prints. These blocks are separated by vertical sashing strips of a black and white striped fabric and horizontal bands of a purple, blue, and green plaid fabric. The piece is finished with a yellow floral-print binding. A wide floral border with a cream ground is attached to the top edge. The backing consists of a blue and white geometric repeating print. Diagonal hand-quilting is present throughout the entire piece. The internal batting appears to be a repurposed solid teal-colored fabric, visible through wear on the reverse side.
Lot: 331 - Mid-20th C. American Primitive Patchwork Quilt
56 x 68 This vintage utility quilt or comforter features a hand-pieced and hand-tied construction. The front side is composed of an irregular, improvisational patchwork of rectangular blocks in various sizes. The fabrics appear to be heavyweight utilitarian textiles, including cotton or cotton-blend twills in shades of navy blue, olive drab, khaki, maroon, and dark brown. Rather than traditional quilting stitches, the three layers are secured with numerous tan yarn or fabric ties distributed across the surface. The reverse side consists of three large, vertically joined panels of dark navy and black fabric. A small area of dark zig-zag reinforcement or repair stitching is visible on the lower khaki-colored patch on the front.
Lot: 332 - Handmade Utility Tied Patchwork Quilt
80 x 92 A vintage handmade utility patchwork quilt, constructed in a scrap-work style with irregular piecing. The quilt face is composed of a diverse assortment of mid-20th-century textile scraps, including printed cottons, synthetic knits, and heavier suiting fabrics such as tweed and plaid. Patterned elements include bold 1970s-style floral prints in vibrant oranges and reds, geometric chevrons in blue and brown tones, green and white stripes, and small-scale floral calicos. The patches are joined using machine zig-zag stitching. The quilt layers are secured with visible thread ties distributed across the body rather than traditional quilted topstitching. The reverse features a solid light turquoise synthetic blend fabric, finished with a matching binding.
Lot: 333 - Double-Sided Cotton Patchwork Scrap Quilt
66 x 86 A vintage hand-pieced patchwork quilt, likely serving as a utility quilt or quilt top, featuring a double-sided construction. The primary face is organized in a grid pattern composed of rectangular printed cotton scraps alternating with plain off-white squares. These fabric remnants showcase a variety of mid-20th-century textile designs, including floral prints, checks, stripes, and conversational patterns such as a nautical motif with sailboats and signal flags. The reverse side features a string-pieced or strip-pieced design, with narrow vertical bands of various fabric remnants integrated into a wide off-white cotton ground. The edges of the textile are finished with hand-stitched blanket stitching in alternating green and yellow thread.
Lot: 334 - Mid-20th C. American Hand-Pieced Scrap Quilt
74 x 80 This mid-20th-century American utility scrap quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted. The top features an improvisational patchwork design using a variety of period cotton fabrics, including florals, polka dots, plaids, checks, and solid colors in shades of blue, red, pink, and tan. The construction is asymmetrical, blending structured block elements with spontaneous piecing. A wide, plain white cotton border and binding finish the piece. The reverse is constructed from multiple repurposed white cotton feed or flour sacks stitched together. Several printed commercial graphics from the original sacks remain visible, including diamond-shaped logos in green and orange ink. One green diamond contains stylized, overlapping characters interpreted as P and S, with the letters EX to the left and TE below. Other fragments of industrial graphics and lettering are present across the backing. The quilting is executed by hand in a simple linear pattern following the horizontal orientation of the quilt, with some decorative block and circular outlines.
Lot: 335 - American Mid-C. Hand-Quilted Scrap Sampler Quilt
76 x 90 This is a hand-pieced and hand-quilted American scrap quilt dating from the mid-20th century. The textile is constructed in a strippy sampler layout with three main vertical columns separated by sashing made of a multi-colored striped fabric featuring green, white, blue, and orange tones. The right column features a clamshell pattern composed of various scrap fabrics including florals, polka dots, and geometric prints. The left and center columns primarily consist of nine-patch blocks in varied prints, with the upper section of the center column incorporating star-pattern blocks. The quilt is finished with a border of blue and pink floral printed fabric. The reverse side is pieced with a large central panel of large-scale floral chintz-style print featuring purple and blue flowers on a cream ground, flanked by vertical panels of solid cream and pale green cotton. The hand-quilting is executed with visible running stitches in a simple linear pattern.
Lot: 336 - Cotton Patchwork Pinwheel Pattern Quilt Top
68 x 76 An unfinished vintage patchwork quilt top featuring a repeated pinwheel geometric pattern, also referred to as a spinner or windmill design. The piece is constructed from a variety of cotton and cotton-blend scrap fabrics, including floral calicos, ginghams, plaids, and novelty prints. The color palette is diverse, featuring reds, blues, greens, and browns. The top is composed of numerous small triangular and square patches joined together. The reverse side shows unfinished seams with wide allowances, suggesting hand-pieced or rustic machine construction. This is a single-layer textile consisting of the pieced front panel without batting, backing, or binding.
Lot: 337 - Mid-20th C. Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt Top
76 x 94 A vintage hand-pieced quilt top in the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern, likely dating to the mid-20th century. The piece is constructed from numerous hexagonal cotton fabric patches in a diverse array of floral, geometric, and novelty prints characteristic of the Depression era and feed sack textiles. Each floral motif is composed of six patterned petal hexagons surrounding a solid yellow hexagonal center, joined together with white-ground patterned connector hexagons. A solid yellow fabric border is attached along portions of the perimeter. This item is an unfinished quilt top, lacking batting, backing, and quilting stitches.
Lot: 338 - American Spiderweb Pattern Hand-Pieced Quilt Top
82 x 90 An American hand-pieced quilt top featuring a series of large, multi-point star or spiderweb patterned blocks. The top is constructed from a wide variety of 20th-century fabrics, including printed cotton calicoes, stripes, checks, ginghams, and floral solids in a palette of yellow, blue, pink, and brown. The construction appears to be foundation or paper-pieced, with small fragments of printed paper still visible along some of the raw seam allowances on the reverse side. The blocks are connected with sashing strips of a floral printed cotton fabric.
Lot: 339 - Antique American Patchwork Utility Quilt
70 x 82 An antique American patchwork utility quilt, hand-pieced from a diverse array of cotton fabrics including calico, shirting prints, indigo-dyed textiles, and gingham. One side features vertical columns of varied blocks, including eight-pointed star patterns and striped strips. The reverse side displays a repeating grid of small squares in red, brown, and cream tones interspersed with larger blue diamond-shaped blocks. The quilt is hand-tied with white thread rather than quilted. The construction utilizes scrap fabrics typical of late 19th-century domestic textile production.
Lot: 340 - Hand-Pieced Eight-Point Star Cotton Quilt Top
64 x 78 A vintage hand-pieced quilt top featuring a pattern of multiple eight-pointed star blocks. The blocks are constructed from various printed and solid cotton fabrics, including floral prints, plaids, polka dots, and solids in a palette of red, navy blue, yellow, pink, and brown. These stars are set within white cotton panels and surrounded by a wide lavender cotton border. The piece is an unfinished quilt top, lacking batting, backing, and decorative quilting stitches. Construction is completed by hand, with visible stitching along the seams of the star points. The design consists of four complete central stars with partial star blocks along the perimeter of the white field.
Lot: 341 - Hand-Pieced Lone Star Cotton Quilt Top
72 x 72 This is a hand-pieced quilt top featuring a variation of the Lone Star or Star of Bethlehem pattern. The design consists of a large central eight-pointed star composed of concentric rows of small diamond-shaped fabric pieces, surrounded by four smaller matching eight-pointed stars positioned in the corners. The color palette includes solid-colored fabrics in shades of red, yellow-gold, pink, green, and light blue set against an off-white cotton background. The construction is entirely hand-pieced with visible running stitches. The reverse side shows raw, unfinished seam allowances. This item is an unfinished quilt top and does not contain batting, backing, or final quilting layers. The outer edges are raw and unfinished.
Lot: 342 - 20th C. American Scrappy Postage Stamp Quilt Top
62 x 74 This vintage American quilt top is hand-pieced from a wide variety of mid-century cotton fabrics, including printed calicos, feed sack florals, ginghams, and solid-colored scraps. The design is a variation of a Postage Stamp or Double Irish Chain pattern, organized into 25-patch blocks (5x5 squares) separated by a repeating diagonal chain of green floral-patterned squares. The assembly features small hand-sewn running stitches throughout, which are visible on the reverse side of the textile. This is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, a backing, or a finished edge.
Lot: 343 - Grandmother's Flower Garden Cotton Quilt Top
74 x 86 A hand-pieced cotton quilt top featuring the traditional Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern. The textile consists of numerous hexagonal patches hand-sewn together to form multi-colored floral rosettes with yellow centers, set within a field of off-white hexagonal background patches. This is an unfinished textile intended as the decorative upper layer of a quilt and does not include batting, backing, or binding. The piece incorporates a diverse assortment of 20th-century cotton fabrics, including novelty prints featuring watermelons and strawberries, small-scale calico florals, larger 1940s-1950s style floral patterns, gingham checks, stripes, and solid colors. The reverse side shows individual seam allowances and hand-stitching consistent with hand-running stitch construction or English Paper Piecing. The edges are irregular and unfinished.
Lot: 344 - Mid-C. Hand-Embroidered Floral Quilt Top w/ Satin
74 x 84 This is an unfinished hand-embroidered quilt top from the mid-20th century, circa 1940s to 1960s. The piece features a checkerboard design with twelve cream-colored cotton or cotton-blend panels alternating with plain purple synthetic satin-weave squares. Each cream panel contains a unique hand-embroidered floral motif, including lilac, lily of the valley, bleeding heart, iris, poppy, daisy, lily, carnation, and rose. The embroidery is executed using stem stitch, backstitch, and French knots in multi-colored embroidery floss. The floral patterns appear to be based on period commercial iron-on transfers. The squares are joined by purple synthetic satin sashing and borders. A partial manufacturer's stamp is visible on the selvage of the purple fabric reading MASTER F. The item is currently in an unfinished state with raw edges and no backing or batting.
Lot: 345 - Machine-Pieced Drunkard's Path Quilt Top
76 x 88 This vintage quilt top is an unfinished textile project featuring a variation of the traditional Drunkard's Path pattern. The piece is machine-pieced from a wide variety of polychrome cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps set against a solid white ground. The fabrics include a diverse array of mid-to-late 20th-century prints, such as 1950s-style florals, 1960s and 1970s psychedelic swirls, paisleys, calicos, stripes, and geometric patterns. The construction consists of repeating quarter-circle blocks arranged to form interlocking circular motifs across the field. This is a single-layer decorative top only, lacking batting, backing, or binding.
Lot: 346 - Mid-C. Lavender Nine-Patch Scrappy Quilt Top
72 x 82 A vintage pieced quilt top featuring a nine-patch block design set on point. The decorative blocks alternate with large, solid lavender-colored setting squares. The patchwork blocks consist of various printed cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including florals, stripes, checks, and geometric designs typical of the mid-20th century. The item is machine-stitched and remains an unfinished top, lacking batting, backing, and decorative quilting. The reverse side reveals the hand-pressed seams.
Lot: 347 - Pink & White Snowball Variation Quilt Top
78 x 90 This is a hand-pieced quilt top featuring a variation of the Snowball pattern, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The textile is constructed from pink and off-white lightweight cotton or cotton-blend fabrics. The design consists of large off-white octagonal blocks, created by adding pink triangular pieces to the corners of square blocks, alternating with nine-patch checkerboard blocks in pink and off-white. The piece is hand-stitched throughout using white thread. The reverse side reveals the construction process, showing visible raw seam allowances and hand-sewn stitches, which confirms the item is an unlayered quilt top and not a finished, quilted bedding item.
Lot: 348 - Mid-20th C. Handmade Patchwork Quilt Top
78 x 90 This is a vintage handmade patchwork quilt top featuring a vernacular design. The layout consists of large, solid mint-green squares alternating with four-patch blocks. These smaller blocks are composed of various scrap fabrics, including solid-colored cotton or cotton-blend pieces in shades of orange, pink, and yellow, alongside several colors of gingham in blue, tan, and navy. Some blocks also feature small-scale floral calico prints. The construction is machine-stitched. This item is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, backing, or binding. The reverse side shows raw seam allowances and the outer edges remain unfinished.
Lot: 349 - Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt Top, c. 1960-70s
86 x 90 A hand-pieced unfinished quilt top featuring the traditional Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern. The design is composed of numerous hexagonal floral motifs, each typically centered with a yellow hexagon surrounded by two rings of contrasting printed or solid fabrics. These floral units are joined together by a background of white hexagonal pieces. The textile is constructed from an assortment of cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including calico prints, ginghams, and solids. Notable fabric patterns include mid-to-late 20th-century stylized rainbows and trees, alongside various floral sprays. The piece is entirely hand-assembled using a running stitch, which is visible on the reverse side of the textile.
Lot: 350 - Hand-Appliqued Dresden Plate Cotton Quilt Top
60 x 72 This textile is an unfinished vintage quilt top featuring hand-appliqu?d blocks in a folk-art variation of the Dresden Plate or stylized sunflower pattern. The piece is constructed from square blocks of cream-colored, coarsely woven cotton fabric hand-sewn together. Each block contains a ten-petal flower with a solid yellow circular center. The petals are made from a variety of scrap fabrics including plaids, ginghams, stripes, polka dots, and floral prints, characteristic of mid-20th-century American quilting traditions. The appliqu?s are attached to the ground fabric using visible hand whipstitching. The reverse side shows raw stitching and loose thread ends, indicating the item is an unfinished top intended for eventual quilting with batting and a backing.
Lot: 351 - Machine-Pieced Quilt Top in Purple and Yellow Cross Pattern
76 x 92 This vintage quilt top is constructed from solid purple and yellow plain-weave cotton fabrics. The piece is machine-pieced with white thread in a repeating geometric pattern. Each block features a stylized four-armed cross motif, a design historically known in early to mid-20th century quilting as a Good Luck or Swastika block. The construction involves a central square with four rectangular arms in yellow against a purple ground. The reverse side shows visible seam allowances and machine-stitching. This is an unfinished project, consisting only of the pieced top without batting or backing.
Lot: 352 - American Southern Belle Appliqued Cotton Quilt Top
74 x 82 This vintage American quilt top features a series of appliqu?d figures in the Southern Belle or Colonial Lady pattern, a popular mid-20th-century needlework motif. The piece consists of white cotton or cotton-blend blocks, each containing a figure of a woman in an elaborate tiered gown and wide-brimmed sun hat. The dresses and hats are constructed from various patterned fabric remnants, including florals, calicos, and geometric prints. Each figure holds a small bouquet of embroidered flowers. The blocks are joined by wide pink sashing strips with contrasting blue cornerstone squares. The appliqu? work is secured with a decorative, hand-guided machine zigzag or satin stitch. The reverse side reveals the underside of the machine stitching and confirms the piece is a single-layer quilt top without batting or a backing fabric.
Lot: 353 - Hand-Pieced & Appliqued Dresden Plate Quilt Top
36 x 46 A vintage quilt top featuring the Dresden Plate pattern, dating from approximately the 1930s to 1940s. The piece is constructed with hand-pieced and hand-appliqued circular motifs. Each motif is composed of approximately twenty wedge-shaped petals made from diverse scrap cotton fabrics, including florals, polka dots, checks, stripes, and geometric prints common to the Depression era. These floral-like plates are appliqued onto a white ground fabric with a solid blue circular center. The blocks are bordered by a blue lattice sashing of vertical and horizontal fabric strips. Visible running stitches throughout indicate hand construction. The item remains an unfinished quilt top with roughly basted, unhemmed edges.
Lot: 354 - Hand-Crocheted 3D Rose Motif Afghan w/ Fringe
60 x 78 This is a vintage hand-crocheted throw blanket, or afghan, constructed from individual square motifs joined together. Each square features a central, three-dimensional raised floral design in a pink color, resembling a rose or peony. These floral centers are accented by four pale mint green leaf motifs at the corners of each square's center. The background of the squares and the main body of the blanket are worked in an off-white or cream-colored yarn using double crochet stitches. The blanket is finished on two opposite ends with long, hand-tied fringe in matching cream yarn. Based on visual inspection of the texture and sheen, the material is likely a synthetic acrylic or acrylic blend yarn, common in mid-to-late 20th-century American folk crafts. The design is in the style of classic raised rose granny square patterns.
Lot: 355 - Handmade Cotton Crochet Lace Round Tablecloth
80 in dia.This hand-crocheted round tablecloth is crafted from off-white cotton thread. The piece features a complex repeating pattern of large circular wheel medallions with concentric rings of openwork. These primary motifs are interconnected by smaller star-shaped secondary motifs to create a continuous lace surface. The perimeter is finished with a wide, decorative scalloped border featuring tiered geometric openwork patterns. No maker marks, stamps, or labels are visible, indicating this is a handmade textile. The construction is consistent with mid-20th-century American home-craft traditions.
Lot: 356 - Hand-Quilted Patchwork Star Pattern Quilt
44 x 56 This hand-quilted patchwork quilt features fifteen eight-pointed star blocks arranged in a three-by-five grid. The stars are constructed from cotton or cotton-blend fabrics, utilizing solid pink, a pink-and-white floral sprig print, and a small-scale calico print with blue and purple flowers on a white ground. The star blocks are machine-pieced and set within sashing made from the same blue and purple floral calico fabric. The quilt is finished with a solid medium-pink border and a lighter pink binding. The reverse side consists of a solid purple fabric. The quilting is executed by hand with white thread, featuring outline stitching around the geometric shapes of the stars and decorative scalloped patterns along the borders.
Lot: 357 - Hand Quilted Orange Peel Patchwork Scalloped Quilt
64 x 70 A vintage hand-quilted cotton scrap quilt featuring the Orange Peel pattern, also known as Joseph's Coat. The design is composed of interlocking oval motifs created from a wide variety of printed cotton fabrics including florals, ginghams, stripes, and polka dots. These patterned pieces are set against a solid light blue cotton ground. The quilt is finished with a decorative scalloped edge and a narrow white cotton binding. The backing is made of a plain white cotton fabric. Hand-quilting stitches are visible throughout the piece, following the outlines of the patchwork segments.
Lot: 358 - Whitework Hand-Appliqued & Quilted Cotton Quilt
80 x 86 A monochromatic cream-white cotton quilt featuring hand-appliqu?d leaf-and-vine motifs arranged in a four-pointed radiating design within repeating blocks. The background field is hand-quilted with stitching in concentric circular and stylized floral patterns. The textile is finished with a hand-stitched scalloped edge. The pattern and construction method are highly consistent with contemporary hand-made quilts produced by makers such as Brandream and MarCielo. No manufacturer labels or maker marks are present. Dimensions: Approximately 90 x 95 inches.
Lot: 359 - Amish Style Log Cabin Barn Raising Crib Quilt
40 x 52 This is a hand-quilted patchwork quilt, sized for a crib or as a lap quilt, featuring a traditional Log Cabin pattern in a Barn Raising variation. The quilt top is pieced using solid-colored cotton fabrics in a monochromatic palette including navy blue, medium blue, light blue, and cream. The individual blocks are oriented on point, with the light and dark fabric strips positioned to create concentric diamond motifs across the surface. The perimeter is finished with a navy blue prairie point or sawtooth-style fabric border. Construction includes hand-piecing and detailed hand-quilting with running stitches that follow the linear layout of the fabric strips. The reverse consists of a solid cream cotton backing that clearly displays the quilted geometric pattern.
Lot: 360 - Pair Hand-Quilted Fan & Bowtie Wall Hangings
28 x 28, 34 x 36 This lot features two small, hand-pieced and hand-quilted wall hangings or miniature quilts showcasing traditional American patterns. The first piece is a variation of the Grandmother's Fan pattern, consisting of five blocks arranged in a semi-circular orientation. These fans are constructed from various pastel and muted solid-colored cotton fabrics, including shades of light blue, lavender, sage green, tan, and grey, each anchored by a solid pink center. The cream-colored field exhibits extensive hand quilting in the forms of floral sprigs and feathered wreaths, while the border features a diagonal feathered quilting design. The reverse is a light cream fabric with a matching thin binding. The second piece features a classic Bowtie or Spools pattern with four blocks in a two-by-two grid. This piece is rendered in high-contrast solid colors including forest green, black, and a vibrant purple field, a style characteristic of Amish or Mennonite traditions. It is fully hand-quilted with a repeating cable or braided motif in the wide black border and concentric diamond and circular patterns in the interior. The reverse is solid forest green with a purple binding.
Lot: 361 - Pair Mid-20th C. Unfinished Cotton Quilt Tops
76 x 96 flowers, 82 x 88 yellow This lot consists of two unfinished cotton quilt tops dating to the mid-20th century, likely between 1930 and 1940. The first quilt top features a white cotton ground with hand-appliqued floral motifs. The central design displays a spray of pink carnations and a single blue iris with yellow accents, surrounded by a border of stylized yellow and orange flowers with green stems and leaves. The second quilt top is a pieced design featuring stylized nine-pointed star or sunflower motifs with alternating light blue and yellow petals around a central yellow square. These blocks are set on a white ground with a wide, solid yellow border. Both items are in an assembly stage with raw, unhemmed edges. A defining characteristic of both pieces is the extensive presence of pencil quilting guides that have not been stitched. These marks include decorative patterns on the floral top and large sunflower motifs with interlacing cable designs on the borders of the star top.
Lot: 362 - Mid-century Scrappy Patchwork Cotton Utility Quilt
64 x 66 This mid-20th-century American patchwork scrap quilt, also known as a utility or hit-and-miss quilt, is constructed from an eclectic assortment of cotton fabric remnants. The remnants are arranged in vertical columns and feature a variety of mid-century patterns including polka dots, multi-colored stripes, ginghams, florals, and novelty prints such as hard candy wrappers and crabs. The piece is assembled with machine-stitched patchwork. The quilting is executed in a simple utilitarian style with large-scale rectangular machine-stitched blocks that do not follow the front-facing patchwork patterns. The reverse consists of a multi-panel white fabric backing.
Lot: 363 - American Hand-Quilted Bow Tie Pattern Quilt
62 x 76 This is a traditional American utility quilt featuring a hand-pieced Bow Tie block pattern. The design consists of 48 individual square blocks arranged in a six-by-eight grid. Each block is set against a solid vibrant red cotton ground. The blocks utilize a diverse array of scrap fabrics including navy blue and pink solids, black-and-white striped cotton, various gingham checks, plaid flannels, and paisley printed cotton. The construction includes hand-pieced patchwork and hand-quilting executed in a traditional fan or shell motif with large, functional stitches in dark thread. The reverse side consists of a solid bright teal-blue cotton backing. The interior is filled with cotton batting.
Lot: 364 - Double-Sided Pinwheel Patchwork Quilt w/ Feed Sack
68 x 70 This mid-20th-century hand-pieced patchwork quilt features a double-sided construction with distinct designs on each face. The primary side displays a series of pinwheel blocks separated by vertical sashing in various striped and floral patterns. The reverse side consists of a scrap or string patchwork design using irregular triangular and rectangular fragments. The materials comprise a wide array of printed cottons, including calicoes, stripes, and seersucker textures. A notable feature is the use of recycled feed sack fragments; on the reverse side, one fabric piece displays large printed characters where the letters P, A, and N are visible above partial characters that appear to be A, N, and I. The quilt is hand-pieced with visible interior batting.
Lot: 365 - Antique American Spiderweb Pattern Cotton Quilt
68 x 80 This antique scrap quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted in a Spiderweb or Star and Ring pattern variant. The construction utilizes a diverse array of early-to-mid 20th-century cotton fabrics, including calico prints, ginghams, stripes, and solid colors. The front features complex geometric interlocking star and circular motifs. The reverse side is composed of several large panels of light-colored, small-check gingham fabric. The quilt contains a cotton batting layer.
Lot: 366 - Double Sided Patchwork & Crazy Tulip Quilt
68 x 80 A vintage, handmade double-sided patchwork scrap quilt, hand-tied with colorful yarn rather than traditional quilted stitching. One side features a grid arrangement of various geometric patches in floral, plaid, gingham, and solid prints, incorporating a vertical section of irregular crazy quilt style piecing. The reverse side displays a large field of blue-toned floral patchwork and a hand-appliqued tulip motif in the upper corner. The quilt is constructed from a wide assortment of fabric remnants, including cotton and synthetic blends, consistent with mid-to-late 20th-century materials. The perimeter is finished with a patterned fabric binding.
Lot: 367 - Antique Hand-Stitched Star Scrap Patchwork Quilt
34 x 34 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt features an alternating nine-patch design consisting of solid blue cotton panels and star-motif blocks. The star blocks are constructed using a variety of scrap fabrics, including small-scale floral prints, stripes, and plaids. The quilt is characterized by prominent, irregular white hand-quilting stitches throughout. The textile is finished with a white fabric binding.
Lot: 368 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Quilted Cotton Basket Quilt
42 x 60 This vintage cotton quilt features a traditional basket pattern, hand-pieced using a variety of scrappy fabric remnants including floral, striped, checked, and polka dot prints. The quilt is composed of fifteen individual blocks arranged in a three-by-five grid. Each basket block is set within a cream-colored cotton field. The quilting is executed by hand in a variety of motifs, including a prominent central stylized flower design within the alternating plain blocks and geometric line stitching around the baskets. The central field is framed by a narrow multicolored floral print inner border and a wider solid pink outer border. The quilt is finished with a matching pink binding and a solid off-white cotton reverse.
Lot: 369 - Multi-Print Cotton Nine-Patch Quilt Top w/ Batting
70 x 84 This unfinished textile project is a patchwork quilt top featuring a traditional nine-patch block construction. The piece is composed of multiple nine-patch squares set into a large field of light blue fabric printed with a dense, small-scale black sprig or leaf pattern. The individual blocks utilize a variety of printed cotton or cotton-blend fabrics, including a distinctive stylized pink print with black swirling lines and blue and black eye motifs, a black fabric with repeating geometric floral designs in teal and yellow, and a light blue fabric with a quilted texture. Additional squares feature patterns of pink wavy lines, white and pink florals, and solid or subtly patterned yellow fabrics. The top is pieced together and includes a layer of batting underneath, but it has not been quilted through all layers and lacks a backing and finished binding.
Lot: 370 - American Patchwork Quilt Top, c. 1940-50
68 x 88 This is a mid-20th-century American patchwork quilt top in an unfinished state. The design consists of a large-scale checkerboard pattern featuring solid red and off-white or cream-colored cotton squares. Within this primary grid are multiple inset sections of smaller patchwork blocks. These smaller blocks are constructed from a diverse assortment of vintage scrap fabrics, including floral prints, stripes, polka dots, ginghams, and various calico patterns. The construction suggests a combination of hand and machine piecing. The item consists of the pieced top layer only, without batting, backing, or finished binding. The reverse side reveals the construction process with exposed seam allowances and loose thread tails. Many of the fabrics are characteristic of the 1940s and 1950s era, often associated with domestic scrap or feedsack quilting traditions.
Lot: 371 - Hand-Stitched Courthouse Steps Log Cabin Quilt Top
86 x 90 This is an unfinished vintage quilt top constructed from a variety of printed and solid cotton fabrics, dating to the mid-20th century, approximately the 1930s to 1940s. The piece features a Courthouse Steps pattern, which is a variation of the traditional Log Cabin design where rectangular strips are arranged in steps around a central vertical column. The construction consists of hand-stitched seams joining an assortment of scrap fabrics, including multi-colored floral prints on various colored grounds and a navy blue fabric with white polka dots. Many of the prints are characteristic of Depression-era feedsack textiles. The item is a quilt top only, lacking batting, a backing, and finished binding.
Lot: 372 - Mid-20th C. Mixed Double Wedding Ring Quilt Top
62 x 82 This hand-pieced quilt top features a classic Double Wedding Ring pattern with interlocking circles. The arcs of the rings are constructed using a scrap-piecing or crazy-quilt technique, where small, irregular pieces of fabric are hand-sewn onto a lightweight cotton foundation fabric. The top is composed of a diverse assortment of period fabrics, including silks, satins, velvets, and rayons. The design incorporates a wide variety of solid colors and printed patterns, such as florals, polka dots, and geometrics. This item is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting or a backing fabric.
Lot: 373 - Hand-Pieced Red & White Cotton Lattice Quilt Top
82 x 96 This textile is a hand-pieced quilt top featuring a geometric lattice design. The construction utilizes solid red and off-white or white cotton fabrics, with small diamond-shaped accents made from a patterned cotton fabric featuring horizontal stripes of red, green, and white with decorative motifs. The primary design consists of a diagonal grid formed by red cotton bands. Within each resulting square is a secondary motif: a red-framed white field containing the small printed diamond patch. The piece is finished with a wide red inner border and a final outer border of white cotton. The construction is hand-stitched throughout using a simple running stitch. The reverse side of the textile reveals raw seam allowances and the hand-sewn nature of the assembly. This item is an unfinished project, lacking batting, backing, quilting, and binding.
Lot: 374 - Mid-20th C. Cotton Quilt Top w/ Circular Motif
64 x 84 An unfinished quilt top constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. The piece is hand-pieced using a running stitch and features a repeating geometric pattern of circular or wheel motifs. This scrappy project incorporates a diverse range of vintage textiles, including large-scale lime green and blue floral prints characteristic of the late 1960s and 1970s, striped shirting, calicos, plaids, and a small figurative print featuring a character in a blue dress. The composition is framed by a wide border of green and white marbled or batik-style fabric. The reverse side reveals raw seam allowances and the irregular hand-stitched nature of the construction.
Lot: 375 - Hand-Pieced Double Wedding Ring Quilt Top
70 x 78 A vintage hand-pieced quilt top featuring the classic Double Wedding Ring pattern. The top is constructed from a wide variety of multi-colored scrap fabrics including cotton and synthetic blends in various prints such as florals, checks, plaids, stripes, and paisleys. These colorful rings are set against a solid coral-colored background fabric. The piece is in an unfinished state, consisting only of the hand-pieced top layer without batting or a backing fabric. The piecing is executed by hand with visible running stitches. Based on the style and specific prints of the fabrics used, this piece dates from the mid-to-late 20th century.
Lot: 376 - Mid-C. Patchwork Quilt Top w/ Novelty & Leopard
64 x 74 This item is a vintage hand-assembled patchwork quilt top, likely intended as a utility throw or coverlet. The piece is constructed from an eclectic variety of scrap fabrics, including cotton and cotton-blend textiles. It features a simple block-grid layout joined using a top-stitch method where the raw seam allowances are left exposed on the front side, a technique frequently seen in utility or rag-style quilts. The fabric patterns are diverse and characteristic of mid-to-late 20th-century textiles, including red and white gingham, various types of striped shirting, leopard print, blue toile-style florals, a green scenic toile, and a vibrant novelty print featuring tomatoes and green peppers. One pink block displays small embroidered floral accents. The piece is unfinished, lacking batting or a backing layer.
Lot: 377 - Mid-20th C. Postage Stamp Pattern Cotton Quilt Top
66 x 82 This is a vintage, hand-pieced quilt top in a postage stamp pattern, likely dating from the mid-20th century, approximately the 1930s to 1950s. The piece features small, multi-colored fabric squares assembled into rectangular blocks separated by wide white cotton sashing strips. The patchwork is composed of a variety of cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps, including era-specific prints such as florals, ginghams, stripes, checks, and novelty designs, many characteristic of feed sack or garment remnants. The construction is entirely hand-stitched, with raw seam allowances visible on the reverse side. This item is an unfinished quilt top, consisting of the pieced face only without batting.
Lot: 378 - Madras Plaid Scrap Patchwork Tied Utility Quilt
78 x 94 A vintage handmade scrap patchwork tied quilt or quilt top featuring a variety of madras plaids, checks, and solid fabrics. The piece is constructed from mixed cotton and cotton-blend textiles, including shirting and dress materials. The design consists of a non-uniform grid of rectangular and square blocks in a color palette dominated by burgundy, navy blue, forest green, ochre, and white. The construction utilizes both machine and hand-stitching, with visible knotted thread ties securing the layers. The reverse side exhibits raw seam allowances and loose thread ends, characteristic of utility folk art textiles.
Lot: 379 - 1970s Patchwork Comfort w/ Floral & Polka Dot
68 x 80 This is a mid-to-late 20th-century utilitarian tied comfort, likely dating to the 1970s. The top is constructed from large vertical strips and rectangular patches of various fabrics including polyester knits and cotton-blend prints. Patterns include a large-scale yellow and gold floral print, red with white polka dots, navy and red stripes, a blue and brown stripe, a blue and white micro-check, and a maroon geometric print. One fabric section features a floral pattern in the style of Waverly decorator fabrics from the era. The layers are secured with evenly spaced hand-tied lengths of brown yarn. The reverse side is a single piece of solid lime-green fabric, appearing to be a jersey or lightweight knit material.
Lot: 380 - American Bears Paw Indigo Calico Cotton Quilt
84 x 88 This antique American quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted in a traditional Bears Paw pattern, which is also known as Ducks Foot or Hand of Friendship. The design features twenty pieced blocks set on point in a staggered arrangement. The blocks are constructed from various indigo-dyed cotton calico fabrics, including blue-and-white stripes and small-scale geometric prints. A notable feature is the humility block located in the bottom right corner, which is pieced from a contrasting dark grey and white patterned fabric. The white cotton ground is densely hand-quilted with a fine diagonal diamond-grid pattern. The reverse side consists of a plain white cotton backing. The materials and construction methods are characteristic of American textile production from the mid-to-late 19th century.
Lot: 381 - American Blue & White Ocean Waves Sawtooth Quilt
90 x 90 An American handmade patchwork quilt featuring the Ocean Waves pattern with a sawtooth inner border. The textile is constructed from white cotton fabric and two distinct navy blue printed cotton fabrics: one featuring a white star motif and the other a white lattice and floral design. The quilt is finished with a navy blue and white polka-dot outer border. The piece displays extensive hand-quilting throughout. The large white diamond sections are decorated with intricate quilted floral or medallion motifs, while the surrounding areas feature a combination of straight-line and curved quilting patterns. The hand-stitching is fine and consistent, visible on both the front and the plain white reverse side.
Lot: 382 - Mid-20th C. American Postage Stamp & Crazy Quilt
40 x 46 This mid-20th century American folk art tied patchwork quilt, also known as a comforter, features a complex scrap-style design. The central motif consists of a large, gathered fan or skirt-shaped field made from hundreds of small rectangular fabric remnants, resembling a postage stamp pattern, arranged in horizontal rows. This central section is set against a background of larger, irregularly shaped fabric panels in a simplified crazy quilt arrangement. The textile incorporates a wide variety of mid-century cotton and cotton-blend prints, including florals, polka dots, ginghams, stripes, and geometric patterns typical of 1930s through 1950s feed sack and dressmaking remnants. Rather than traditional quilted stitching, the layers are secured by grey yarn ties visible across the surface. The construction shows both machine and hand-stitched patchwork. The quilt is finished with a white cotton muslin backing and a simple white fabric binding.
Lot: 383 - American Hand-Stitched Folk Art Applique Textile
27 x 27 A hand-stitched folk art textile, likely intended as a wall hanging or small decorative lap quilt. The piece is constructed on a light blue floral-printed cotton ground adorned with various hand-appliqued shapes, including hearts and stylized pocket or vessel forms. These appliques are made from several scrap fabrics including a multi-colored floral print on cream, blue and white polka dot, solid royal blue, and solid white. Each applique is secured with visible white hand-stitching and features a decorative tufted yarn tie in the center, primarily in red with some white accents. The textile is finished with a navy blue fabric binding. The reverse consists of a single panel of solid navy blue fabric, showing the entry points of the yarn ties and the hand-stitched border.
Lot: 384 - American Hand-Pieced & Tied Scrap Patchwork
70 x 80 A vintage American scrap patchwork quilt constructed from various printed cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. The design consists of hand-pieced blocks featuring pinwheel and geometric motifs. These blocks are arranged in four vertical columns, divided by vertical pink floral sashing and horizontal green and white geometric patterned strips. The fabrics include a variety of mid-century prints such as florals, plaids, checks, and novelty designs in a color palette of blue, pink, red, green, and brown. The quilt is hand-tied with colorful thread tufts visible on the top surface. The reverse is a plain white cotton or muslin backing, secured to the front with wide-spaced, visible hand-stitching in a grid pattern.
Lot: 385 - Mid-20th C. American Cotton String Quilt
74 x 76 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted American folk art string quilt is constructed from a variety of mid-century cotton and cotton-blend fabric remnants. The design features twelve square blocks arranged in a three-by-four grid, each containing diagonally oriented fabric strips in various prints including plaids, ginghams, florals, and solids. The blocks are joined by red and white gingham sashing. The piece is bordered by a green floral print on the left and right sides, with an additional variegated scrap border along the far right edge made of rectangular remnants. The quilting is executed by hand in a fan or clamshell pattern using a contrasting red thread that is clearly visible on the reverse. The backing consists of a light tan or off-white cotton muslin.
Lot: 386 - Mid-20th C. American Hand-Quilted Feed Sack Quilt
72 x 72 An American scrap quilt constructed from cotton fabrics in a variety of patterns typical of the mid-20th century. The design follows a 4x5 grid featuring variations of the Mariner?s Compass or Wheel pattern with multi-colored radiating points, interspersed with cross and four-patch blocks. The reverse is composed of multiple panels of off-white cotton fabric, including repurposed flour or feed sacks with visible partial blue ink stamps. Faint blue ink markings on the backing include characters appearing to read FLOUR and LOUR, consistent with original branding on period textile packaging.
Lot: 387 - Mid-C. American Patchwork Novelty Prints Quilt Top
60 x 86 A vintage handmade patchwork quilt top, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The piece is constructed from a variety of cotton and cotton-blend fabric scraps arranged in an irregular grid of rectangular and square blocks. The selection includes solid colors in shades of blue, orange, red, and navy, alongside multi-colored striped fabrics and several distinctive mid-century novelty prints. Notable novelty motifs include a bowling theme featuring blue pins and black bowling balls (one with a smiley face), an illustrated golfer, and various vintage-style automobiles. One light blue section displays Roman numerals including I, IV, VI, IX, and XI. Additionally, several white patches feature a heraldic-style crest with the letters D, D in a stylized font. The assembly suggests a vernacular "memory quilt" style, potentially utilizing scraps from boys' clothing or pajamas from the 1950s or 1960s. The piece remains in an unfinished state, consisting only of the pieced top layer without batting or backing.
Lot: 388 - Mid-20th C. Churn Dash Variation Cotton Quilt Top
38 x 74 This is an unfinished pieced quilt top dating to the mid-20th century, approximately 1930-1950. The piece consists of a decorative top layer only and does not include batting or backing. It features multiple blocks pieced in a variation of the Churn Dash or Monkey Wrench pattern. Each block utilizes a nine-patch construction with a central diamond-in-a-square motif, solid corner squares, and split-unit side rectangles. These blocks are set into a large-scale novelty floral print fabric characterized by white and yellow poppies and green and pink striped ribbon motifs on a dark purple or navy blue background. The individual blocks are composed of a wide variety of scrap cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including calicos, ginghams, stripes, and polka dots in shades of blue, red, pink, and yellow. These prints are typical of feed sack and Depression-era textiles.
Lot: 389 - Postage Stamp Scrap Quilt Top w/ Recycled Sack
58 x 60 A mid-to-late 20th century unfinished quilt top constructed in a postage stamp or scrap patchwork style. The piece is composed of numerous small fabric squares, approximately 2 inches in size, machine-pieced together. The construction utilizes a diverse array of materials characteristic of the 1960s and 1970s, including cotton prints, polyester double-knit fabrics, corduroy, and striped synthetics. The layout features various color-coordinated checkerboard sections, notably in pink, gray, and white, interspersed with randomized scrap blocks. A notable feature is the inclusion of upcycled material; one white square in the lower section retains partial blue printed characters from a recycled sack, reading ULA on the first line, DE on the second, and a partial F on the third, likely originating from a flour or grain sack (e.g., Harina de...). The quilt top has an irregular, unfinished form with a large L-shaped extension at the bottom left.
Lot: 390 - American Hand-Quilted Lone Star Scrap Quilt
36 x 52 This vintage American quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted in the traditional Lone Star pattern, also referred to as the Star of Bethlehem. The design features a large central eight-point star composed of concentric rings of diamond-shaped fabric patches radiating from a central white star. The construction utilizes a wide variety of scrap fabrics, including mid-20th-century cotton calicos, ginghams, plaids, and floral prints in a multi-colored palette. The piece is hand-quilted with straight-line stitching that follows the diamond geometry of the patches. The reverse side is backed with white cotton fabric featuring a small, repeating pink rosebud floral print. No maker marks or signatures are present; a small blank white hangtag is attached to one corner.
Lot: 391 - American Patchwork Postage Stamp Quilt
38 x 46 This vintage American patchwork quilt is constructed in a postage stamp or checkerboard grid pattern. The quilt top is composed of numerous small, square and diamond-shaped fabric pieces in a variety of printed and solid cotton fabrics. Fabric patterns include floral motifs, ginghams, polka dots, and stripes in a primary color palette of blue, red, green, and yellow. The central patchwork section is framed by a wide, solid cream-colored fabric border. The reverse side features a three-panel cream fabric backing. Hand-quilted stitching is visible throughout the textile, following diagonal lines across the patchwork center and concentric rectangles within the border. The construction utilizes machine-pieced squares and hand-quilting techniques.
Lot: 392 - Hand-Quilted Patchwork Scrap String Pattern Quilt
62 x 76 This vintage pieced patchwork quilt is constructed in a string or spider web pattern, utilizing a wide variety of cotton scrap fabrics. The textiles include printed and woven cottons in various patterns such as stripes, ginghams, florals, polka dots, and paisleys. The quilt is hand-pieced and features visible hand-quilting executed in an irregular running stitch pattern. The reverse is composed of several large sections of different printed fabrics, creating a secondary patchwork design.
Lot: 393 - Mid-20th C. Patchwork Diamond Medallion Quilt
70 x 72 A large hand-pieced patchwork quilt featuring a central diamond medallion design. The quilt face is constructed from a variety of small fabric scraps in diverse patterns including plaids, checks, ginghams, florals, and solid colors. These pieces are organized into a central diamond-oriented square, further framed by concentric borders of red fabric with woven black horizontal stripes. This same striped fabric is used for the outermost border of the piece. The quilt is backed with a solid olive-green cotton fabric. Unlike traditional quilted stitching, this example utilizes a tied construction method, where small red and white thread ties are placed at regular intervals to secure the layers together. The edges are finished with a simple fold-over binding.
Lot: 394 - Tied Scrappy Nine-Patch Patchwork Quilt
70 x 78 This vintage tied patchwork scrappy quilt is constructed from an assortment of printed cotton and blended fabrics. The design features various nine-patch and checkerboard pattern blocks arranged in a grid, separated by solid green and burnt orange sashing strips. The patchwork incorporates diverse motifs, including florals, geometric checks, and a nursery print depicting lambs. The quilt is finished on the reverse with a dark-ground fabric featuring a small-scale, light-toned circular floral print, accented by a large rectangular patch of mustard and brown paisley fabric at one corner. The piece is assembled using machine-sewn construction, with a visible zigzag stitch along the bottom edge, and is secured through the layers with hand-tied white and blue yarn or string knots visible on the face.
Lot: 395 - Mid-20th C. American Hand-Quilted Patchwork Quilt
66 x 76 This handmade scrap quilt features a grid of patchwork squares constructed from a variety of mid-20th-century printed cotton fabrics, including florals, ginghams, plaids, and novelty prints. The patchwork is set within sashing of gray and dark blue cotton fabric, arranged to create a repeating pattern of stylized cross or plus sign motifs across the surface. The reverse side consists of a light mint green cotton fabric with a small-scale, multi-colored floral print. The piece is entirely hand-quilted in a decorative fan or clamshell pattern and is finished with a light green cotton binding. The fabric selection includes materials characteristic of the 1930s through the 1950s, commonly referred to as feedsack prints.
Lot: 396 - Hand-Pieced & Hand-Quilted Scrap String Quilt
62 x 78 A vintage handmade patchwork scrap quilt featuring a variation of a string quilt or diagonal-strip pattern. The quilt is composed of square blocks, each featuring diagonal fabric strips in an eclectic mix of colors and patterns including yellow, black, purple, gray, and brown. Fabrics used in the construction include gingham, stripes, polka dots, and small-scale floral calico prints. The blocks are joined with light gray sashing strips punctuated by contrasting cornerstone blocks in solid black, light blue, and purple polka-dot fabrics. The quilt is hand-quilted with visible running stitches that follow the diagonal lines of the patchwork. The reverse is finished with a pieced backing of white fabric featuring a pattern of small pink rosebud sprays and gold-toned scrollwork. The construction techniques and fabric types are consistent with American mid-to-late 20th-century folk textiles.
Lot: 397 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced & Tied Patchwork Quilt
33 x 76 This is a vintage hand-pieced patchwork quilt featuring a tied construction. The item is composed of large rectangular blocks joined by hand. Rather than traditional quilting stitches, the front, batting, and back layers are secured together with small loops of white yarn tied at regular intervals. The front face features a geometric patchwork design of alternating blocks in solid yellow and a purple and lavender vertical-striped fabric. The reverse is a single piece of cream-colored fabric with faint self-stripes and a printed pattern of multi-colored floral bouquets in shades of rose, purple, and yellow. The materials appear to be cotton or a cotton-blend.
Lot: 398 - American Snowball Pattern Patchwork Cotton Quilt
64 x 74 An antique American hand-stitched patchwork quilt featuring an octagon and square layout, which is a variation of the traditional Snowball pattern. The quilt top is constructed from cotton fabrics and consists of alternating white and multi-toned blue octagons. These geometric panels are linked by small plum-colored calico squares. The blue fabrics include a variety of indigo-dyed solids and small-scale printed calicos, while the plum squares are decorated with a fine white floral motif. The quilting is worked entirely by hand, with dense stitching that follows the seams of the patchwork and includes circular decorative designs within the white octagonal panels. The reverse is composed of a plain cream-colored cotton backing. The piece is finished with a simple cream-colored fabric binding.
Lot: 399 - Antique American Schoolhouse Patchwork Quilt
56 x 76 An antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton patchwork quilt in a variation of the Schoolhouse pattern. The quilt is comprised of twenty-four individual house blocks arranged in a four-by-six grid. The house motifs are rendered in various indigo blue cotton fabrics, including solid, small-scale floral, and geometric prints. These are set against a cream ground fabric with small blue polka dots. The blocks are separated by pink sashing featuring a red floral and paisley calico print. The cornerstones of the sashing alternate between the pink calico and the blue-dot cream fabric. The reverse side is constructed from a brown and white striped ticking-style cotton fabric. The quilt exhibits hand-stitching throughout, with simple parallel-line quilting across the blocks and sashing. The edges are finished with a thin indigo blue fabric binding. The interior contains natural cotton batting.
Lot: 400 - Antique American Indigo & White Shoo-Fly Quilt
72 x 80 This is an antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt, likely dating from the late 19th to early 20th century. The piece features a grid of Shoo-Fly pattern blocks (a variation featuring a central nine-patch motif surrounded by half-square triangles) alternating with solid cream squares. The blue fabrics consist of various indigo-dyed printed cottons including small florals, dots, and geometric calico patterns. The quilt is set against a cream-colored cotton ground and features a solid cream cotton backing. Both the piecing and the horizontal channel quilting (utility quilting) are executed by hand. The perimeter is finished with an indigo print cotton binding.
Lot: 401 - American Hand-Quilted Strip Quilt, c. 1880-1910
86 x 86 This antique American strip quilt dates from the late 19th to early 20th century, approximately 1880-1910. The top is constructed of alternating horizontal bands of two printed cotton calico fabrics. One fabric features a light tan ground decorated with small, repeating floral sprigs in chocolate brown and white. The second fabric is a complex border or pillar print on a dark brown ground, containing multiple narrow ornamental stripes with geometric cloverleaf-in-square motifs and fine-line grid patterns. The reverse side is composed of a dark brown or plum-colored fabric featuring a small-scale white hatch or dashed grid pattern. The piece is hand-pieced and hand-quilted throughout with fine, regular running stitches that create a textured surface. The earthy color palette of browns, tans, and creams is characteristic of madder or chocolate prints popular in American quilt-making during the late Victorian era.
Lot: 402 - Mid-20th C. American Strip-Pieced Quilt Top
62 x 80 This is a mid-20th-century American scrap quilt top featuring a string or strip-pieced patchwork design. The construction utilizes a wide variety of fabric remnants, including printed cotton calicos, ginghams, stripes, checks, and solid-colored pieces. Some fabric sections exhibit a sheen characteristic of rayon or silk blends, though the primary material is cotton. The top is organized into vertical and horizontal strips of varying dimensions. The piece features a simple machine-stitched quilting pattern consisting of horizontal parallel lines. The backing is comprised of a plain, off-white cotton fabric. The fabric prints, such as the feed sack florals and geometric patterns, are characteristic of the 1930s through the 1950s.
Lot: 403 - Mid-Century Hand-Pieced Patchwork Quilt Top
66 x 82 This item is a hand-pieced patchwork quilt top constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. The design is organized into two distinct checkerboard sections separated by a solid rust-colored border strip. One section utilizes alternating squares of blue and white plaid and solid cream fabric. The second section features alternating squares of a solid rust-colored fabric with a subtle sheen and a small-scale floral print featuring brown and tan blossoms on a light background. The reverse side reveals that the squares are joined with hand-sewn running stitches, with exposed seam allowances and visible knots. This is an unfinished quilt top and does not include batting, backing, or finished binding.
Lot: 404 - Cotton Scrap Quilt Top, Elongated Hexagons
72 x 74 This is a vintage unfinished quilt top constructed from a diverse assortment of cotton scrap fabrics. The piece features a pattern of elongated hexagons, frequently referred to as coffin blocks or stretched hexagons, which are hand-pieced together in horizontal rows. The fabrics include various calico prints, floral patterns, ginghams, and checks, with a large section of the lower portion composed of a red and white striped material. The assembly is characterized by coarse, visible hand-stitching in white thread, typical of utility or folk-art textiles. The piece consists only of the pieced top layer and lacks a backing, batting, or binding. The edges are raw and unfinished.
Lot: 405 - Mid-20th C. Strip-Pieced Patchwork Quilt Top
70 x 78 This is a mid-to-late 20th-century American patchwork quilt top constructed in a varied strip-pieced or string patchwork style. The unfinished top is composed of a diverse array of scrap textiles, including cotton, polyester double knits, corduroy, and various synthetic blends. The piece features a wide variety of mid-century and later fabric prints, including 1940s-1950s style florals, 1960s-1970s psychedelic and mod patterns, traditional plaids, stripes, paisleys, and solid-colored panels. It is formed by sewing together rectangular and irregular strips of fabric of varying widths using both hand and machine stitching. The reverse side shows exposed seams, indicating the piece has not been layered with batting or a backing. The outer edges remain raw and unfinished. No maker marks or labels are present.
Lot: 406 - Gertha Sims Sharp Hand-Pieced Cotton Quilt Top
66 x 86 This mid-20th-century hand-pieced quilt top is constructed in a string quilt style, featuring an assortment of cotton fabric scraps including calicos, stripes, ginghams, and novelty prints. The colorful patches are organized into rectangular blocks joined by solid red and yellow cotton sashing strips. The item is an unfinished quilt top, lacking batting, backing, and quilting stitches; the reverse side displays raw seams and the underside of the fabric pieces. Accompanying the textile is a handwritten provenance note featuring two black-and-white family photographs. The note identifies the maker as Gertha Sims Sharp (1898-1989) of Kenton, Tennessee, who was a member of a cotton-farming family. The photographs depict the maker with her mother, Abbie Brown Sims, and with her husband, Sullivan Sharp, and other family members in front of their farmhouse. The provenance is signed by the maker's granddaughter, Teresa Hicks.
Lot: 407 - American Hand-Pieced Eight-Point Star Quilt
76 x 80 This is a vintage unfinished patchwork quilt top of American origin, likely dating from the mid-to-late 20th century. The piece is hand-pieced from a diverse array of scrap fabrics, including cotton prints, florals, stripes, and 1960s to 1970s style paisleys. The design features large eight-pointed star motifs, commonly known as LeMoyne Stars, integrated with sections of irregular crazy quilt patchwork and simple square blocks. The construction utilizes visible, irregular running stitches to join the various textile scraps. As an unfinished top, the edges are raw and unhemmed.
Lot: 408 - American Mid-C. Cotton Crazy Quilt Top w/ Sashing
74 x 78 This mid-century American crazy quilt top is constructed from an assortment of scrap fabrics, including cotton calicos, ginghams, striped shirtings, and various floral and geometric prints. The piece follows a block-style crazy quilt pattern, where each block is composed of irregularly shaped remnants hand-pieced together. The individual blocks are joined and separated by a consistent black sashing fabric featuring a small-scale printed pattern of pink and white flowers. The construction utilizes a simple hand-stitched running stitch throughout. This item is characteristic of American vernacular utility quilting traditions, where leftover household textile scraps were repurposed. It appears to be an unfinished quilt top or a lightweight utility coverlet, as it lacks internal batting and a finished backing or perimeter binding.
Lot: 409 - American Eight-Point Star Sampler Quilt Top
60 x 74 A mid-20th century American sampler quilt top, hand-pieced from an assortment of scrap fabrics. The construction includes cotton and cotton-blend calicos, ginghams, solids, and prints resembling mid-century feedsacks. The sampler layout features several traditional block patterns, including eight-point star variants such as LeMoyne or Lone Star designs, a square-in-a-square variant, and nine-patch blocks incorporating butterfly and polka dot motifs. These blocks are joined by wide solid sashing in shades of purple and tan. The bottom edge is finished with a floral print border. The reverse side reveals hand-sewn running stitches and irregular seam allowances characteristic of domestic hand construction. Small handwritten assembly markings in ink, including a number 5, are visible on one of the purple sashing strips.
Lot: 410 - Hand-Pieced Cotton Snake Trail Quilt Top
62 x 78 This is a vintage hand-pieced cotton quilt top in the Snake Trail pattern, which is a meandering variation of the Double Wedding Ring design. The top features a continuous winding path of multicolored arcs set against a neutral cream or off-white cotton background. These arcs are constructed from small, wedge-shaped fabric remnants in a variety of mid-20th-century prints, including florals, ginghams, stripes, and solids, many of which are characteristic of repurposed feed sack materials. The central panel is framed by a wide pink cotton border. The entire piece is hand-sewn, with visible stitching and irregularities characteristic of manual construction. As an unfinished quilt top, it does not include batting, a backing layer, or final quilting stitches.
Lot: 411 - Hand-Pieced Hexagon Patchwork Quilt Top
68 x 80 An unfinished hand-pieced patchwork quilt top featuring a radiating medallion design in a variation of the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern. The piece is constructed from numerous fabric hexagons. The patches display a wide range of colors and patterns including ginghams, stripes, solids, and geometric prints characteristic of the 1960s and 1970s. The reverse side shows manual piecing with raw, folded edges. The quilt top is a hexagon shape.
Lot: 412 - Cotton Flying Geese & Pinwheel Quilt Top
72 x 86 A vintage hand-pieced quilt top constructed from a variety of cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. The design is composed of geometric blocks including pinwheel and flying geese variations organized into horizontal rows. The piece incorporates a wide array of mid-20th-century printed fabrics, featuring small-scale florals, calicos, polka dots, and feedsack-style patterns in a primary palette of red, yellow, blue, and black on a white ground. Patterned sashing strips in yellow floral and green geometric prints separate the horizontal registers. The piece is hand-stitched throughout with visible interior seams and loose threads.
Lot: 413 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced Churn Dash Quilt Top
68 x 84 This textile is a hand-pieced and hand-stitched quilt top, likely of mid-20th-century American origin. The construction utilizes a wide variety of cotton fabric scraps, including floral prints, ginghams, plaids, and solids. Several of the printed fabrics are characteristic of domestic textiles from the 1930s to 1950s, including patterns frequently associated with feedsack materials. The quilt features multiple blocks executed in a variation of the Churn Dash or Monkey Wrench pattern. These blocks are separated by wide yellow sashing accented with solid green cornerstone squares. A wide solid pink fabric border is attached to one edge, and portions of the piece appear to have a pink backing fabric partially attached. The item is in an unfinished state, as it lacks the traditional decorative quilting stitches that join a top, batting, and back together into a finished blanket.
Lot: 414 - Mid-Late 20th C. Patchwork Quilt Top
76 x 84 This is a vintage handmade patchwork quilt top or coverlet, constructed using a machine-stitched utilitarian scrap-work method. The piece is composed of an array of fabric remnants from the mid-to-late 20th century, including cotton, polyester blends, and knits. The design features a non-uniform arrangement of rectangular and square patches interspersed with several large solid-colored panels in peach, pink, and grey. Patterned fabrics within the patchwork include ginghams, stripes, ditsy florals, bold geometric prints, and checks typical of the 1960s through 1980s. The reverse side shows a solid light peach or pink fabric, though the item appears to be an unquilted top or a roughly finished coverlet.
Lot: 415 - Mid-C. Bear's Paw Cotton Patchwork Quilt Top
58 x 74This vintage textile is an unfinished, hand-pieced patchwork quilt top, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The piece features a variation of the Bear's Paw pattern, also known as a Maple Leaf variant, executed in a scrappy style. The blocks are constructed from various cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, including red and white gingham, several plaid patterns in blue, yellow, and brown, and various floral prints. A distinctive geometric diamond-print sashing in shades of red, orange, and green separates the blocks, alongside solid brown sashing strips. The entire piece is assembled using hand-stitched white running stitches. The edges are raw and unfinished, as the piece was never layered with batting or backing. No labels, marks, or signatures are visible on the item.
Lot: 416 - String-Pieced Patchwork Quilt Top w/ Blue Border
36 x 56 This vintage handmade patchwork textile is constructed in a diagonal string-pieced style. The piece is composed of an eclectic variety of scrap fabrics, primarily synthetic double-knits in various colors and textures, alongside small-scale floral cotton prints. The construction features individual blocks pieced onto a white foundation fabric, with the raw edges of the fabric strips left exposed on the reverse side. It is a single-layer construction, lacking internal batting or a secondary backing layer. A wide, solid blue border made of a heavy-weight synthetic fabric finishes the perimeter with top-stitching. The arrangement of the colorful strips creates a vibrant, multi-directional geometric pattern characteristic of mid-to-late 20th-century domestic folk-art quilting traditions in the United States.
Lot: 417 - Mid-20th Century Scrap Patchwork Quilt Top
54 x 80 A vintage patchwork quilt top, likely dating from the mid-to-late 20th century based on the featured textile prints. The piece is constructed from a variety of fabric scraps including cotton, cotton-polyester blends, and textured fabrics such as corduroy. It is hand-stitched in a random scrap or folk-style patchwork arrangement. The top includes a wide range of patterns typical of the period, including florals, paisley, gingham, stripes, and plaids. Dominant colors across the composition include blues, yellows, browns, and pinks. This is an unfinished single-layer quilt top without batting, backing, or binding.
Lot: 418 - American Blue & White Cotton Puzzle Box Quilt
36 x 54 An antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt featuring a variation of the Puzzle Box geometric pattern. The quilt is composed of six large medallions in blue cotton set against an off-white ground. Each medallion is constructed from triangular patches arranged in a complex stylized pattern. The central design is enclosed by a blue inner border and a wider off-white outer border, finished with a narrow blue binding. The elaborate hand-quilting includes a diagonal diamond grid within the patterned blocks and an overlapping circular or shell motif across the negative space. The piece is constructed from cotton fabric and batting.
Lot: 419 - American Pinwheel Patchwork Quilt, Mid-20th C
66 x 84 An American vintage patchwork scrap quilt constructed from an eclectic variety of printed cotton fabrics. The front panel is pieced with rectangular strips and geometric blocks, featuring a central vertical row of four stylized star or pinwheel motifs. The fabric patterns represent a range of mid-20th-century designs including florals, stripes, checks, and polka dots in a multi-chromatic palette. The quilt is hand-pieced and secured with white thread ties. The reverse side is constructed from four large rectangular fabric panels: a blue and white gingham with floral sprigs, a blue fabric with trailing pink rose vines, and two sections of a green fabric featuring a purple diamond lattice floral pattern. The quilt contains an internal fibrous batting.
Lot: 420 - New England Cotton Quilt Top, Art Nouveau Sashing
78 x 78 An antique hand-pieced cotton quilt top from New England. The textile features multiple decorative blocks set within wide sashing made of red cotton fabric. This sashing is printed with a stylized Art Nouveau motif resembling floral and lyre forms in yellow and gray. The individual blocks are hand-pieced from a diverse assortment of period cotton textiles, including calico, shirting, gingham, and striped prints, with several blocks featuring paisley-patterned centers. The item is an unfinished quilt top, showing raw seams on the reverse side with no batting or backing present. The provenance is supported by an accompanying handwritten note identifying the origin as New England.
Lot: 421 - Hand Pieced Cotton Pinwheel Pattern Quilt Top
56 x 80 A hand pieced quilt top featuring a repeating pinwheel or windmill pattern. The piece is constructed from various printed cotton scrap fabrics including calico, floral, paisley, and bandana prints set into an off-white cotton ground. The assembly features a variety of multi colored textiles in shades of red, green, blue, yellow, and brown. Construction is hand stitched with visible seams and whipstitching on the reverse side. The item is an unfinished quilt top with raw, frayed edges.
Lot: 422 - Hand-Stitched Drunkard's Path Patchwork Quilt Top
66 x 66 This vintage quilt top is an unfinished patchwork piece featuring the Drunkard's Path pattern. The design is comprised of multiple square blocks, each utilizing a curved piecing technique to create a series of circular motifs across the surface. The construction alternates between a solid pink fabric and a white floral print fabric featuring small red and green blossoms. The piece is hand-stitched, and the reverse side displays exposed seam allowances and loose threads. The edges are raw and frayed, as the item was never finished into a completed quilt with batting or a backing.
Lot: 423 - Navy & Off-White Geometric Pieced Cotton Panel
62 x 74 A large, pieced textile panel featuring a geometric pattern of alternating navy blue and off-white diagonal stripes. The item is constructed from heavy-weight cotton twill fabric, with individual rectangular and triangular pieces joined by machine-stitched seams. The textile is in an unfinished state, characterized by raw, fraying edges and multiple loose threads.
Lot: 424 - Pair Quilted & Appliqued Southern Belle Hangings
41 x 42 This pair of handmade quilt squares features appliqu?d profile portraits of women in wide-brimmed hats, a motif consistent with Southern Belle or Lady with a Hat folk art styles. Both pieces are constructed from cotton floral and solid fabrics using piecework, appliqu?, and hand-quilting techniques. The first square is designed with a purple and white color scheme, featuring a floral print border and a solid purple inner frame hand-quilted with a repeating heart pattern. The central figure wears a purple hat and a floral dress embellished with small clear rhinestones. The second square utilizes a teal and lavender floral theme. It features a teal inner border with hand-quilted scrollwork patterns. The central figure is depicted with a floral hat and dress, adorned with a single large green faceted jewel used as an earring. Close-up inspection of the reverse reveals off-white cotton backing with extensive hand-stitched quilting throughout.
Lot: 425 - Pair Hand-Quilted Folk Art Portrait Wall Hangings
30 x 36, 36 x 36 A pair of hand-crafted quilted wall hangings featuring appliqu?d and embroidered portraits in a folk art style. The first quilt depicts a male profile wearing a black bowler hat, a red necktie, and a dark jacket. This figure is set against a cream-colored diamond-quilted ground and framed by inner borders of light blue and outer borders composed of vertical striped pastel fabric and lavender panels with continuous-loop hand-quilting. The second quilt features a frontal portrait of a woman with stylized black hair and embroidered facial features. The figure is embellished with applied purple faceted synthetic jewels forming a necklace and drop earrings. This portrait is framed by light blue and seashell-print fabric borders. Both hangings exhibit decorative hand-quilting in diamond and scroll patterns and are finished with plain cream-colored fabric backings. No maker's marks, signatures, or dates are visible on either piece.
Lot: 426 - Pair Applique & Quilted Hangings: Ladies in Hats
37 x 41, 42 x 42 A pair of hand-quilted and appliqu?d textile wall hangings, executed in a style reminiscent of mid-20th-century Colonial Lady or Lady of Leisure quilt patterns. Each piece features a stylized portrait of a woman wearing an elaborate hat. The first hanging displays a woman in profile wearing a wide-brimmed hat accented with a large pink fabric bow, surrounded by a purple and blue floral print border and a solid teal inner border. The second hanging shows a frontal portrait of a woman in a blue hat with a large floral appliqu?, framed by a pink geranium-motif floral print and a magenta inner border. The pieces utilize various needlework techniques including hand-stitched appliqu?, embroidery for facial details, and decorative hand-quilting in linear and interlocking chain patterns. Both hangings are finished with a plain cream-colored fabric on the reverse.
Lot: 427 - 3 Late 20th C. Quilted Textile Hangings & Runners
24 x 43, 21 x 21, 33 x 33 This lot consists of three distinct handmade quilted textile items. The first is a square nine-patch style quilt featuring a central grid with five black-and-white printed fabric panels depicting North American wildlife silhouettes: loons, howling wolves, an eagle, a bear with cubs, and a moose. These panels are interspersed with four blue fabric squares printed with gold stars and featuring quilted star designs. The center grid is framed by a wide navy blue border with white stars and finished with a pink fabric binding. The reverse is cream-colored fabric with circular quilting. The second item is a square quilted piece featuring a central image of a moose in a marshy landscape, executed in shades of purple and blue in a batik-style technique. The central motif is surrounded by concentric borders of light pink and navy blue fabric, the latter showing visible white contrast stitching. The reverse is plain cream fabric. The third item is a rectangular quilted runner featuring a large floral print on a cream-colored ground, with roses and anemones in shades of purple, pink, and blue. It is bordered by a dark purple fabric with a tone-on-tone rose pattern and finished with a dark purple binding. The reverse is solid dark purple fabric. The wildlife quilt features a handwritten inscription in black ink on the reverse reading E v 11-2000.
Lot: 428 - Trio of Quilted Textile Wall Hanging & Floral Mats
15 x 15, 23 x 42 A set of three contemporary handmade quilted textile items, including one holiday-themed wall hanging and two decorative floral squares. The vertical rectangular wall hanging features an appliqu?d tree of life motif with dark brown swirling branches adorned with pink flowers, red hearts, and two light blue birds. The lower section features red embroidered cursive text reading Happy Valentines Day. The piece is finished with a teal binding and a diagonal grid quilting pattern on a white ground. The reverse side features a pink paisley pattern fabric. The two small square quilted pieces feature cream-colored grounds with concentric circular hand-quilting. One square depicts an appliqu? of five tulips in yellow, purple, salmon, and pink tones arranged within a blue pitcher. The second square depicts five tulips in yellow, blue, red, and pink tones within a grey-and-white bowl with teal-colored leaves. Both squares are finished with cream-colored binding and have plain cream-colored reverse sides. The items are constructed from cotton fabrics with polyester or cotton batting, featuring a combination of machine-stitched binding and decorative hand-quilting and appliqu?.
Lot: 429 - Depression Era Hand-Appliqued & Quilted Iris Quilt
80 x 88 This hand-appliqued and hand-quilted cotton quilt features a recurring iris floral motif characteristic of the American Depression Era. The quilt is constructed with a white cotton ground and appliques in various pastel shades including purple, pink, yellow, blue, and peach. Each floral unit consists of an iris bloom with green leaves and a central stem. The rows of flowers are separated by a continuous green zig-zag or stepped line motif. The quilt is finished with a thin tan inner border and a wide white outer border featuring a hand-finished scalloped edge. The background is hand-quilted with scroll, feather, and straight-line patterns. Construction materials include cotton fabric and cotton batting.
Lot: 430 - American Hand-Quilted Patchwork Quilt, E.W., 2000
84 x 88 A handmade patchwork scrap quilt constructed from numerous small cotton fabric squares. The squares are arranged in a grid-based assembly to create a concentric diamond pattern, often identified as a Trip Around the World variation. The piece features a diverse collection of late 20th-century fabrics, including floral calicos, ginghams, stripes, and solid-colored patches in a primary palette of blue, pink, green, and cream. The entire quilt is hand-quilted with a diagonal diamond cross-hatch pattern. The reverse is finished with a solid cream-colored cotton fabric. One corner of the reverse features hand-embroidered characters in red thread. Transcription of markings: E W 2 - 2000.
Lot: 431 - Pieced & Quilted Pastel Flower Basket Wall Hanging
44 x 62 This is a pieced and quilted textile featuring a Flower Basket pattern, likely intended for use as a wall hanging or small quilt. The quilt top is composed of 15 pieced blocks arranged in a 3 by 5 grid. Each block depicts a stylized basket variation rendered in a pastel color palette of dusty rose, sage green, lavender, and tan. The blocks are separated by cream-colored sashing and framed by a thin lavender inner border and a wider light-blue outer border. The pieced blocks utilize fabrics with a satin-like sheen, possibly synthetic blends such as rayon or acetate. The sashing, borders, and backing appear to be cotton or a cotton-synthetic blend. The backing is finished with a solid light-blue fabric. The item features decorative machine quilting throughout, with the sashing quilted in a continuous scroll motif and the outer light-blue border featuring a stylized scalloped pattern.
Lot: 432 - Mid-20th C. Pieced Basket Pattern Cotton Quilt Top
68 x 80 This is a vintage American pieced quilt top, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The item is an unfinished textile, lacking batting, backing, and binding. The design features a series of repeating Pieced Basket or Fruit Basket motif blocks. Each block is constructed with a large solid-colored triangular base and a collection of smaller half-square triangles forming the top. The blocks utilize various printed cotton or cotton-blend fabrics including florals, polka dots, stripes, and abstract patterns. The individual blocks are joined together with solid off-white or cream-colored sashing and borders using machine or hand-piecing construction. The reverse side reveals raw seam allowances.
Lot: 433 - Antique American Hand-Pieced Crazy Quilt Coverlet
60 x 70 This antique American crazy quilt coverlet, dating from the late 19th to early 20th century, is constructed from an asymmetrical patchwork of irregularly shaped fabric scraps. The materials include various silks, satins, velvets, and printed cottons in a diverse palette of deep purples, maroons, lime green florals, and patterned prints. The coverlet is hand-pieced and lacks the decorative embroidery often found on Victorian-era examples. The reverse is lined with a solid, dusty rose-colored cotton or cotton-blend fabric featuring a central vertical seam where two panels are joined.
Lot: 434 - Patchwork & Embroidered Crazy Quilt Wall Hanging
56 x 60 This handmade textile is a patchwork and embroidered wall hanging or small quilt, composed of eighteen individual square blocks arranged in a three-by-six grid. The construction follows the Crazy Quilt style, utilizing an array of materials including silk, satin, velvet, and printed cotton fabrics. Decorative motifs featured within the blocks include a bow tie, various star configurations, diamonds, and an X-shape. A prominent feature is the extensive use of hand-embroidered feather stitching in multiple thread colors, which outlines the individual patches and joins the blocks together. The textile is backed with a later-period striped cotton fabric in shades of brown, orange, cream, and white, and is finished with a simple red fabric binding around the outer edges.
Lot: 435 - American Scrappy Patchwork Crazy Quilt
80 x 110 This is a vintage American scrap patchwork utility quilt executed in a make-do or crazy quilt style. The quilt top is machine-constructed from a diverse assortment of irregular fabric scraps, predominantly cotton and cotton blends. The patchwork includes a wide variety of mid-20th-century textile designs, such as bold florals, paisleys, plaids, checks, stripes, and calico prints. One specific novelty print features a cat in a hat in the style of mid-century children's book illustrations. The reverse of the quilt is made from large panels of white and off-white fabric, likely repurposed muslin or bed sheeting, which have been roughly joined with machine stitching. The quilting itself is minimal, consisting of irregular straight machine lines intended for functional stability. Numerous long, uncut, and trailing threads remain from the construction process.
Lot: 436 - Grandmother's Flower Garden Cotton Quilt Top
60 x 76 This is an unfinished hand-pieced quilt top featuring the classic Grandmother's Flower Garden mosaic pattern. The piece is constructed from hundreds of individual cotton fabric hexagons joined together using the English Paper Piecing method. The central design features a large-scale flower with a solid red core and petals made from a red, white, and blue striped fabric, bordered by two concentric rounds of mint and forest green solid fabrics. The surrounding field is populated with smaller hexagonal flower motifs in a diverse array of mid-20th-century scrap fabrics, including calico prints, polka dots, checks, stripes, and solids in varying shades of red, blue, pink, and tan. The reverse side reveals the hand-pieced construction with visible basting stitches and raw seam allowances. The quilt top remains unfinished with irregular, raw edges and lacks batting or a backing layer.
Lot: 437 - American Hand-Quilted Cotton Star Variation Quilt
64 x 82 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton bed quilt features a repeating block pattern set against a white ground. Each individual block contains a central cross motif constructed from blue and white striped cotton fabric, anchored by a dark blue printed square at the center intersection. The four outer corners of each block are finished with blue and white printed star point or lily motifs. The textile is finished with a dense hand-quilted diagonal diamond grid pattern throughout the white fields. The reverse side features a plain white cotton backing. A handwritten mark in dark ink is present on one reverse corner consisting of the initials RS. The fabrics utilized include a variety of blue and white printed calicos and striped shirting cottons characteristic of the late 19th to early 20th century.
Lot: 438 - Antique American Snails Trail Cotton Quilt
64 x 74 This antique American pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt is worked in a variation of the Snails Trail pattern, also known as Ocean Waves. The top is constructed from a diverse assortment of late 19th to early 20th-century cotton fabrics, including navy and white floral calicoes, solid grays and blues, blue and white gingham, and various small-scale floral prints. The quilt features a sawtooth or flying geese border on one edge. The construction is entirely hand-pieced and hand-quilted with diamond grid and parallel line patterns. The reverse side is backed with a plain cream cotton fabric that bears a faded, mirrored stencil mill mark reading Standard Cotton, suggesting the use of repurposed commercial fabric.
Lot: 439 - Antique Indigo & White Nine Patch Cotton Quilt
74 x 88 An antique American patchwork quilt featuring a Nine Patch pattern. The quilt is constructed from hand-pieced cotton fabrics, with blocks consisting of a three-by-three grid of alternating indigo blue printed calico and white cotton squares. These blocks are set into a plain white cotton field in a regular grid arrangement. The quilt is finished with dense hand-quilting in a fine diagonal cross-hatch pattern throughout. The reverse features a plain white cotton backing.
Lot: 440 - Hand-Quilted Cotton Trip Around World Quilt
70 x 70 This vintage hand-quilted cotton patchwork quilt features a Trip Around the World variation pattern. The central design is composed of small fabric squares arranged in concentric diamonds of pastel lavender, pink, yellow, light blue, and white. The patchwork field is enclosed by a wide, solid green border decorated with hand-quilted cable motifs. The interior squares are finished with diagonal diamond quilting. The reverse side is constructed from a solid cream-colored fabric.
Lot: 441 - Mid-20th C. Hand-Pieced & Hand-Quilted Scrap Quilt
68 x 76 A mid-20th century utility quilt featuring hand-pieced and hand-quilted construction. The quilt is composed of repeating rectangular blocks containing star-motif patterns made from various scrap cotton fabrics, including floral calico, gingham, and solids. These blocks are separated by vertical sashing strips of blue and white striped ticking fabric. The reverse is pieced together from larger sections of blue chambray and striped ticking. The quilt is finished with a blue fabric binding and features horizontal hand-quilted running stitches throughout.
Lot: 442 - American Hand-Quilted Patchwork Quilt, c. 1930s
76 x 80 This vintage American hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork scrap quilt is constructed from a variety of cotton fabrics, including assorted calico floral prints, ginghams, stripes, polka dots, and solids. The design is based on a geometric half-square triangle pattern, similar to a Broken Dishes variation. A nursery-themed border is featured at the bottom edge, depicting alphabet blocks and children's figures. The quilt is finished with dense hand-stitched diagonal grid quilting throughout. The reverse side is composed of a plain off-white cotton fabric.
Lot: 443 - Hand-Pieced Cotton Yo-Yo Quilt w/ Chevron
80 x 106 A vintage American hand-pieced yo-yo quilt, also known as a Suffolk puff quilt, featuring a chevron or zig-zag arrangement. The coverlet is constructed from numerous individual fabric circles, hand-gathered and joined to create an unbacked textile mesh. The pattern consists of multicolored bands in shades of yellow, purple, blue, pink, and teal. The fabrics used include a variety of printed cotton and cotton-blend scraps with floral, geometric, and star motifs. Based on the textile prints and construction techniques, the piece is attributed to the 1930s. The quilt terminates in a naturally scalloped edge formed by the circular construction. Close-up images show varied prints typical of the mid-20th-century period.
Lot: 444 - Reversible Patchwork & Crazy Quilt, c. 1920s-40s
36 x 36 A vintage hand-stitched reversible utility patchwork quilt dating to approximately the 1920s to 1940s. The textile features a double-sided design with different construction styles on each face. One side is composed of an organized grid of square and rectangular fabric patches in various prints, including florals, stripes, and berry motifs, interspersed with solid colors. The reverse side features a more irregular crazy quilt style arrangement of smaller fabric scraps. The materials include a variety of printed cottons and some satin-like fabrics, all joined with visible hand-whippstitching. The edges are finished with a pink fabric binding.
Lot: 445 - American Hand-Quilted Cotton Star Pattern Quilt
70 x 78 This hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton bedcover features twenty blocks of an eight-pointed star variant with central diamonds. The blocks are set within a grid-like sashing composed of red and blue fabric strips. The star blocks utilize a variety of solid and patterned cotton fabrics, including calico and gingham, in a palette of blue, green, yellow, red, and pink. A single block in the lower-right corner is distinct from the others, featuring a black background and a pink and white star. The reverse of the quilt is composed of a light-colored neutral backing fabric with a large, rectangular blue fabric inset in one corner. Hand-quilting is visible throughout the surface in straight and diagonal line patterns.
Lot: 446 - American Hand-Quilted Snowball Patchwork Quilt
64 x 74 A mid-20th-century American patchwork quilt featuring a variation of the Snowball block pattern. The quilt top is composed of multiple solid-colored fabric squares in a palette of pink, purple, black, gray, white, and teal, joined by small contrasting diamond-shaped cornerstones at the intersections. The central field is framed by a wide yellow inner border and a narrow cream-colored outer border. The textile is hand-quilted with visible running stitches. The reverse side is constructed from a printed fabric featuring a diamond-grid pattern with floral and paisley motifs in shades of red, yellow, green, and purple. Machine zigzag stitching is visible along the edges.
Lot: 447 - Two Amish Style Hand-Quilted Textiles, Mid-20th C
18 x 25, 40 x 46 Two hand-quilted textile items in the American Amish tradition, likely dating to the mid-20th century. The first item is a large rectangular quilt featuring a vertical bars pattern in alternating shades of coral-red and purple. This central field is enclosed by a blue inner border and a deep purple outer border. The reverse is finished in a mauve-colored fabric with hand-stitched diamond-pattern quilting. The second item is a smaller mat or wall hanging featuring a central grid of multicolored patchwork squares including black, forest green, burgundy, tan, and light blue. The center is surrounded by borders of light blue and dark charcoal-gray with a blue binding. The reverse is a gray fabric displaying decorative fan-shaped or scalloped hand-stitched quilting patterns. Both pieces are constructed from solid-colored fabrics and exhibit traditional hand-piecing and hand-quilting techniques.
Lot: 448 - Schoolhouse Pattern Hand-Quilted Wall Hanging
36 x 40 A small hand-quilted wall hanging featuring a traditional schoolhouse pattern, composed of six pieced fabric blocks arranged in a two-by-three grid. The house motifs are rendered in shades of magenta, purple, and red, accented with grey roofs and chimneys. Each house block is set against alternating dark blue and maroon backgrounds. The blocks are separated by light blue sashing, and the entire central panel is framed by a wide light blue-grey border. The piece is finished with a purple binding and a solid navy blue fabric backing. Hand-quilting is visible throughout, executed in a simple running stitch that follows the structural lines of the houses and forms undulating wave patterns in the borders. The construction demonstrates contemporary folk art techniques.
Lot: 449 - Cotton Patchwork Quilt, Ocean Waves Pattern
46 x 74 A hand-pieced and hand-quilted patchwork quilt featuring the traditional Ocean Waves geometric pattern. The central field is composed of triangular fabric sections in shades of teal, medium blue, and dark brown arranged in a repeating diamond-like motif. The quilt is framed by a wide dark brown border and finished with a narrow teal fabric binding. The reverse consists of a solid dark brown fabric. Elaborate hand-quilted stitching is visible across the entire surface, featuring decorative floral and foliate motifs within the solid color blocks and borders. The construction utilizes solid-colored fabrics, consistent with traditional American regional quilt-making practices.
Lot: 450 - American Mid-20th C. Cotton Patchwork Quilt
70 x 76 This hand-pieced and hand-tied cotton patchwork quilt features a nine-block design. Each block contains a central radiating pinwheel or star motif constructed from various cotton fabrics, including stripes, ginghams, and floral prints, set against a cream-colored ground. The blocks are separated by solid purple and green sashing, with one vertical sashing strip featuring a multicolored floral print. The perimeter is finished with a wide scrappy border made of various printed cotton fabrics. The three layers are held together by hand-tied yarn knots in red, black, and green. The backing consists of a single piece of cotton fabric with a mottled blue and white appearance.
Lot: 451 - Mid-20th C. American Hand-Quilted Patchwork Quilt
64 x 80 A vintage hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton patchwork quilt featuring a grid of thirty square blocks arranged in five columns and six rows. Each block is constructed in a string or crazy-patch style, utilizing a diverse array of mid-20th-century scrap fabrics including small-scale florals, calicos, houndstooth, polka dots, woven ginghams, and stripes. The blocks are joined by a light pink floral print sashing, and the entire piece is finished with a solid light pink fabric consists of a plain, cream-colored cotton backing. The quilt displays utilitarian hand-quilting stitches in a variety of patterns across the surface.
Lot: 452 - American Grandmother's Fan Pattern Cotton Quilt
66 x 80 A hand-pieced and hand-quilted quilt in the Grandmother's Fan pattern. This textile features a repeating fan motif set against a solid red cotton ground. Each fan is composed of various cotton fabrics including teal-and-white gingham, red-and-white gingham, and red-and-white stripes, interspersed with solid teal segments. The hand-quilting is visible throughout, following the curves of the fans in concentric arcs and utilizing vertical channel quilting in the background spaces. The reverse side is a solid red cotton fabric. Dimensions: Not provided.
Lot: 453 - Pair Hand-Quilted Cotton Bedding Items
30-32 sq. This lot consists of two vintage hand-quilted items: a large coverlet and a smaller decorative textile, likely a pillow sham or small throw. Both pieces are constructed from cotton fabric with cotton batting and feature extensive hand-stitching. The large coverlet is designed with a white center featuring whole-cloth style quilting with patterns including star motifs, clamshell, and diamond grid lines, finished with a solid light pink fabric border. The smaller decorative piece features a central mauve-colored applique in a stylized four-petal floral or pinwheel design, which is a variation of the Orange Peel pattern. This central design is surrounded by a matching mauve sawtooth applique border. Hand-quilting on the smaller piece follows the contours of the applique shapes.
Lot: 454 - Marie Webster Style Wind-Blown Tulips Quilt Top
88 x 90 A hand-appliqued quilt top or lightweight coverlet featuring five stylized floral motifs in the Wind-Blown Tulips pattern on a white cotton ground. The motifs consist of alternating pink and green petals radiating from a central yellow disc, each secured with a decorative white blanket stitch. The background is constructed from rectangular panels joined with a yellow and white decorative faggoting or herringbone stitch. The entire piece is finished with a pink fabric binding along the edges. The design and construction are characteristic of American needlework from the 1930s and 1940s, frequently associated with the patterns of Marie Webster.
Lot: 455 - Hand-Quilted Nine Patch Variation Scrap Quilt
70 x 80 A vintage patchwork scrap quilt featuring sixteen large square blocks arranged in a four-by-four grid. Each block is constructed in a Nine Patch variation or checkerboard pattern using an assortment of mid-20th-century cotton print fabrics, including floral calicos, ginghams, solids, and novelty prints. The blocks are separated by a light blue sashing fabric featuring a novelty print of stylized figures and motifs. The quilt is hand-pieced and hand-quilted throughout in a traditional fan or arc pattern. The backing consists of a single piece of striped cotton fabric in tones of brown, purple, orange, and green.
Lot: 456 - American Folk Art Pine Burr Pattern Quilt
66 x 84 This is a hand-stitched American folk art quilt executed in the traditional Pine Burr or Pinecone pattern. The construction technique involves small squares of cotton fabric folded into triangles and sewn onto a foundation fabric in overlapping concentric layers, creating a dense, three-dimensional texture. The quilt top features nine large circular medallions arranged in a three-by-three grid. The fabric choices include a diverse array of mid-20th-century cotton scraps, featuring various calico prints, ginghams, stripes, solids, and polka dots. The reverse is composed of multiple hand-quilted panels of a heavy-weight grey cotton fabric, possibly ticking or denim. This style of quilt is historically significant as the state quilt of Alabama and is associated with African American and Lumbee quilting traditions. No maker's marks or signatures are present. Three small detached fabric fragments are included.
Lot: 457 - Antique American Chartreuse Silk Whole-Cloth Quilt
72 x 86 This is an antique whole-cloth quilt constructed from a vibrant chartreuse green silk or silk-blend fabric. The quilt features exceptionally dense and elaborate hand-quilting across its entire surface. The decorative stitching forms a complex series of interlocking curvilinear motifs, including scrolls, swirls, and fan-like designs. This dense quilting creates a heavily textured and puckered appearance. The fabric has a visible sheen characteristic of silk satin or taffeta. This style of quilting and the characteristic silk degradation suggest an origin in the late 19th to early 20th century.
Lot: 458 - Amish-Made Floral & Feather Cotton Quilt
70 x 82 This hand-quilted bedcovering features a solid-color pieced top and a solid backingmade by the Goshen IN Amish. The face of the quilt is constructed with a central lavender rectangular panel surrounded by a contrasting solid orange inner border and a wide lavender outer border. The reverse consists of a solid pale yellow fabric. The piece is hand-quilted throughout with fine, consistent stitching. The central field and outer lavender border are decorated with large-scale scrolling floral and feather motifs. The orange inner border contains a continuous chain pattern of interlocking oval or double-leaf shapes. The edges are finished with a separate lavender binding.
Lot: 459 - Amish-made Pansy Scalloped Quilt
76 x 90 This vintage handmade quilt made by the Milldebury, IN Amish. The white cotton top features a central design of an oval wreath composed of hand-appliqu?d and embroidered pansies in shades of purple, yellow, and pink with green stems and leaves. Smaller pansy motifs are placed at the center of the wreath and positioned symmetrically toward the corners and edges. The entire white field is densely hand-quilted with intricate scrolling floral patterns and a fine stipple background. The quilt is finished with a scalloped edge and a thin lavender binding. The reverse consists of a solid lavender cotton fabric that highlights the fine hand-quilting stitches.
Lot: 460 - Mid-Century Cotton Diamond-in-a-Square Quilt Top
42 x 68 An unfinished vintage patchwork quilt top dating from the mid-20th century. The piece is constructed from various printed and solid cotton fabrics. The design features several large square blocks separated by vibrant orange sashing with dark brown cornerstones. Each large block contains a sixteen-unit grid, with each individual unit showcasing a Diamond-in-a-Square (Square-on-Point) motif. The fabrics used in the patterned diamonds include white ground with green and yellow polka dots, white ground with red and pink floral sprays, white ground with large red cabbage rose motifs, blue and white gingham, and white ground with small-scale red floral calico prints. The construction is machine-pieced, and the reverse side reveals raw seam allowances. A light blue fabric strip is partially attached along one edge.
Lot: 461 - Pair Gingerbread Placemats & Crocheted Star Doily
21 x 23 This collection includes three household textile items: two matching reversible quilted placemats and a large circular crocheted doily. The placemats are constructed from cotton fabric with interior batting and feature panels from the Grandmas Gingerbread collection. The front design displays various gingerbread figures, a cookie jar labeled Cookies, and a bottle labeled Ginger. Two printed panels provide recipes for Grandmas Gingerbread and Gingerbread Muffins. The decorative borders include a green flying geese patchwork motif and a black fabric printed with red hearts, all finished with a solid red fabric binding. The reverse side features a printed patchwork pattern in muted tones of blue, green, cream, and red, with select squares featuring red heart motifs. The large doily is hand-crocheted from cotton thread in a 12-pointed star mandala design featuring a chevron ripple effect. The piece is worked in alternating concentric bands of dark chocolate brown and pale yellow thread. It features an openwork center and a decorative scalloped outer edge.
Lot: 462 - Kaulele Creations Hawaii Botanical Quilted Panels
Approx 18 x 28 A collection of four quilted fabric panels or runners, each featuring distinct botanical or ornithological prints. The panels are constructed with diamond-patterned machine quilting on the face and finished with color-coordinated fabric bindings. The bindings on the reverse show evidence of hand-finishing. The collection includes: One panel featuring two blue birds with black and white accents perched on pussy willow branches over a light tan background, finished with a blue border and a purple floral patterned reverse. One panel featuring large red-orange poppy blossoms and green foliage on a white background, finished with a textured green border and a light green polka dot reverse. One panel featuring a pink and green Heliconia floral stalk with the name Heliconia printed in red script at the bottom. This panel is printed on a white background with a solid green border and a solid pink reverse. It bears the printed mark Kaulele Creations Hawaii along the stem. One panel featuring repeating clusters of red roses and green leaves on a cream background, finished with a red border and a cream-colored reverse.
Lot: 463 - Indiana Amish Quilted & Appliqued Cotton Hanging
32 x 32 An Amish-style hand-quilted and appliqued wall hanging, likely dating to the late 20th century. The piece features a central applique design depicting a basket of stylized flowers in shades of purple, pink, and dark green. This central motif is situated within a diamond-shaped border of light pink fabric with a subtle rose print. The surrounding background is composed of a teal cotton fabric with white polka dots. The construction displays extensive hand-quilting, including a cable or rope pattern in the pink border and large rose motifs in each of the four teal corners. The entire field is finished with straight horizontal quilting lines. The piece is bordered with purple fabric binding and features a plain white cotton fabric reverse.
Lot: 464 - Pair Checkerboard & Pink Sunflower Quilt Tops
74 x 86 pink, 44 x 60 purpleThis lot features two vintage, hand-pieced quilt tops of likely American origin, dating from the early to mid-20th century. Both pieces are unfinished textile tops without batting or backing. The first top is a checkerboard design composed of alternating solid white squares and purple squares, with the purple fabric featuring a small-scale, tone-on-tone floral scroll print. The second top displays a complex geometric pattern, likely a variation of a Sunflower, Wheel, or Dahlia design, featuring curved petal-like shapes and diamond-shaped intersections in solid pink fabric against a white ground. Both tops are hand-pieced with visible hand-stitching on the reverse sides and have raw, unfinished, or irregular edges. The material is cotton or a cotton blend.
Lot: 465 - Two American Hand-Stitched Cotton Textiles
25 x 33 blue, pink is a pillowcase. This lot consists of two vintage American hand-stitched cotton textile items, likely dating from the mid-20th century. The first item is a patchwork quilt top or lightweight quilt featuring a classic pinwheel pattern constructed from alternating triangles of solid light blue and off-white cotton fabric. The piece is hand-pieced and hand-stitched with visible running stitches throughout. The edges are unfinished and show fraying. The second item is a standard white cotton pillowcase featuring a central hand-applied patchwork medallion. The medallion is configured in a diamond shape with a central green floral square, surrounded by four pink floral-patterned lozenges and four green floral-patterned corner squares. A coordinating band of the green floral fabric is sewn along the hem of the open end. The patchwork elements are hand-applied to a commercially made base. The printed fabrics are characteristic of American domestic needlework from the 1930s to 1950s.
Lot: 466 - American Hand Appliqued Cotton Tulip Quilt
82 x 86 A vintage cotton quilt featuring a hand-appliqued tulip pattern on an off-white ground. The central field is organized with five main blocks arranged in a quincunx pattern, each containing four stylized yellow tulips with green stems and leaves radiating from a central point. A wide border surrounds the central field, decorated with individual upright yellow tulips on stems. The piece is entirely hand-quilted. Central blocks feature a diagonal diamond-grid pattern, while the border area is quilted with vertical straight lines. Applique elements are hand-stitched and finished with outline quilting. Materials include solid yellow, light yellow, and sage green cotton fabrics with an off-white cotton top and backing.
Lot: 467 - American Hand-Quilted Cotton Granny Square Quilt
76 x 78 This antique patchwork quilt is hand-pieced in a design known as a Granny Square pattern, composed of numerous small square cotton fabric patches arranged in concentric rounds to form individual blocks. The quilt utilizes a variety of late 19th to early 20th-century textiles, including printed calicos, shirtings, and ginghams in a palette featuring indigo blue, madder red, deep purple, and various shades of brown and green. These patterned blocks are set against an off-white or cream cotton ground. The entire piece is densely hand-quilted in a small-scale grid pattern, with uniform stitching visible on both the decorative front and the solid cream cotton reverse. No maker's marks or signatures are present.
Lot: 468 - Floral Applique Bedspread w/ Purple Fringe
74 x 92 This vintage bedspread features a cream-colored base of textured woven fabric with a repeating rectangular block pattern. The textile is decorated with hand-applied floral motifs in a variety of solid-colored fabrics, including shades of blue, lavender, and green. The design composition consists of two horizontal floral borders at the top and bottom, linked by five vertical vines. Additional small flower sprigs are placed symmetrically on the side panels. The appliques are secured with visible perimeter stitching. A twisted purple and white yarn fringe adorns three sides of the spread. The reverse side reveals the stitching patterns corresponding to the floral placement on the front.
Lot: 469 - Chris Stone and Associates 1991 Tropical Palm Print Decorator Fabric Yardage
9 yds of vintage decorator fabric produced by Chris Stone and Associates, dated 1991. The textile features a large-scale, stylized tropical botanical print of palm and fern fronds. The color palette includes shades of teal, burgundy, white, and yellow accents set against a muted terracotta or salmon background. The fabric is a medium-to-heavyweight weave with a distinct pebbled texture characteristic of barkcloth, suitable for upholstery, drapery, or outdoor pillows and crafts. The selvage is intact and contains the printed maker mark and copyright date: ? 1991 CHRIS STONE & ASSOCIATES.
Lot: 470 - Mid-C. Tropical Botanical Print Barkcloth
This lot contains one curtain and one small fabric remnant featuring a bold, large-scale tropical botanical print. The textile is a heavy, textured weave characteristic of mid-20th century barkcloth, typically manufactured from cotton or a cotton-rayon blend. The pattern consists of stylized jagged leaves in lime green and yellow tones, sweeping curved leaves in deep magenta and maroon, and soft grey palm fronds, all set against an off-white or cream-colored ground. This style of Hawaiian-themed botanical print was popularized during the 1930s and 1940s for interior applications such as drapery and upholstery. Similar designs are often attributed to manufacturers like Markwood Fabrics. Both pieces exhibit raw, unfinished, and frayed edges.
Lot: 471 - Mid-C. Floral Print Bedspread or Textile Panel
This is a large-scale vintage textile curtain panel. The fabric is possibly rayon or a silk blend, featuring a light grey ground. The pattern consists of a large-scale screen print with vibrant magenta and yellow blossoms, resembling thistles or carnations, interspersed with oversized green and pale pink palm-like fronds. The construction consists of two panels joined by a central vertical seam finished with grey piping. Water stains throughout the material.
Lot: 472 - Waverly Woodland Barkcloth & Fabric Remnants
This collection consists of several vintage textile remnants and one curtain. Included is a square section of Waverly Bonded Fabric in the Woodland pattern, which displays stylized maple, oak, and buckeye leaves over a brown cross-hatch grid background. Another piece is a rectangular section of textured fabric featuring abstract geometric shapes and atomic-style line-and-dot motifs in teal, rust, and mustard on a cream ground. A long charcoal gray fabric section shows atomic elements and abstract fans in seafoam green and pink. A larger piece features a bold, large-scale botanical floral print in blue and olive green, with one section previously fashioned into a pleated waistband with belt loops. Materials consist of textured barkcloth and bonded cotton. Visible markings on selvedges include A Waverly Bonded Fabric, Woodland, and A COLOR TESTED FABRIC---BEST OBTAINABLE VAT DYES.
Lot: 473 - Cofabco Mid-C. Floral Barkcloth Fabric Remnants
A group of mid-20th-century textile pieces manufactured by the Commercial Fabrics Corporation (Cofabco). These pieces feature a large-scale floral print depicting roses, hydrangeas, and trailing vines in shades of rose-pink, dusty blue, lemon yellow, and sage green. The pattern is printed onto a neutral, light gray or beige ground with a characteristic horizontally-textured barkcloth weave. The selvage edge on one piece contains the printed text A COFABCO GUARANTEED PRINT accompanied by a directional arrow and the word UP. Each of the four pieces appear to have been pre-cut for a specific sewing or upholstery project, such as a slipcover or chair cover.
Lot: 474 - Tropical Botanical Cotton Barkcloth Panels
This lot consists of a pair of vintage fabric curtain and a small scrap featuring a bold mid-century tropical botanical motif. The textile is a mid-weight woven cotton with a pebbled texture characteristic of barkcloth. The large-scale pattern displays palmate leaves in shades of green, chartreuse, and yellow, accompanied by brown bamboo-style stalks and teal foliage. Clusters of spiky magenta and purple flowers, resembling mimosa or bottlebrush blooms, provide vibrant color accents. The cream background is detailed with faint gray line-art botanical sketches. The lot includes one large curtain and a matching smaller remnant.
Lot: 475 - Schumacher Protea Print & Fabric Remnants
This lot features one 45in fabric remnant and one curtain with distinct botanical and floral designs. The first textile is a heavy-weight material with a textured surface characteristic of mid-century barkcloth, composed of a cotton or linen blend. The pattern is a large-scale botanical print featuring stylized bowl-shaped flowers, resembling Protea, in shades of pink and burgundy with yellow-dotted centers. The motif includes large green leaves with white veining and feathery gray and purple foliage on a neutral beige ground. A printed selvage on this piece is marked SCHUMACHER and WASHABLE. The second textile is a medium to heavy-weight fabric with a visible slubbed weave, featuring a classic floral print of large pink multi-petaled blossoms, pomegranate-style fruit, and small teal flowers on a textured gray ground.
Lot: 476 - Tempo Tropica Palm Leaf Fabric Yardage
This lot consists of 4yds of heavy-weight fabric yardage featuring a bold tropical botanical motif. The pattern, identified as Tempo Tropica, displays stylized palm leaves in shades of forest green, sage green, and white set against a coral-pink background. The textile is a durable cotton or cotton-blend canvas with a visible slub texture and plain weave, designed for home decor applications such as upholstery, cushions, and window treatments. The pattern is screen-printed on one side with a lighter reverse.
Lot: 477 - Pair Mid-Century Floral Barkcloth Drapery Panels
This lot consists of a pair of vintage pinch-pleated curtain panels. The one cutain panel has been made and the other is raw material only. The panels are constructed from a heavyweight textured cotton fabric, characteristic of mid-20th-century barkcloth, and are fully lined with a white plain-weave fabric. The design features a large-scale English Country style floral pattern composed of bouquets of roses in shades of pink and cream, accented by green foliage and brown branches, all set against an off-white or cream ground. The top of panel is finished with triple pinch-pleat headers. The finished curtain has large water stains at lower end of curtain.
Lot: 478 - Pair Mid-C. Barkcloth Gazelle & Floral Panels
A pair of large vintage curtain panels featuring a mid-century novelty print in the style of designer Margaret Meier. The pictorial pattern consists of a repeating motif of stylized, leaping golden gazelles or antelopes with spiraled horns. These animals are depicted amidst large, vibrant floral bouquets including peonies, sunflowers, and smaller pink blossoms, interspersed with flowering tree branches. The textile is a cotton or cotton-blend barkcloth characterized by a pronounced pebbled texture. The color palette consists of golden yellow, rose pink, deep teal, and forest green set against a pale grey ground.
Lot: 479 - Mid-Century Botanical and Landscape Print Barkcloth Material
A lot of misc sized blankets and material constructed from heavyweight, textured cotton barkcloth. The textiles feature a bold, large-scale botanical and landscape print characteristic of the 1940s and 1950s American Hollywood Regency style. The design incorporates clusters of stylized pink lilies, resembling torch ginger or stargazer varieties, and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers set among vibrant green foliage. The floral motifs are interspersed with stylized yellow and green trees featuring gray-tone shaded canopies, all presented against a neutral light gray ground.
Lot: 480 - Chris Stone California Mid-C. Barkcloth
This lot consists of two separate pieces of textile approx 2yds each, featuring designs inspired by mid-century modern aesthetics. Both pieces are constructed from a heavy textured fabric characteristic of barkcloth, frequently used for upholstery or drapery. The first piece features a pale yellow ground with an atomic era abstract print consisting of black molecular line-and-dot motifs, sun-like bursts, wireframe pod shapes, crescent moons, and organic forms in black, olive green, slate grey, and terracotta. The selvage of this fabric is clearly marked with the signature Chris Stone CALIFORNIA followed by a copyright symbol and the date 2001. A numbered color key from 1 to 7 is also present on the edge. The second piece has an off-white ground decorated with a repeating vertical pattern of stylized pink weeping flowers, teal rectangular blocks, and brown geometric elements.
Lot: 481 - Pair Mid-Century Tropical Barkcloth Drapes
A pair of lined drapes approx 30 x 34 constructed from heavyweight cotton barkcloth. The face fabric features a large-scale tropical botanical print with Caladium leaves in shades of pink and cream, accented by green ferns and foliage. The design incorporates a dark green drop shadow effect against a salmon-pink ground. The reverse is finished with a white tone-on-tone patterned lining fabric. A small, rectangular green fabric patch is sewn to the top reverse edge of one panel, though it bears no legible markings or text.
Lot: 482 - Pair Tropical Botanical Print Curtain Panels
This lot consists of a pair of vintage curtain panels. The pieces are constructed from a heavyweight textured fabric with a pebbled, barkcloth-style weave, likely a cotton or cotton-synthetic blend. The design features a large-scale tropical botanical motif, specifically Monstera deliciosa leaves and scrolling vine structures. The color palette includes shades of sage and forest green, tan, and deep plum on an off-white or cream-colored ground. One piece displays an all-over pattern, whereas the other is a border-print panel with a decorated edge and a plain field. The large-scale motif and color palette are characteristic of late 20th-century interior design styles from the 1980s or 1990s.
Lot: 483 - Set Mid-C. Modern Patterned Curtain Panels Montreal
A set of 3, mid-century modern fabric panels featuring a stylized botanical and geometric print, each is 4ft. The design incorporates teal and brown organic forms resembling leaves or flowers on thin dark branches, alongside rectangular and square color blocks in shades of teal, brown, and tan. The background is an off-white woven ground. The material is a medium-weight woven fabric. The word MONTREAL is printed along the selvage.
Lot: 484 - Chinoiserie Barkcloth Curtain Panel
A large very beautiful curtain panel featuring a mid-century modern Chinoiserie pattern, measuring 64 x 88! The material is a heavyweight decorative barkcloth fabric characterized by a pronounced horizontal slub. The design consists of stylized teal-colored lanterns accented with gold-toned lattice detailing, suspended from gnarled dark brown branches. The pattern is further decorated with large, abstract foliage in shades of chocolate brown, tan, and muted blue, all set against a cream-colored ground. The panel is fully lined with a solid sage green fabric. The construction features traditional pinch pleats at the top header.
Lot: 485 - 20th C. Drunkard's Path Variation Patchwork Quilt
80 x 88 A hand-tied patchwork quilt featuring a variation of the traditional Drunkard's Path pattern. The design consists of a central field of blocks featuring quarter-circle pieced segments in light pink and pale blue fabrics against a solid navy blue ground. This central section is framed by a wide navy blue border. The quilt top is constructed from solid-colored fabrics, likely cotton or a cotton-synthetic blend. The backing is made of a solid light pink synthetic fleece material, which has been brought forward to form a self-binding edge around the perimeter. Instead of traditional quilting stitches, the three layers are secured by hand-tied lengths of pink, blue, and white yarn or embroidery floss spaced throughout the surface. The reverse side features a small, rectangular area with a multi-colored embroidered inset piece.
Lot: 486 - American Hand-Quilted Cotton Basket Motif Coverlet
60 x 70 A hand-quilted cotton coverlet featuring a repeating grid of stamped blue motifs depicting stylized baskets. The textile is constructed from two layers of light-colored cotton or muslin fabric with an internal layer of cotton batting. The quilting follows a geometric scheme consisting of a primary grid of horizontal and vertical lines, with secondary diagonal hand-stitching forming diamond patterns within the squares. The piece is finished with a simple matching fabric binding along the edges. The hand-stitched construction is visible throughout the piece.
Lot: 487 - Quaker Fabric Corp. Strip Patchwork Quilt Top
68 x 94 Handmade patchwork quilt top constructed in a strip-quilt or string-quilt style. The textile consists of horizontal bands of varying printed decorator fabrics. The primary face showcases a large-scale Chinoiserie-style print of lotus blossoms and bamboo on a cream ground, interspersed with narrower strips of floral, geometric, and striped patterns. The secondary side features a denser arrangement of varied fabric strips. Construction materials appear to be cotton or cotton-blend, with some fabrics exhibiting a slight sheen characteristic of polished cotton or chintz. Several fabric panels are joined using decorative yellow hand-embroidery in a herringbone or cross-stitch pattern. Integrated fabric selvages contain printed text including A SCREEN PRINT PROTECTED, DUPONT TEFLON SOIL AND STAIN REPELLER, STEINBERG FOR QUAKER, and CORPORATION MCM... FOR QUAKER. These marks identify the source materials as commercial upholstery-grade fabrics from the Quaker Fabric Corporation, including designs by Steinberg. The assembly reflects American folk-art quilting traditions from the late 20th century.
Lot: 488 - American Cotton Pinwheel Quilt, Blue & Yellow
62 x 76 A handmade cotton pieced quilt featuring a large-scale pinwheel or windmill pattern. The top is constructed from half-square triangles in pale yellow and light grayish-blue cotton fabrics. The quilt is hand-quilted throughout with vertical straight-line stitching. The reverse side is finished with a coarse-weave off-white cotton backing.
Lot: 489 - Spectrix Precious Moments Jungle Quilted Panel
34 x 45 This pre-quilted fabric panel features a Precious Moments jungle illustration designed by Samuel J. Butcher and produced by Spectrix. The central design depicts an orange-spotted giraffe with a purple monkey hanging from its neck, accompanied by a green parrot and ladybugs set among tropical flowers and foliage in a pastel color palette. The panel is constructed with a printed cotton-blend top layer, polyester batting, and a solid white fabric reverse, all joined by a machine-stitched diamond and scalloped quilting pattern. A wide yellow border frames the central scene. The lower selvedge edge is printed with the following mark: PRECIOUS MOMENTS TM, copyright 1992 By Samuel J. Butcher Co., Fabric by Spectrix. The artist initials SMB are also integrated into the printed design near the base of the giraffe.
Lot: 490 - Double-Sided Nine-Patch Machine-Stitched Quilt Top
76 x 78 A vintage double-sided quilt top or lightweight coverlet featuring a nine-patch layout on both sides. The construction consists of a 3x3 grid of large blocks, each composed of a checkerboard pattern of smaller multi-colored fabric squares. The blocks are separated by wide sashing in a solid bright turquoise blue. This piece is entirely machine-sewn, utilizing a prominent zigzag stitch to join the individual squares and the larger blocks. It is constructed from two finished patchwork faces sewn back-to-back without internal batting or traditional quilting stitches. The materials include an assortment of printed cotton and synthetic-blend fabric scraps featuring 1960s and 1970s-style floral, calico, and geometric patterns.
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