Sold for:
$889
$889
Pieced and Appliqued Cotton Figural Eagle Quilt, America, c. 1860s, the quilt depicting four spreadwing eagle figures, each with a flower sprig in its beak, surrounding a central medallion, composed of red, green, and yellow patterned printed calico cotton fabrics on a white ground turned over around the on the edges, backed with white cotton, diamond pattern and outline quilting in the center field surrounded by a diagonal line and undulating feather border, (toning, stains), 84 x 82 in. Unwashed or barely washed condition, overal varios shades of toning, moreso on border fabric, fold lines and mousture stains.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
