Descriptif du lot
Amish quilts with pictorial stitching are extremely rare. The choice of bucolic animal figures, together with the small dimensions of this quilt, suggest that it was worked for a child.
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A RARE AMISH COTTON QUILTED COVERLET
LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1920
Worked in the Diamond-in-the-Square pattern with a blue diamond stitched with floral and animal figures including birds, lamb, horse, chicken, and duck framed by green peony and tulip-stitched spandrels surrounded by a blue peony-stitched inner border and a green tulip-stitched outer border, with a blue binding--66 x 66in.
LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1920
Worked in the Diamond-in-the-Square pattern with a blue diamond stitched with floral and animal figures including birds, lamb, horse, chicken, and duck framed by green peony and tulip-stitched spandrels surrounded by a blue peony-stitched inner border and a green tulip-stitched outer border, with a blue binding--66 x 66in.