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PLEASE READ the DESCRIPTION & STUDY the PHOTOGRAPHS CAREFULLY
AND be AWARE of the POSTAGE COSTS & MY RETURN POLICY
BEFORE BIDDING
THANKYOU,
Frankie
For Auction
THIS GENUINE VERY OLD ANTIQUE/VINTAGE HAND SEWN LARGE QUILT
IN STRIKINGLY WONDERFUL SMALL GEOMETRIC BLOCKS
OF RED and WHITE
A LABOUR OF LOVE and CARE FOR LOVED ONES
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I HAVE PURCHASED IT FROM A FAMILY HERE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
WHERE THEY HAVE HAD IT FOR SOME 70 YEARS
BUT I FEEL IT IS OLDER THAN THAT ! ?
THE GRANNY of the FAMILY EXPLAINED THAT IT IS COUNTY TYRONE COLOURS
RED for the HEARTH and WARMTH of the HOME
AND WHITE for the HOME (ie WHITE WASH COTTAGE)
IT IS A TERRIFIC SIZE
measuring OVER 6ft ‘almost’ square – 77 inches x 75 inches
The quilt has GOOD WEIGHT
weighing in at approx 1580gms
CONDITION IS VERY GOOD
THE FRONT
I HAVE NOTED NO DAMAGE and NO STITCHING LOSS
OTHER THAN the VERY EDGE
WHERE there is WEAR commensurate with AGE & HANDLING
THE EDGE is BEAUTIFULLY HANDSEWN
AND THE WEAR IS NEITHER UNSIGHTLY or STRAGGLY
IT RATHER ADDS TO THE YEARS OF JOY and HISTORY of the item
THE REVERSE
THIS is
D*E*L*I*G*H*T*F*U*L
AGAIN BEAUTIFULLY HAND STITCHED
A FEW SMALL WEAR HOLES & OCCASSIONAL MINI MARK COMMENSURATE WITH AGE
THE FABRIC IS WHITE
AND THE REVERSE HAS BEEN CAREFULLY MADE USING USED FLOUR BAGS
THE PRINT FROM THESE REMAINS
ADDING TO THE QUILT’S OVERWHELMING CHARISMA !
THERE IS A PRINT in FAINT BLUE but VISIBLE
WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE SIDE of a FLOUR BAG
I KNOW THAT HUNGARIAN FLOUR and MILLING TECHNIQUES
COINCIDE WITH a PERIOD in IRELAND from around 1870 – 1907
AND THERE are LINKS to a MILL in LONDONDERRY NORTHERN IRELAND
THE PRINT IS READABLE
AND WHAT I DETECT is this …
A LARGE CROWN at the TOP
HUNGARIAN
PATENT PROCESS
FLOUR
GROWN ROLLED MILLS
LONDONDERRY
IN ANOTHER AREA in SMALLER PRINT I DETECT SOMETHING LIKE :-
MADE IN USA
THERE are OTHER PRINTS TOO ..PART OF A CIRCLE..PART OF A STAR etc
~ THE LOOK ~
OBVIOUSLY AT HOME IN VINTAGE / ANTIQUE ROOM SETTINGS
AND FABULOUS USED as it WAS INTENDED on a BED
(photographed on KING SIZE BED)
BUT THIS QUILT HAS SO MANY DESIGN STRENGTHS
USED as a WALL HANGING IN OLD CHARACTER HOUSES
or
IN A CONTEMPORARY ROOM SETTING
IT WOULD PROVIDE UNIQUE COLOUR & FOCUS
IT WOULD DISPLAY BEAUTIFULLY as a THROW or TABLE COVER
AND I PERSONALLY JUST LOVE THESE UNIQUE TEXTILES FALLING ARTISTICALLY
OUT OF THINGS and OVER THINGS !!
photographed here amongst a mixture of NAKED ultra modern male mannequin
VICTORIAN DAY BED REUPHOLSTERED IN CONTEMPORARY FABRIC
AND ANTIQUE FRENCH SHABBY CHIC POT CUPBOARD !!!!
MY PERSONAL THING IS LOVE of ALL THINGS ARTISTIC and UNIQUE
AND I THINK BLENDING THEM TOGETHER
IS INSPIRATIONAL
and
GIVES HUGE PLEASURE
THE QUILT IS a FEAST for the EYES
BUT ALSO is INSPIRATIONAL for your OWN CREATIVETY
AND IT DRAWS OUT A NATURAL CURIOSITY for ITS TACTILE HISTORY !
I FELL SO IN LOVE WITH THIS AS I LISTED IT
THAT IT VERY NEARLY DIDN’T MAKE IT ON TO EBAY !!
BUT HERE IT IS AND I HOPE IT GOES ON TO PROVIDE THE NEW OWNER
with
I*M*M*E*N*S*E
JOY
POSTAGE / SHIPPING
UNPACKED WEIGHT approx 1580gms
UK FIRST CLASS POST £7.50
EUROPE & REPUBLIC of IRELAND Airmail sml pkt £10.95
USA CANADA AUSTRALIA JAPAN Airmail sml pkt £19.95
POST WORLDWIDE
PAYMENT WITHIN 3 DAYS of AUCTION END
THANKYOU
FRANKIE
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