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Show Stopper: Saddle Set
In Miami, the Deverian family displayed this extremely rare Sultan’s complete saddle set that had been made in the 1880s in Motasham Kashan. This Museum Quality piece has been in the Deveria...
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The Elizabeth MacCullough Hervey quilt is a superb example of high Style 1. The 25 blocks use a generous variety of fabrics, including many fondues. The inking details are well done. This quilt shows many of what we think of as typical Baltimore blocks such as the reticulated baskets, the lush cornucopias and exuberant florals. The circle surrounds on the pictorial blocks appear to be unique, and I have yet to find another fisherman block. Private collection, photograph courtesy of Jan Whitlock Textiles.
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Baltimore Album Quilts are perhaps the most easily distinguished quilt style. They are composed of a number of "blocks," usually 25, each of which contains a complete pictorial or decorative motif....
Show Stopper: Saddle SetIn Miami, the Deverian family displayed this extremely rare Sultan’s complete saddle set that had been made in the 1880s in Motasham Kashan. This Museum Quality piece has been in the Deveria...
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Most needlework memorials are silkwork. Memorial samplers are extremely uncommon, but Amy Finkel brought this three-generational one to Deerfield. It was worked on linen and showed the tombs of a g...
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Marilyn Garrow brought this English wool-on-canvas carpet to the Merchandise Mart from Suffolk, England. It had been hand-embroidered in about 1860, right on the cusp between handmade carpets and m...