June 13 – 15, 2006
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Primary topics of this QHL Digest:
- The “Mayflower” Quilt and America’s Oldest Quilts — Members sort out the Lovely Lane quilt’s story, the difference between quilts made here and quilts brought here, and early wholecloth examples.
- Palampores, Chintz and Early Quilt Trade — Discussion of block printed Indian cotton hangings and how they shaped early European and American quilting.
- Lone Star Quilts and Native American Makers — A photo of Red Cloud’s home prompts talk about who made star quilts, and how far back the Lone Star pattern goes.
- Horse Hair as Quilt Stuffing — A member asks about horse hair used to pad quilts, and replies range from medieval padded garments to upholstered furniture.
- Quilt Museums to Visit in the Mid-Atlantic — A West Michigan guild asks for smaller collections near Washington DC, and members suggest Pennsylvania and Iowa venues. (see the article on quilt museums)
- Revolutionary War Flags at Auction — An update on captured battle flags that sold at a Flag Day auction for more than $17 million.
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:17:37 EDT | From: Blackeyesandysue@
Meg, There is the “Mayflower Quilt”. It is owned by the Lovely Lane Church in Baltimore Maryland. It was said to have come over on the Mayflower. It is now said to have been brought over by the Cogswell family on the “Angel Gabriel” shipwreaked off the coast of Maine, September 18, 1638. There is alot of documentation with the quilt. The Baltimore Appilque Society did a quilt show for their benefit last November. They published a calender for 2006, which is for sale. May and June feature the “Mayflower quilt”. It has rarely been seen. It was on display at the show with their four fabulous Baltimores last fall. You could probably still buy the calender to at least see a photograph of the quilt. Polly Mello
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:19:07 +0100 | From: Sally Ward <sallytatters@>
> There is the “Mayflower Quilt”. …..It is now > said to have been brought over by the Cogswell family on the “Angel Gabriel” > shipwreaked off the coast of Maine, September 18, 1638.
But are you looking for the oldest American quilt, or the oldest quilt in America? <G>
Sally Ward
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:52:50 -0400 | From: Lynn and Debbie Cupp <Cupp5@>
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I am an oncology nurse. Our supply expenses are hefty. Lots of people try and “sweet-talk” or otherwise request supplies from us. Adhesive bandages, gloves and IV tubing (of all things) to tie up their tomato plants. IV tubing requires a prescription…
Please try to find another source for nitrile gloves besides medical professionals.
Sincerely, Debbie Cupp
Margaret Geiss-Mooney wrote:
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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:16:30 -0400 | From: “Karen Evans”
What does the Mayflower quilt look like? Is it patchwork or wholecloth? Because if it’s patchwork it’s much more likely to be 18th century than 17th….
Karen Evans
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:26:50 -0400 | From: “Karen Evans”
Also, the Lovely Lane quilt may not be the oldest quilt in America. The Gardner Museum in Boston, Winterthur in Delaware, and the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford all have very early silk quilts in their collection. The one in Boston and Winterthur are early 17th century and may well be older than the Lovely Lane quilt.
None of the above, BTW, are American made; I haven’t seen a good picture of the Hartford quilt, but the ones in Boston and Delaware were almost certainly part of the European quilt trade in the eastern Mediterranean in the late 16th/early 17th century.
Karen Evans
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:22:27 -0700 | From: “Carla G” <phonefun@>
Carla here. I had thought that Native made quilts might be the older US quilts. There’s a Quilt History site that has interesting tidbits and addresses the idea that quilts might not have come over on the Mayflower. “Despite popular belief it is highly unlikely that quilts came on the Mayflower. At that time a quilt was a luxury item and only the very rich possessed them. The Mayflower passengers were neither rich nor ostentatious, being puritans! They probably brought woven coverlets with them. The Virginia settlements probably saw quilts long before the New Englanders. They were more wealthy and more class concious than the New Englanders. The earliest quilts in America were Indian chintz quilts and Palamplores. “
I have to read up more on the Palamplores and chintz quilts, but it looks mighty interesting.
If you want to read the whole thing: http://www.quiltersbee.com/qbqhisto.htm
There’s alot to this site: http://www.quilthistory.com/
Happy Sewing! Carla — It’s not just Life- It’s an Adventure!
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 8:23:06 -0700 | From: Karen Evans
As far as anyone knows, the oldest American quilts were the wholecloth wool quilts of New England from the early 18th century. Native Americans learned to quilt from missionaries in the 19th century.
Karen Evans
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:35:13 -0400 | From: “Lynne Z. Bassett” <lzbassett@>
There are also several documented whole cloth silk quilts made in the Philadelphia area from the 1730s. Forgive me for not going through my files and getting the exact information–I’m trying to prepare for a dinner party and I’m BEHIND schedule! But I can’t help checking on this conversation every once in awhile….
Lynne
> As far as anyone knows, the oldest American quilts were the wholecloth > wool quilts of New England from the early 18th century.
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:31:33 -0700 (PDT) | From: Anita Loscalzo <aloscalz@>
BLENDING THE OLD & THE NEW June 22 – August 13, 2006
The exhibition, Blending the Old and the New, developed by Gerald Roy for the Museum of the American Quilter’s Society, will be on display at the New England Quilt Museum from June 22 to August 13, 2006. The exhibition of 29 quilts is a tribute to quiltmaker and quilt collector Paul D. Pilgrim of Oakland, California, who died of cancer in November 1996.
While in partnership with Gerald Roy in Pilgrim Roy Antiques & Interiors (San Francisco and Oakland), Paul Pilgrim developed one of the foremost collections of antique quilts in the country. During their pursuit of quilts and other textiles for their business, Paul developed affection for the antique “orphan blocks” he found as well. Paul used his talents as a quiltmaker to combine the antique blocks with contemporary fabrics to produce wholly original quilts that display his own artistic vision and love of antiques. Text with each quilt in the exhibit indicates the source and dates of various blocks and fabrics, as well as information about Paul’s inspiration and thoughts on its design. In “Off-Center Log Cabin,” Pilgrim took a set of wool Log Cabin blocks made around 1860 and made “a contemporary quilt with its roots set in tradition” by setting the blocks in an unconventional pattern.
Exhibit curator Gerald E. Roy comments on Paul’s quiltmaking: “After completing a quilt from blocks left by his grandmother, he stretched the custom of using inherited pieces to include many unfinished projects from former unrelated generations. Convinced he was not only preserving by completion, but celebrating the efforts of anonymous quiltmakers from the past, he began incorporating antique blocks and fabrics into his own work . . . It is reassuring to know that the quilting tradition provides not only a broad opportunity for self-expression but also a built-in recycling system for unfinished projects, especially those projects unappreciated during their time but re-evaluated and re-assessed in another time by fresh and enthusiastic eyes.”
On Saturday, June 24, at 1 p.m., Gerald Roy will give a lecture on the work of Paul Pilgrim at the Museum. On Saturday, July 15, 2006, Quilt artist and historian Kathy Metelica will talk about the process of assembling quilts from antique blocks with her quilts and those made by others as examples. Both lectures are free with admission to the Museum. The book written by Gerald Roy to accompany the exhibit will be on sale in the Museum Shop for $16.95. This exhibition is funded in part by Mancuso Show Management, Marcus Brothers Textiles, and P & B Textiles. Gerald Roy’s lecture is funded in part by Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine.
Museum hours are 10 AM – 4 PM Tuesday – Saturday; and Sundays 12 – 4 PM. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for students/senior citizens; Museum members are admitted free. Handicapped parking is available.
Anita B. Loscalzo, Curator New England Quilt Museum 18 Shattuck Street Lowell, MA 01852 ——– email: Curator@ telephone: 978-452-4207 Ext. 11
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:58:18 EDT | From: Blackeyesandysue@
The “Mayflower” quilt is a wholecloth linen quilt with a very elaborate highly stuffed trapunto quilting design. Now that I have said that, evidently, there is a wholecloth quilt at the Smithsonian that is the prime contenter unless you include Canada which has an earlier quilt. Polly Mello
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:05:21 -0700 | From: Karen Evans
Now *that* sounds like an early quilt. Are there any pictures on-line of it?
Karen Evans
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:44:29 -0400 | From: “Lynne Z. Bassett” <lzbassett@>
But we’re still not talking about a quilt that was *made* here, are we?
> The “Mayflower” quilt is a wholecloth linen quilt… > … there is a wholecloth quilt at the Smithsonian that is the > prime contender unless you include Canada which has an earlier quilt.
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:10:27 EDT | From: Blackeyesandysue@
Meg did not specify “came here” or “made here”. I will use my home state as an example: In the Texas quilt book most of the earliest documented quilts “came” to Texas from the east. Once in Texas, they were some of, if not the earliest Texas quilts and, in my view, a part of Texas history, therefore Texas quilts. It would be difficult to find the earliest quilt made in the state. Even if you could, the fabric to make them would have come from the East or Europe. So, in my view, the earliest quilts in America would include those that arrived here from Europe. But you could also divide it to quilts that were brought here and quilts made here. Many early quilts of the 1800’s were still arriving from Europe. It all depends on how you chose to look at it. But, I think those that “arrive” become America’s quilt history also. Polly Mello Try the Lovely Lane web site www.lovelylanemuseum.com
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:59:30 EDT | From: Mitzioakes@
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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:11:59 EDT | From: AG32040@
In Miami a few years ago I helped the Antique Road show when they taped a sigment at the Barnacle State Historical Site .They gave us tickets and I asked them what type of things they were looking for .They like historical items from the area,provenance,and of course unusual and interesting. I was lucky to be chosen to be on for a segment.My grandfather designed the Chysler elevator doors and all the ornamental bronze.The architect VanAllen signed two books on the history of the building and inscriptions to him to thank him for the designs. Even if you don’t get on it’s a lot of fun. Amy G. in hot and humid Miami
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:21:46 EDT | From: Blackeyesandysue@
No pictures of the Mayflower quilt on line that I know of but they have a couple of good detail pictures in the 2006 calender (May and June) and it is half price now $6.00. Availble through the Lovely Lane Museum. 410-889-4458 I think quilts brought here became the first quilts in America. It is a matter of how you look at it. “Quilts in America“, Orlofsky has some interesting information. Polly Mello
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:48:20 -0400 | From: “Linda Heminway” <ibquiltn@>
Just want to add this remark based on Debbie’s comment: IV tubing (of all things) to tie up their tomato plants. IV tubing requires a prescription…
Do let people know that when you trip off the salvage edge from fabric that this “useless” fabric can be recycled to tie up tomato plants! Works like a charm. Linda in NH
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:25:13 -0700 | From: “Marilyn Withrow” <marilynquilts@>
Carla: According to my research, “Indian Chintz quilts and Palampores,” which you referred to in your post, were from the country of India — not made by Native American Indians. Marilyn Maddalena Withrow Professional Quilt Appraiser, Judge, Historian, Designer and Speaker Oregon State Coordinator, Home of the Brave Project www.marilynquilts.com www.footscreekfarms.com
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:05:56 -0700 (PDT) | From: Kris Driessen <krisdriessen@>
Speaking of early American quilts, I know the association of Lone Star (Morning Star) quilts to Native Americans goes back to the 19th century and continues to this day. I found this picture taken in the 1890’s. Is it likely that this quilt was made by someone in the tribe or is it more likely that the quilt was a gift? What colors would it have been?
The website is http://photoswest.org/exhib/faves/bib/X31434.htm but the thumbnail doesn’t enlarge.
Kris
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:37:14 -0400 | From: “Candace Perry” <candace@>
Interesting…I was looking at the Architectural Digest with the star quilt on the cover at the dentist the other day (quite a dentist I have, I must say!) and the article mentioned the kaleidescope theory and certain Native American quilts (specifically stars, I think) in the new Vermont exhibit. I wish there was more info, as I can’t get to Vermont, and I’d love to see the documentation! Candace Perry
—–Original Message—– From: Kris Driessen Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 3:06 PM To: Quilt History List Subject: [qhl] Native American Quilts
Speaking of early American quilts, I know the association of Lone Star (Morning Star) quilts to Native Americans goes back to the 19th century and continues to this day. I found this picture taken in the 1890’s. Is it likely that this quilt was made by someone in the tribe or is it more likely that the quilt was a gift? What colors would it have been?
The website is http://photoswest.org/exhib/faves/bib/X31434.htm but the thumbnail doesn’t enlarge.
Kris
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:29:41 EDT | From: Mitzioakes@
I’ll see if I can get any info on the Shelburne Museum quilt – I volunteer there and spent all day yesterday with that quilt (plus many more). Will try to keep your email address current so I can forward anything I can find out about it. They have some beautiful quilts on display this year (tho never enough for me). It is a very hard job to sit all day and just look at and talk about quilts!!!!! Yeah right! It is like dying and going to Heaven. Mitzi from vermont
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:59:53 -0500 | From: “Kim Baird” <kbaird@>
I’m 99% sure the quilt was made by a Native American.
At a talk in SD in1982, a Lakota woman told us what she had heard from an older, Lakota quilter: This woman chose her colors to make the star “move.” If the colors don’t move, it’s only good for keeping you warm.
Loved that story!
Kim in ND
—–Original Message—– From: Kris Driessen Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 2:06 PM To: Quilt History List Subject: [qhl] Native American Quilts
Speaking of early American quilts, I know the association of Lone Star (Morning Star) quilts to Native Americans goes back to the 19th century and continues to this day. I found this picture taken in the 1890’s. Is it likely that this quilt was made by someone in the tribe or is it more likely that the quilt was a gift? What colors would it have been?
The website is http://photoswest.org/exhib/faves/bib/X31434.htm but the thumbnail doesn’t enlarge.
Kris
From: “Cindy Samson”
Members of our quilt guild in West Michigan would like to visit quilt collections located in the Washington DC, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania area. We are aware of the “big name” quilt and textile museums, but wonder if any of you could direct us to smaller, more local museums or collections of quilts, textiles or related items in these areas?
Thanks. Cindy
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:51:16 -0500 | From: Marilyn Woodin <woodin@>
The Kalona Quilt and Textile Museum in Kalona, Iowa is presenting an exhibit of wedding quilts and wedding gowns dating from 1880-2002.
This exhibit is entitled “Remember the Brides” and it was formally opened on June 5th with a tea in the museum’s rose garden for about sixty women. It was combined with a superb flower show in the main museum and background music which was provided by a local cellist. The ladies were then introduced to the wedding show. On display are 17 quilts and 20 gowns.
If you are traveling in Iowa- Kalona is 20 miles southeast of Iowa City, Iowa and the Quilt and Textile Museum is in the Kalona Historical Village. Admission is $3.00. For more information call the village at 3196563232 or Marilyn Woodin at 3196562555.
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:12:24 -0700 | From: “Judy Anne” <anne_j@>
There is a Sioux Lone Star quilt in Shaw’s “Quilt’s a Living Tradition”. It is dated c. 1890-1910. It has some deep green and bright red and yellow mixed with some more neutral colors. Shaw states that Indian quiltmakers of the Plains and upper mid-west adopted the Lone star pattern in the late 1800s. So I would think the quilt on Red Cloud’s bed could have been Indian made.
I love that picture of Red Cloud’s wife sitting on that star quilt. It is found in the book, “To Honor and Comfort” as well but they say it is Red Cloud in the picture. The photo is dated at 1891. Shows how hard it is to get the facts on anything back then.
Judy Anne
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:59:29 -0700 | From: “Carla G” <phonefun@>
Ah, I was wonderig about that. Someone else pointed that out too. Like I said, I didn’t know the terms before. Thank you for the info. Now does anyone know about Palampors? Smiles! Carla
On 6/14/06, Marilyn Withrow <marilynquilts@> wrote: > > Carla: According to my research, “Indian Chintz quilts and Palampores,” > which you referred to in your post, were from the country of India — not > made by Native American Indians.
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:33:35 -0400 | From: “Karen Evans”
Palampores were block printed cotton hangings that started showing up in Europe in the early 16th century when the Portuguese established trading colonies at Goa and elsewhere. The designs began as exclusively Indian and gradually became more and more European as Indian artisans tailored their goods to their market. Many were used to back quilts, or sometimes as the top of a wholecloth.
You can see the modern equivalent in any housewares store catering to college students, where they’re called “tapestries” and cost between $11 and $25, depending on complexity of design and size…:)
Karen Evans
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:59:53 EDT | From: MegMaxC@
Dear Fellow QHL-ers– You’ve been wonderfully helpful and forthcoming, but I think I may have worded my query awkwardly. I think it might help if I explain more fully the context into which this information will fit. It’s a list of 6 myths about quilting (including that quilting was invented in America) and the myth I’m trying to explain is the persistent one that early on, colonists in America were quilting up a storm. I can see that by listing the oldest quilts, I might distort the very point I’m attempting to make. What I really want to discuss is not the extremes, the unusual very old quilts, but to paint a picture of what was normal. From all I’ve read here, as well as books about museum and private collections, I get the sense that there wasn’t much quilting going on here before, roughly, the middle of the 18th century (and the true flowering of American quilting came in the 1800s). So would it be correct to say that in the first third or so of the 18th century, there wasn’t a lot of quilting happening in ordinary daily life? And, what few quilts survive from this period tend to be wholecloth quilts, some of silk and some of wool or cotton, and many of those were imported? Within that context, are there examples of “typical” quilts in good condition, quilts for which my publisher will be able to obtain good, clear photographs? I think that states my question much more clearly, and I appreciate all your help and expertise. Meg Cox journalist/author/quilter Princeton, NJ
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:50:47 -0400 | From: “Candace Perry” <candace@>
Cindy, if you wish to contact me off list, I think that I could provide two or three PA German collections for you to visit — on a show & tell basis — within 30 minutes of each other at a very reasonable cost, and about an hour’s drve from Philly. Also, the Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster County, PA owns the fabulous Esprit Collection of Amish quilts. Candace Perry Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 6:50:16 -0700 | From: Karen Evans
That’s basically correct…although Lynne Bassett is the real expert on 18th century American quilting. Her book Northern Comfort has some excellent information on the subject.
Karen Evans
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:47:16 -0600 | From: Xenia Cord <xenia@>
Not to further muddy the waters, but I think sometimes in early (18th C.) diaries when quilting was mentioned, it was the quilting of petticoats and other garments, not bed quilts. “Went to quilting” as an ordinary activity need not imply making bed quilts, is my point.
Xenia
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:23:28 -0500 | From: Mary Waller <mswaller@>
There’s no way to tell if this quilt in Red Cloud’s home was made by a tribal member or was a gift, unless you know the maker. Could have been both! There are quilts made by Native quiltmakers that don’t “look Indian” and quilts made by non-Native quiltmakers that are in one of the many styles associated with Native quilting traditions.
What colors it might be are a guess, too, as best as anyone can tell from a black and white photo. This photo is larger in TO HONOR AND COMFORT.
Mitzi, I do would like details and any history on the appliqued Lone Star at the Shelbourne. There’s a similar quilt in TO HONOR AND COMFORT.
Mary Waller Vermillion, SD
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:18:45 -0400 | From: “Lynne Z. Bassett” <lzbassett@>
Yikes! I must say it’s scary being pointed out as “the real expert on 18th century American quilting”! But thanks for your confidence in me, Karen! I am comfortable saying that I know a lot about 18th century quilting in New England, and I’ve dabbled in early quilts in the Mid Atlantic region to give the New England quilts some context. I wrote Northern Comfort a long time ago, when I had just started exploring early quilts and quilting practices–I know SO much more now than I did then, and wish fervently that I could go back and fix a few mistakes. Oh well–no publication is perfect–we all do the best we can at the time.
So, Meg, you are on the right track to say that quilting in colonial America was limited generally to the upper classes and didn’t really blossom until the 19th century. There are a small number of documented colonial American (pre-1776) whole-cloth quilts made of silk or wool and a smaller number of pieced or appliqued quilts. I have found advertisements in Boston newspapers from 1712 offering lessons in “English and French quilting.” As far as I know, the earliest surviving bed quilts documented to have been MADE in America are from the 1730s. There are also early documented quilted petticoats–and probably most of the quilting done here in this early period was for petticoats, not bed quilts. (At least that’s what I found in analyzing 18th-century New England diaries.)
Hope that helps!
Best, Lynne
> That’s basically correct…although Lynne Bassett is the real expert on > 18th century American quilting. Her book Northern Comfort has some > excellent information on the subject. > Karen Evans
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:02:29 -0400 | From: “Candace Perry” <candace@>
Meg, (caveat: I am not the expert in this by any means but this is a jumping off point) Here in PA, at least, the 18th century quilts were overwhelmingly Quaker/Anglo — meaning they were made in and around Philadelphia. It wasn’t until the 19th century when quilting spread to the hinterlands in a big way, really. (not to say it wasn’t there; it simply wasn’t what it would become later). There is a catalog “Of the Best Sort but Plain” by the eminent Patricia Keller, from the an exhibit of these quilts at the Brandywine Museum that might be very helpful. This still seems to be a bit of a circuitous answer, but it may take you in the direction you’re looking for. Candace Perry
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:36:15 -0700 (PDT) | From: Pat Cummings <pat@>
Has anyone seen or heard of horse hair used for stuffing quilts? Do you know of any specific examples, or year in which the quilt might have been made?
Thanks.
Pat
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 | From: Karen Evans
Good heavens, that would so scratchy…I’ve heard of it used for quilted upholstery, but not bed quilts or petticoats.
Karen Evans
Date: Thu, | From: Trishherr@
In a message dated 6/15/2006 12:59:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, qhl@ writes:
Members of our quilt guild in West Michigan would like to visit quilt collections located in the Washington DC, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania area. We are aware of the “big name” quilt and textile museums, but wonder if any of you could direct us to smaller, more local museums or collections of quilts, textiles or related items in these areas?
Thanks. Cindy
There are many collections in the state of Pa. If you are going to be in Lancaster, The Heritage Center Quilt and Textile Museum has an outstanding collection of Lancaster Amish quilts on exhibit at all times. Best to call ahead as shortly we will be in the middle of changing over to a different selection of about 32 quilts. Museum is closed on Mondays. The website is _www.lancasterheritage.com_ (http://www.lancasterheritage.com) . Trish Herr
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:54:34 -0700 | From: “Carla G” <phonefun@>
Here are some neet sites to look at for our past. Just write “quilt” [without the quotes] in the search boxes on the sites! Have fun! Carla http://rs6.loc.gov/ http://americanart.si.edu/search/search_artworks.cfm http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/ An some other goodies I found: http://www.antiquequiltdating.com/NovaScotiaQuilts.html http://www.antiquequiltdating.com/index.html
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/helios/features.html
— It’s not just Life- It’s an Adventure!
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:52:12 -0600 | From: Xenia Cord <xenia@>
Last week I described 3 battle flags exhibited in Charleston, and a 4th flag from CT, all captured by Bannestre Tarleton during the Revolution and held by his family in England until now. They were auctioned on June 14 (Flag Day!) and here is an update. Sorry the image probably won’t be included in this pasted message.
Xenia
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An American Revolutionary War flag fetched $12.3 million at an auction in New York on Wednesday, and a group of three other flags went for more than $5 million to the same bidder, Sotheby’s said.
The total price of $17,392,000 was well over the pre-sale estimate of $4 million to $10 million for the two lots of battle flags captured by the British during the 1775-83 war, the auction house said.
This flag, from a Connecticut regiment, sold for more than $12.3 million. This flag, from a Connecticut regiment, sold for more than $12.3 million.
The first lot, a flag belonging to a Connecticut regiment and captured at an engagement at Bedford/Pound Ridge, N.Y., on July 2, 1779, sold for $12,336,000, Sotheby’s said.
The second lot, three flags from the Third Virginia Detachment of the Continental Army captured at the Battle of Waxhaws in South Carolina on May 29, 1780, sold for $5,056,000.
“All four flags were purchased by a telephone bidder who wishes to remain anonymous,” Sotheby’s said in a statement.
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:55:48 -0600 | From: Xenia Cord <xenia@>
Sorry the first paste didn’t work, resulting in a blank message. Last week I described 3 battle flags exhibited in Charleston, and a 4th flag from CT, all captured by Bannestre Tarleton during the Revolution and held by his family in England until now. They were auctioned on June 14 (Flag Day!) and here is an update. The 4 sold for nearly $17.5 million!
http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/14/news/funny/revolution_flag.reut/
Xenia
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:55:44 -0400 | From: Carol Newby
I know of horse hair being used to pad quilted garments used for medieval combat, aprox 14-15th century, maybe earlier and maybe later. I’ve made a couple of recreations of padded helmet liners using horse hair and the guys who’ve used them are very fond of them.
Carol > Has anyone seen or heard of horse hair used for > stuffing quilts? Do you know of any specific examples, > or year in which the quilt might have been made? >
