What a beautiful treasure. I would love to see the hand quilting in person!

For a quilt the age of that one, I would check with Butterfields. You will have to insure it, and send it for appraisal, but I think it would be well worth it to him, if for nothing more than finding out what it is actually worth. He may change his mind about selling it when he knows its true value

There was a signature and date, but has just about faded away.I know his aunt brought it out from time to time and put it on the guest room bed (north side) and how she stored it in between is a mystery.

Absolutely gorgeous, quilt and the quilting.

There are no decendants to pass it down to along with a lot of beautiful antiques. He needs to downsize and he's having a hard parting with the family heirlooms. Another mint item is a mahogany victrola that works and the cabinet has shelves underneath. All the antiques are in great condition.

My thought is that you know him and he knows you and if you bought it he knows you would give it a good home. :mrgreen:

It is just beautiful!

I would suggest that you contact the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, MA. They may be interested in looking at it and I am sure that they would give him fair market value.

If they are not interested, they should be able to provide the name of someone to contact for an appraisal and suggest the best way to sell it.

Below is the link to the museums web site:

http://nequiltmuseum.org

Beautiful!!

I'll let him know. And it's not that far. Thank you so much.

It's a beautiful quilt, and I love to use white to set my work ofmostely flowers. Would you mind to tell me how you made the flowers look puffy. Didyou follow a pattern. If possible could you tell me how you went about it. Thanks, Rosalie