Ideas on age of this antique quilt I got from estate?
 

I have two identical twin size hand quilted (8-9 stitches per inch) quilts that I got from an estate. The executor had no idea about their origin. She said she had always been told they were "over 100 years old." I showed a picture to someone at a quilt show and they believed perhaps dated in the 1930s or 1940s. There is so much knowledge on this board, I thought I'd ask what you think? The fabric has a very fine hand and the quilts themselves have held up well.
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oh that is pretty. i have one with tulips i bought for $300.00 in the 80's but no nothing of it's provenance.

I would say 1930's. Solid green and pink were very popular then, as were appliqued tulips. I would even venture to guess that the blocks were marketed by the Wonder Art label by Fixler Brothers of Chicago. They sold precut fabric shapes for one block at a time in a packet including the background fabric for 10 cents.

Your quilts are gorgeous and are in great condition! Lucky you.

I'm no expert by any means, but that looks like Bubble Gum Pink that was popular in the 30's/40's. Whatever the date, it's a beautiful quilt.

The Nebraska Quilt Museum might help. I have a quilt my Grandmother pieced in 1935 and the green in yours matches it exactly. In addition, the patterns have this in common: 3 stems/flowers coming from a triangular pot. Mine has gold and purple and the flowers are hexagons, all one color. The layout is different but the squares are on the diagonal/bias, mine with no pattern are a square of muslin rather than your pink.

Take it to a quilt appraiser. They are trained in dating fabrics. Also you can have it appraised for insurance purposes.

Very nice!

Beautiful, you were very lucky to get them and in such good shape.

:thumbup:awesome find

Obviously, someone cherished these quilts because they are so well preserved. And, now, in your hands, will be equally protected. I do not have a clue or knowledge of quilt design periods/age but that tulip is definitely not of this generation.

I have one very similar that was done in the 1930s. Pink and green were popular then.

Lucky you. Beautiful quilt. BrendaK

Thanks all. I think probably the 1930s too. Both of the identical quilts are in very good shape given their age. I gave the executor $150 for the pair; she was grateful for the cash even though I gave her additional ideas about how she might get more if she did more work to market them.

I have two young granddaughters whose mom (my DDIL) cherishes quilts and heirlooms, so these are going to them. Yesterday I soaked them in a special product for antique textiles, washed them on delicate and laid them out to dry flat. They are now clean and ready to go to their new home. They will be preserved and by the time the girls are grown, they really will be "over 100 years old," as the former owner believed.

Ditto above on being an expert, but that pink looks like the color in a quilt I slept under as a child. I think my aunt made it, but anyway, it was made in the 20's or 30's as my older sister slept under it, too. and she is 11 years older than I am.

I have one that is the same pattern and colors and has an embroidered name and date of 1932 on it.

The 1930's in my guess. It reminds me of a sunburst quilt that I have from my mother. It was made for her by ladies at her church and given to her at her wedding shower. She was married in 1935

c joyce...great info! I think the consensus here is 1930s. Than you so much!

Just loving the old fashioned quilts - the applique, the colors and wow-the great condition. Lucky you-great purchase.