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Old 01-06-2018, 12:22 PM
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Default 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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Old 01-06-2018, 12:24 PM
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Old 01-06-2018, 12:30 PM
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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.
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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.

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Old 01-06-2018, 01:37 PM
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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.
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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.
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Take it to a quilt appraiser. They are trained in dating fabrics. Also you can have it appraised for insurance purposes.
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Very nice!
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Beautiful, you were very lucky to get them and in such good shape.
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awesome find
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