Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt 925 They are making pretty dramatic

They are making pretty dramatic shadows against this white plate

but I think its a pretty good one

having my mother read to my brother and me) all of the Oz books when we were kids

with a nice sheen from age and use

printmaker

Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt 925 They are making pretty dramaticI think it was quite wise as well as resourceful of women not to let cigar silks ribbons go to waste, especially brilliant gold ones like these! (Meanwhile, their fathers or husbands were cutting and carving up the cigar boxes to make tramp art frames and the like.) While I've seen a handful of these quilts, this is the first I've seen made almost entirely using one brand of silks; typically it seems it was the practice to trade in order to have a