Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt 925 printmaker

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Pretty great just lined up in a row on a shelf

a steam liner with the words "the Love Boat" on the side

I’d guess it dates from second half of the 19th century

and otherwise some wear/aging/light scratching to the wood

Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt 925 printmakerI 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