Like a Grid of Signal Flags, Great Old Hand-sewn Doll Quilt in Red and White unsual antique sewing basket with no glass but which

with no glass but which I think suits it well

The box measures 4 1/4” in diameter x 2 1/2” tall

All set against creamy white on a rough and knotty solid wood plank

Good weight cotton fabric held together with white thread and

with loss to the top of one horn as evident and some paint loss

Like a Grid of Signal Flags, Great Old Hand-sewn Doll Quilt in Red and White unsual antique sewing basket with no glass but whichWith very rare exceptions, I leave full scale quilts to others, but I'm forever looking for great old doll quilts or crib quilts, especially ones with compositions that make them feel as much like paintings as textiles. And this one, with its grid of red triangles, striped in shifting positions, feels to me as if loaded with language, too each square a symbol, and the quilt as a whole delivering some sort of message to be decoded! Relatedly, feels a