How to contact Betsey Telford-Goodwin's Rocky Mountain Quilts:
Telephone - for orders or questions - 1-207-363-6800
FedEx - 130 York Street York, Maine 03909
Email - betsey@rmquilts.com
DQ404 Four Patch on Point/Poster Doll Quilt
c.1800
16-1/2" x 16-1/2" plus tail 4" x 8-1/2"
Maine
$950
Very possibly one of the earliest known doll quilts. Quilts that are
made for a poster bed were only made in New England..thrifty New
Englanders ...Why waste the extra valuable fabric when part would need
to be tucked in and not even seen! This style is what a Mother wanted
her little girl to have...one, in the style of Mom's.
The Four Patch pattern is one of the earliest pieced patterns...this one
on point. Blocks measure 3" square.
Pre-1850 New England quilts usually had linen as a backing...as does
this little treasure. Naturally all work was executed by hand as this
small quilt was made around 50 years before the sewing machine was in
public use. Fabric such as used here was so expensive that only the
"comfortable" could afford it. Clues such as this gives us a hint as to
the type of family from which it came. We even have a fabric that is a
hand painted block print! There is a separately applied 1/4" binding in
a different calico. Obviously the piecing was done by a loving adult,
however if you look at the back it may be that the little girl did the
quilting on her treasured doll quilt.
I have organically hand washed this little quilt. This quilt is not
perfect as I have tried to show in the pictures. To me this does not
detract from the almost 230 year old little girl's doll quilt, but shows
that it was truly loved.
May be sent on approval, with free shipping...in a very tiny box!
