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
Q9315a Prince's Feather Quilt
c.1850
70 x 82 inches
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
$4,400
We have some of the most incredible, creative, elaborate over the top
quilting that I have ever seen. We have wreaths, stippling (stippling
means there is so much quilting that those ares look stuffed),
feathers, medallions, echo quilting, double line quilting, as well as all
pieces are outline quilted. All stitches are tiny and even and the
amount is mind boggling!
The Prince's Feather pattern was created to replicate and give honor to
the English Prince of Wales. This amazing piece of Textile art has taken
the pattern to another level with this original design border. There
are thirteen originally designed appliqued motifs surrounding the very
graphic Prince's Feather designs. All together there are 17 appliqued
motifs, with a few repeats. The designs may be easily seen from a
picture, but the quilting may only really be appreciated by having the
quilt with you.
We can enter into a whole other discussion on the sociological aspect of
this quilt. The artist who created this amazing textile art must have
come from an affluent family. The cost of this fabric would have been
prohibitive to a working class family. Also the time put into
this...thousands of hours of "free" time not available to most families.
Affluent families schooled their daughters in the arts and this
attribute was part of their eligibility to marry the "proper" man! Boy,
has the world changed!
Another way of knowing the social status of the maker is that there is a
separately applied binding put on with the use of a treadle machine... a
rare and expensive machine to own. After all this work ..why use a
machine for the binding? Women did not brag at that time. By using the
machine she was letting people know about her possession!
Sunning, sophisticated, 100 plus on quilting, graphically wonderful
and perfectly executed...Yes, this is truly an over the top antique
quilt... also in perfect condition.
Now hand washed with an organic product and ready to be sent, for your
approval, with free shipping.
