Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt 925 having my mother read to

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

printmaker

They are making pretty dramatic shadows against this white plate

Pretty great just lined up in a row on a shelf

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

Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt 925 having my mother read toI 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