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Quilts For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
Caesar's Crown Quilt with Pillow Shams
Located in Darnestown, MD
It's not often that one finds a quilt with a matching pair of shams, especially those that are quilted. This Caesar's Crown is splashy for several reasons. The pattern; the double zi...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Barnraising Log Cabin Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This is a classic Log Cabin Barnraising quilt in traditionally Pennsylvania colors. The use of lights and darks gives tremendous depth to the pattern. A note attached to the back re...
Category
19th Century American Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Stars Quilt in Garden Maze
Located in Darnestown, MD
Vibrant and unusual combination of a Garden Maze quilt pattern with LeMoyne Stars. In addition, Stars around the maze make a lively design with their...
Category
1860s American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Amber Orange Moroccan Sequined Tapestry
Located in Malibu, CA
Orange East Indian sequined wall hanging/tapestry. Hand made with antique fabric from India. Some of the fabrics are from antique saris & include glass...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Tribal Quilts
Materials
Silk, Beads, Sequins
19th Century Blue & White Irish Chain Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Blue & white Irish chain quilt with fine quilting.This quilt is in great condition.
Category
1870s American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Antique Mennonite American Quilt. 5 ft 3 in x 5 ft 6 in
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and rare antique American Mennonite quilt, country of origin: America, circa 1860. Size: 5 ft 3 in x 5 ft 6 in (1.6 m x 1.68 m)
This rare, Mennonite antique America quilt from the 1860’s is a real treasure, as there are few that have survived. The Mennonites are a branch of the Amish community that broke off in the 1860’s over disagreements with the Old Order Amish. The Amish are a group of Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants to America who are known for adherence to strict religious beliefs and conservative views. Their women are notably known for their skill in quilt making.
This brightly colored quilt is in what is known as the log cabin pattern. The squares are made from strips of fabric stacked in a way similar to the stacking of logs used to make a log home. This particular arrangement of colors is known as “streak of lightening” and is a popular Mennonite design. This pattern alternates light and dark diagonal rows of color. The border creates a whimsical frame to the pattern.
These magnificent antique American quilts were often made from scraps or clothing that had worn out its usefulness. The Mennonites were known for their thriftiness and traditions that emphasized gratitude for the gifts one had been given. These designs were not haphazard and required tremendous amounts of planning and thought.
The scraps would be collected and then the colors would be arranged. Finally, the pieces would be cut and stitched together with precision to make a top. Next a fluffy, warm stuffing would be sandwiched between a backing and the top. This would be hand stitched to accentuate the design and to keep the stuffing from shifting during use. This antique Mennonite quilt...
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Colonial Antique Quilts
Materials
Wool
Mennonite Original Pattern Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This original pattern Mennonite quilt most closely resembles the Philadelphia Pavement pattern. The use of entirely solid colors changes the look consi...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Thousand Pyramids Quilt with Lily of the Field Border
Located in Darnestown, MD
Thousand Pyramids quilt with a wonderful border of Lily of the Field ( a pattern not often seen). The triangles are made of a beautiful assortment of mostly printed fabrics from the ...
Category
1870s American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Patriotic Flag Quilt Dated 1777
Located in Darnestown, MD
Although we think of the year 1776 as the time of the birth of the United States, it was actually not until 1777 that the Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Co...
Category
1870s American American Colonial Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19thc Log Cabin Crib Quilt from Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc cotton log cabin crib quilt from Pennsylvania. This amazing barn raising quilt is in unwashed and never used.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
20Thc Antique Quilt, Hole in The Barn Door Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fun hole in the barn door pattern quilt is in butter cup yellow and mint green colors.The condition is very good and mint.These fun spring colors are really wonderful.Notice the...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Pine Trees Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This is particularly fine example of a classic Pine Trees (aka Tree of Life) quilt. The stitching is superb with very graceful floral motifs in the four full white off blocks and hal...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Ohio Amish Double Wedding Ring Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Double wedding ring was one of the most popular patterns of the 1920's and 30's. Almost always, it was done with pastel colors on a white ground.
...
Category
1920s American Country Vintage Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19th C Log Cabin Barn Raising Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C Wool Log Cabin Barn Raising Quilt with Floral back. Circa 1890 t0 1900.
Great Condition.
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Wool
19thc Pennsylvania Log Cabin Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc fancy calico fabric log cabin quilt. This barn raising quilt is in fine condition.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Pennsylvania 19th Century Quilt Tumbling Geometric
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century Folky tumbling geometric quilt from Pennsylvania in very good condition. Fine brown calico backing.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19th C Geese Chase in Bars Quilt. Dated 1877
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C Geese Chase in Bars Quilt. Dated 1877. This Quilt in Pristine Condition! In Never Used Condition.
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
One Patch Contained Blocks Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This folky contained one patch quilt is in mint condition and has a wonderful diamond block border.The condition is pristine.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19thc Velvet Crazy Quilt from Ohio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc velvet crazy quilt with embroidery and ties. This quilt is in pristine condition. The backing is a blue calico backing with ties.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Velvet
Octagons Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This octagonal pattern goes by the names of Octagons ; White Mountains and Patriot's Quilt. It is a complex pattern that is not often seen. The zigzag border adds another geometric e...
Category
1920s American Country Vintage Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19th C Berks County Pennsylvania School House Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C Berks County Pennsylvania school house quilt. Circa 1890. This quilt is folky and fun with rare colors. Pristine condition.
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Antique American Quilt
Located in New York, NY
There is no overarching color composition to either the square sections nor to their associated six-point stars on this richly toned antique quilt. The stars are not perfectly orient...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Quilts
Materials
Wool
Windmill Blades Log Cabin Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Windmill Blades (aka Pineapple Log Cabin) quilt done in wool challis with a cotton print backing. The solid colors make the pattern especially dynamic ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Feathered Stars Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Feathered Stars are beautifully combined with Oak leaves in this quilt from the 1860s. While the Stars are all identical, the maker took liberties with the Oak leaves. Most are the s...
Category
1860s American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
20Thc Mariners Compass Crib Quilt-Mounted
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing Mariners compass mounted crib quilt was found in Ohio and is in pristine condition.The postage stamp chain pattern along with the floating stars throughout is quite unusual. The condition is very good and sharp colors.The crib quilt is professionally sewn...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Quilts
Materials
Suede, Cotton, Wood
Late 19Thc Velvet & Wool Crazy Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing velvet & wool crazy quilt is in pristine condition and is signed & dated 1899.
Category
1890s American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Velvet
19Thc Postage Stamp Chain Mounted Crib Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19Thc postage stamp Irish chain crib quilt is in fine condition and mounted on stretcher frame.It was found in Pennsylvania and is in red chain on a buttery yellow ground.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton, Wood
19Thc Mini Postage Stamp Chain Mounted Crib Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine tiny pieced 19thc postage stamp chain crib quilt on indigo blue calico ground and pink calico blocks with white calico blocks is in fine condition.This Pennsylvania beauty is a real gem for a quilt collector or folk art collection. It is sew on...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19Thc Blue & White Bow Tie Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Blue & white bow tie quilt from Pennsylvania. Fine quilting and piecing.The condition is very good.
Category
1880s American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Amish Ocean Waves Crib Quilt-Mounted
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Ohio Amish ocean waves crib quilt is in very good condition and is on a mounted frame.This crib quilt is very finely pieced and in great condition.The back round is dark blue...
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton, Wood
19th C. Antique Blazing Star Quilt, Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic early 19th c blazing stars quilt is from Pennsylvania and in fine condition. Amazing vivid colors from Pennsylvania Dutch country. Berks c...
Category
1860s American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19thc Mini Pieced Bars Quilts
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc Mini pieced bars quilt in fine condition. The pattern is very unusual and fine quilting.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Antique Folk Art Stitched Tulip Flower Baskets Applique Quilt Blanket
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage hand stitched white bedspread / blanket / coverlet / quilt with applique pink and purple tulips in embroidered baskets and loose tulips along t...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19Thc Flying Geese Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc flying geese or birds in flight quilt in bars format. This quilt is made from such amazing calico and bandana fabrics. The condition is mint with mi...
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19Thc Red & Blue Calico Blocks Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc red & blue calico fabric squares or blocks in fine condition. The quilt has fine quilting and very good piecework.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Antique Patchwork "Ocean Waves" Quilt in Blue and White Cotton, USA
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
USA, late 19th century
“Ocean Waves” antique quilt.
Offered for sale is an exquisitely stitched variation of an Ocean Waves quilt done ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Antique Quilt Pastel Postage Stamp Pattern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pastel postage stamp quilt is such an unusual pattern and fine barber pole sliding border. The condition is very good and minor fade on one edge or border to the right of the ph...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Six Point Star Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
This bold Six Point Star quilt is set in a frame that highlights the diamond shaped pieces of the Star. The central Star is made of a combination of solid a...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Antique Folk Art Stitched Woven Floral Labyrinth Star Sawtooth Quilt Blanket
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique hand stitched blue and white bedspread / blanket / coverlet / quilt with sawtooth border and blocks embroidered with woven interlocked eight po...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19th Antique Handmade "Mosaic Hexagons" Swedish Quilt, Dated 1860s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Antique Handmade "Mosaic Hexagons" Swedish patchwork quilt made in 1860s. (160 years old). Pieced quilt, mid-19th century, Swedish. Fancy period calicoes left over from clothing and ...
Category
1860s Swedish Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Linen
19th C Pineapple Log Cabin Quilt from New England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th C cotton pineapple log cabin was found in New England and in very good condition. The quilt is made up of very interesting calico prints. The backing is a cream colored cot...
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19Thc Blue & White Woven Jacquard Coverlet From Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine original fringed indigo & white jacquard coverlet from Pennsylvania is in fine condition. It has a flying geese or birds in flight pattern ...
Category
Early 19th Century American American Classical Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19thc Velvet Crazy Quilt from Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19thc velvet and embroidered quilt is in pristine condition. It was found in Pennsylvania.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Velvet
Light and Dark Wool Log Cabin Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Light and Dark Log Cabin quilt done in a combination of solid and printed wool fabrics. The cafe au lait colored background is an unusual tone and works perfectly with the persimmon color solid squares and darker prints...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Wool, Cotton
19thc Wool Flannel Log Cabin Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc wool & satin log cabin barn raising quilt and has a wool flannel backing. This quilt is in pristine condition.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Wool
1920's Mini Pieced Pieced Delectable Mountains Doll Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine mini pieced delectable small dolls quilt is in amazing condition.Its all in a polished cotton and hand sewn on lavender cotton linen.Then mounted...
Category
1910s American Adirondack Vintage Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19th C Wool Chaliss Mini Pieced Honey Comb Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C Wool challis New England honey comb mini pieced quilt in pristine condition.Fantastic piecing and workmanship.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Wool, Cotton
19Thc New England Applique Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing 19thc tulip applique quilt is most unusual with a indigo blue cotton back round fabric.Photo is not true as there is no fade in this border.F...
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19Thc Velvet One Patch Doll Quilt Mounted in a Plexy Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine and folky velvet 19thc doll quilt was found in Lancaster County,Pennsylvania and is in fine condition.Thats why we mounted in a plexus box instead of just framing it.Its ve...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Quilts
Materials
Velvet
Whimsical Appliqued Table Mat with Animals
Located in Darnestown, MD
This appliqued table mat may have been made for a child but it can certainly please any adult. Next to each letter is an animal or vignette whose first letter is shown next to it. For instance, next to the letter C is the cow jumping over the moon...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Wool, Cotton
19Thc Indigo Blue Irish Chain Quilt on a Red Calico Ground
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine triple Irish chain quilt is 19thc and was found in Ohio. The condition is very good.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Four-Patch in Nine-Patch Quilt
Located in Darnestown, MD
Finely made four-patch in nine-patch quilt from Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Pinned to it is a tag from the Franklin County Quilt Documentation Project. The quilt is made of a love...
Category
1880s American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19th C Rare Wool Amish Log Cabin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine 19thc all wool Amish Lancaster County,Pennsylvania log cabin quilt is in fine condition.We have never had or seen pastel with dark wool pieces.It is so typical of Lancaster...
Category
1890s American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Wool, Cotton
19thc Eight Point Star Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine eight point star quilt is in pristine condition with a couple minor tiny spots. Mostly posted on the back side. This is a very large quilt.
Category
Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
20th C Calico Postage Stamp Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th C Calico Postage Stamp Quilt Circa 1900 - 1920. Great Condition. from Pennsylvania.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Linen, Cotton
19th C Indigo & White Crown of Thorns Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C Indigo blue ground and crown of thorn antique quilt. This quilt is in fine condition. The backing is in white black calico fabric.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
20th C Tumbling Blocks Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful 19th C Tumbling blocks pink and white polished cotton Quilt.
Great condition! This fine polished cotton quilt has very nice piecing and quilt...
Category
Early 20th Century American Country Quilts
Materials
Cotton
19th C Nine Patch Doll Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C Nine Patch Doll Quilt with Calico Boarder. Mounted for hanging.
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Antique, New and Vintage Quilts
Antique, new and vintage quilts can add a welcome decorative dynamic to your space, whether they’re positioned as wall art in your bedroom (just as you might hang a tapestry) or draped over your side tables or the seating in your living room.
Quilts are a quintessential part of American folk art but their roots are international, with quilting dating back to Ancient Egypt. The practice spread to Europe and was especially prominent in the Middle Ages, with one of the oldest surviving examples being the Tristan quilt made in Sicily in the 14th century. They were made as bedcovers and clothing, including as a layer for knights to wear beneath their armor.
For early American colonists, quilts were a crucial source of warmth and comfort. In the 19th century, quilting was a popular activity for women to socialize and commemorate important events, such as weddings or the birth of a child. Distinctive regional variations developed, from the vibrant quilts made in the African-American community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, to Baltimore album quilts with beautifully appliquéd blocks.
If you’re looking to introduce an eye-catching flourish to a bedroom or living room, quilts provide a pop of color and texture to corners that might otherwise be difficult to decorate.
Find a wide range of vintage quilts made from materials like cotton, wool and silk on 1stDibs.
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