Snowball Flower Variation Antique Quilt; Circa 1860s-1880s; vintage quilt; handmade quilt; cottagecore; hand quilted; hand-stitched

Snowball Flower Variation Antique Quilt, circa 1860-1880s. From a Delaware collector. This is a spectacular quilt that is expertly pieced in a difficult, unique pattern and as intricately and finely quilted as a quilt can be. The quilting is in wreaths and feathers along the borders and in repeat outlines of the patchwork. Due to the large size of this quilt, the tiny stitches and the very intricate quilting, finishing this quilt probably took hundreds and hundreds of hours.

The back is white cotton, as is the thin binding which has been hand stitched to both sides. The cotton batting is very lightweight.

The quilt is in excellent, unused condition. The back has several very small, light tan discoloration spots that do not show on the front.

It is clean and soft and very large, measuring 103 inches by 109 inches. From a smoke-free, pet-free home. Shown on a queen bed.