Sunday, August 11, 2013

ANOTHER Willow Tree Quilt!!


Auction listing photos courtesy of Skinner. So it's true, there's a second Willow Tree Quilt, and I won it in an auction today. The two quilts belong together. That much I could do.

Last year I won another Willow Tree Quilt from an auction at Skinner, and I believe these two quilts were made by the same makers. The willow tree is leaning to the left in both quilts, and several of the botanical elements in both quilts are a match.



Both of these quilts came from the same seller in Duxbury, Massachusetts, who had purchased the quilts from Elise Beaven, a New Jersey quilt dealer way back in the day. There are bunches of grapes, Forget-Me-Nots, and other flowers rendered just the same way- and then there's the willow tree. I can't wait to get both quilts next to each other to see how they compare!

12 comments:

  1. GORGEOUS! I'm so glad they are back together and in your good hands! Okay but PS I'm so envious!

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  2. Wow!...great find....they sure are related!!

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  3. Wow. Beautiful quilts those are. Do you know the years they were made?

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    1. Some time in the 1790 to 1820 period. I was thinking it was on the earlier end of that range because of the way the stuffed work was done- possibly an earlier method.

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  4. Well done, how fantastic to have two of them.

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  5. Wow! Very nice to have them both.

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  6. So great to have them both together again! (Duxbury...great town...)

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  7. How wonderful! Congratulations!

    Mary Anne

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  8. Wonderful! Are the two of them unique? I don't think I've seen another. Please enlighten us about your observation concerning different techniques for stuffing. You always surprise and entertain!

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  9. What incredibly lovely quilts, I've never seen anything quite like that, the detail in the quilting is beautiful...

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  10. You have a knack of reuniting pairs of quilts (or multiples even). I love these.

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