Lot 159

A SCOTTISH VELVET, SILK AND COTTON CHINTZ PATCHWORK QUILT / COVERLET
LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Auction: Day One | Wednesday 19 August from 10am | Lots 1 - 198
Description
worked in multicolour patterned hexagonal patches against a black velvet ground, the field with repeating flowerheads, enclosed by a wide chain border, the corners set with stars, with a foliate chintz backing to the reverse
Dimensions
212cm x 192cm
Footnote
For several comparable examples of Scottish quilts of a similar period with hexagonal construction see Warm Covers, A Scottish Textile History, Janet Rae, Sansom & Co, 2016, p.81
