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Lot 395

Baltimore appliquéd and embroidered album or bache

Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Sold for
$6,435
Sold Price includes BP

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Baltimore appliquéd and embroidered album or bachelor's quilt, ca. 1839, made for John Glendy Stuart (1814-1895), featuring twenty-five floral and geometric decorated blocks within red and white striped dividers and border, one square bears the signature of John Stuart's wife, Isabel Windsor, 99" x 97". Provenance: descended directly in the Stuart family to the present owner.

Condition

Sporadic small stains. One larger stain. Approx. 8 stitches per inch.