JOB’S TROUBLES HAND SEWN QUILT, USA, 1840s

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  • Lot: 213
  • April 16th, 2025 - Brooklyn Museum Textiles & Designer Couture Sale
  • Bellows Falls, Vermont
Job’s Troubles quilt w/ hexagon mosaics in blue & red resist & printed cottons, stuffed & quilted border, by Isabel Kilgore, 1840s, possibly Pennsylvania, 88” x 108”, (broad fading & discoloration, shatter/loss to brown calico, several 0.25”-1.25” stains & holes esp. near border, heavy wear to borders & edges, 1.5” tear at corner) Fair. Provenance: International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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  • Price Realized: $ 312.5
  • Category: Textiles
  • Era: 1800-1850

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