I have collected a number of antique quilts from Southeastern Pennyslvania and particularly signature quilts. A several of those are Quaker (shared the other day) and others are Pennsylvania German and are often Rolling Stones. Here are two of my favorites. Come see them in the cloth in Kansas City June 7-9
Unusual Rolling Stone quilt - set with alternating star blocks. And detail below
Dated 1852 Rolling Stone made for Miss Sarah A Xander of Weisenberg Township in Lehigh Co. PA. She was 14 at the time.
The full Xander quilt
Specialization 3: South Vs. North
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*The Waltham Mills of Waltham, Massachusetts about 1815*
About 1813 Francis Cabot Lowell, Patrick Tracy Jackson & Nathan Appleton
purchased a paper mil...
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