X marks the spot - for the signature. X Block or Old Italian Block was a popular pattern for antique signature quilts. Here are two from the Starley Quilt Collection - featured in the Sign of the Times, Signature Quilt Show.
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, circa 1850.
Chicopee, Massachusetts, dated 1848.
Early Silk Quilt
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*Center panel in a silk quilt signed Catherine Bradford*
Below her name: an eagle?
The panel may have been finished years before the patchwork field of ...
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