Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt facto knife this guy seems to have

this guy seems to have been the 107th creation of what I believe was quite a small company

also well worn and missing a bottom

--cries the little girl in this charming hand-painted watercolor postcard

The cloth covered corners of this copy are a bit worn

This is the sort of object one wants to arrange other things around

Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt facto knife this guy seems to haveI think it was quite wise as well as resourceful of women not to let cigar silks ribbons go to waste, especially brilliant gold ones like these! (Meanwhile, their fathers or husbands were cutting and carving up the cigar boxes to make tramp art frames and the like.) While I've seen a handful of these quilts, this is the first I've seen made almost entirely using one brand of silks; typically it seems it was the practice to trade in order to have a