Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt Andre Dimanche bird which also shows some red

which also shows some red marks

The message at the bottom from the sender

New Hampshire

in good used condition

awkward appendages to be flopped left

Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt Andre Dimanche bird which also shows some redI 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