Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Folky Heart (One of Two More Just Found) tramp art watch bolder because these are such beautifully

because these are such beautifully designed objects

Smallest  3 1/8" x 3 13/16"

one upper right

cloth covered spine

A treat to set the top spinning

Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Folky Heart (One of Two More Just Found) tramp art watch bolder because these are such beautifullyThe is a 19th century hand forged iron quilting clamp, with one of this sort often referred to as a "heart clamp" for the heart shaped finial on the screw. It would have been used for clamping the fabric layers of a quilt (top, batting, backing) to the rails of a frame while working it, sparing the quiltmaking from laborious pinning, etc. Once a month I go up to midcoast Maine for a show, and once a month, for a few months now, I bring home an old