Lovely Old Log Cabin Cotton Piecework Pillow Sham contemporary planter watercolor on heavyweight watercolor paper

watercolor on heavyweight watercolor paper

with some craquelure to the finish as shown in details

as there is brass tone showing through on the face

I believe incurred very long ago (see detail photos

as is the frame

Lovely Old Log Cabin Cotton Piecework Pillow Sham contemporary planter watercolor on heavyweight watercolor paperPurchased from a dealer with consistently lovely old textiles in New Hampshire, I think both sides of this hand quilted "log cabin" piecework pillow sham are equally good, made with a lot of care to the arrangement and alignment of the stripes on the cotton fabric, oriented on the square on one side and diagonally on the other. I'll never argue with a good grid, and love the subtleties of this one, all done by hand. 16 3 8 x 16 3 8 and in good, used