June 20, 2024: Premier Americana - Day Two: Lighting, Silver, Textiles & Ceramics
Thu, Jun 20, 2024 09:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 857
ROCKBRIDGE CO., VIRGINIA LATE 18TH CENTURY EMBROIDERED COVERLET
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for
$6,600
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
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| $0 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
ROCKBRIDGE CO., VIRGINIA LATE 18TH CENTURY EMBROIDERED COVERLET, silk and other thread on linen, two joined panels decorated by provincial embroidery with colors including blue, pink, and gold, featuring a center scrolling medallion with foliate tips, surrounded by a trailing and incurved vine frame, outer border with various stylized flower and leaves having two potted plants to sides, each of corner with a turkey-foot type leaf, "8[6]" embroidered at top center, three edges with knotted fringe, back applied with modern washed muslin for added strength, includes an old note handwritten on an envelope, which reads, "This quilt was made in 1786 making it 176 [over another number, possibly 61] years old. 176 years (176yrs) It was woven of flax raised near Forest Tavern + the embroidery threads were dyed with onion skin + oak bark + other dyes the settlers made themselves. Property of M. Houston." Together with a folder of various materials and correspondences including a 1981 conservation worksheet completed by Becky L. Sudsbury, a 1984 appraisal from Emyl Jenkins, ASA, and documents for Virginia Women: A Cultural Heritage exhibition. Dated 1786. 78" x 89" with fringe.
Published: Teute (ed.) - "A Share of Honour": Virginia Women 1600-1945, p. 42, whole page illustration.
Catalogue Note: "M. Houston" on the old note refers to Matthew Houston (c. 1766-1847), cousin of famous Texan originally from Rockbridge Co., VA, Samuel Houston. Matthew built the original section of Forest Tavern, also known as Vine Forest and Forest Oaks, located near Natural Bridge and served as a store, tavern, and home for the Houston family.
Condition
Very good restored condition with some light toning, scattered stains and spots, scattered holes and mended areas, some losses to embroidery thread including the "6" in the date, some small breaks and losses to fringe, conservation work completed in 1981.
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From the Lee W. Winborne estate collection, Roanoke, VA.
Purchased in Natural Bridge, VA.
Exhibited: Virginia Women: A Cultural Heritage, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Chrysler Museum, and the Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, November 10, 1984 to June 15, 1985.
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