PATRIOTIC TEXTILES, SOME A CENTURY OLD, MAKE TIMELY GIFTS NOW

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PATRIOTIC TEXTILES, SOME A CENTURY OLD, MAKE TIMELY GIFTS NOW

NEW YORK, New York
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October 31, 2016

'DOVE IN THE WINDOW' PATTERN PIECED QUILT

Antique Flag Quilts, Flags, Flag Bunting Have Visual Punch and an Historic Back Story

Looking for the perfect gift for the departing President, the incoming President, exhausted campaign workers, or folks deeply interested in the future of this country? Consider the diverse antique patriotic offerings at Laura Fisher's FISHER HERITAGE, where you can find quilts pieced with flag ephemera, actual antique flags, and even bunting yardage with various flag-like configurations. You'll also find eagles - in hooked rugs and in the signature blocks of antique jacquard coverlets.

Political campaigns of the late 20th-early 21st centuries sadly have not continued this tradition of give-away printed textiles meant to save and re-use in decorative textiles and household furnishings; such was the fashion every four years and during major national political movements up until the 1976 Bicentennial celebration.Today's the caps, t-shirts and plastic stickers don't hold a candle to the fascinating textiles produced from the mid-1800s on that collectors, dealers and historians savor.

Among Fisher's selections are:

HAWAIIAN MONARCHY FLAGS QUILT

a rare example featuring four flags surrounding the emblem of the deposed royal King and Queen

"TARGET" QUILT PIECED OF FLAG BUNTING

a probably unique example with 20 blocks in a distinctive overlaid format, each using red white and blue bunting configured as various stars

'DOVE IN THE WINDOW' PATTERN PIECED QUILT

1940s, cotton, one example in a tradition of red, white and blue quilts made in a multitude of patterns to commemorate patriotism especially in war time

'FLAGS OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD' PIECED QUILT

inspired by the historic 1876 Centennial Kerchief commemorating the Philadelphia Exhibition, this rare quilt has pieced worldwide national flags and is backed with George Washington commemorative kerchiefs

STAR SPANGLED PIECED QUILT

(one-quarter shown) a patriotic, complex representation of the American flag created from a pattern first published in the 1870s, a rarely seen example

45 STAR AMERICAN FLAG

representing admission of Utah into the Union in 1896

FLAG BUNTING YARDAGE

uncut images of a waving flag, meant to be sold individually or to use as a decorative patriotic swag

AMERICAN FLAG NAVAJO WEAVING

unusual stars figured with six points in an uncommon example of Navajo rug weaving

Contact Fisher for photos and information of these and more patriotic textiles in inventory now; consult the website also