Red and Blue Calico Sampler of a Antique Quilt, 81 inches Square surveyors stencil with plenty of dings and

with plenty of dings and a little chipped paint here and there

12 x 6 3/8"

holding a book here (I have not found other examples doing the same) perhaps this veiled lady is exactly that

and I might think fairly early at that

Red and Blue Calico Sampler of a Antique Quilt, 81 inches Square surveyors stencil with plenty of dings andI pretty much never buy quilts to sell, in significant part because I am not well equipped to photograph them, but I found this one at an antiques shop in Nashville and just could not walk away from it. (I actually did, once, then went back the next day for it; it kept calling to me! And I would very glad to keep this one for myself) I am forever drawn to antique calicos, indigos especially, and this feels to me like quilt that is also as pure a