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Antique Decorative Pillows and Textiles

European Summer Pillows & Quilts Collection

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A 19th century French all ticking pillow. The outside
cover is made from two different types of ticks, one
a brown with white, yellow and blue stripes, the
other with white, blue and a very small darker blue
stripe. The inside is fully lined with a vintage ticking
and we’ve covered the insert with the same tick.

13" x 16 1/2" $155.00 #SU1JY-158

A bright French 19th century double-sided cotton
chintz pillow depicting sprays acorns and oak leaves.
Edged with a cord covered in white antique French
homespun linen. Chintz refers to early hand-drawn
and dyed fabrics from India. The word chintz is
actually derived from the Hindu word chint meaning..

16" x 21" $165.00 #SU2SP-05

A 19th century French ticking pillow that once did
service as a featherbed cover in bright fresh colors of
beige, yellow, red and brown on a cream colored
ground. The inside of the cover and the pillow insert
are both fully lined with a vintage American blue and
white ticking with the cover tick running vertically....

15" x 18" $175.00 #SU3TI8

An American handmade quilt, circa 1890 in an old
pattern called “turkey tracks”. This originally was
purchased from Laura Fisher quilts and antiques in
New York City, a leading quilt expert. Appliquéd in
blue and white, the blue in the pattern is slightly faded
from age, more of a lovely sky blue. The blue....

78 1/2" x 82" $875.00 #SU4-QU1

From Kathryn Berenson collection is this luscious
Provencal quilt that brings the summer sun indoors.
Glowing golden yellow gros de Tours weave in
alternating narrow and wide sateen stripes forms the
top of this mid-nineteenth century vanne, the small
quilt made to rest on top of the bed for decorative...

71" x 68" $1200.00 #SU5-QU0

An American handmade quilt, circa 1890 in an old
pattern called “tree of life”. This originally was
purchased from Laura Fisher quilts and antiques in
New York City, a leading quilt expert. The
appliquéd trees are grass green on white cotton
fabric with a green saw tooth border surrounding the

84" x 84" $925.00 #SU6-QU3

A French 19th century double-sided cotton chintz
depicting sprays of flowers and foliage in a wild and
exuberant design. Edged with a cord covered in
white antique French homespun linen. Chintz refers
to early hand-drawn and dyed fabrics from India.
The word chintz is actually derived from the Hindu...

16" x 21" $165.00 #SU7SP-08

A 19th century French ticking pillow made from a
heavy cotton/linen grain sack with blue stripes and
the initials KSK already embroidered on the sack.
The back is a vibrant French mattress tick in wide
blue stripes with smaller stripes in varying shades of
gray with small red and white stripes.

14 1/2" x 18" $225.00 #SU808-JY

A bright French 19th century double-sided cotton
chintz pillow in red, white and beige depicting flowers
and foliage with an India influence. Edged with a
cord covered in white antique French homespun
linen.
                                  Sold

     16" x 21"            $165.00           #SU9-03SP

A 19th century French pillow made from a red and
white-checkered linen/homespun fabric from Alsace
France surrounded by white linen/ homespun white
linen. The cording is covered in the same white
homespun and the back features shell button closure.
Excellent clean condition and fully washable on....

17 1/2" x 17 1/2" $165.00 #SU10JN8

A pillow with a mix of fabrics, the blue stripe fabric is hand loomed cotton ticking from Ithaca in the Greek Isles and made on a table loom around c1900. The natural colored homespun is 19th century French. Both are very heavy weight and guaranteed to wear like iron. Button closure on the back with antique...

17" x 17" $155.00 #SU11-A05

A charming 19th century red and white copperplate
toile from Nantes France depicting a scene of a
family in a boat fishing among brush and foliage.
Backed with a 19th century French homespun with a
raised rib design. Finished with a cording wrapped in
the same homespun and antique......Sold

16" x 15" $145.00 #SU12S04