Antique Silk Tumbling Blocks Patchwork Quilt: C19th Britain Persian textiles Probably first half 1800's

Probably first half 1800's

5 x 2 inches)

An original fine hand painted textile panel dating from the 18th century handmade in China for export to the fashionable aristocracy of Europe

64” (163cm) long

41 x 40cm plus 6cm fringe either side and approx 40cm tassles along bottom

Antique Silk Tumbling Blocks Patchwork Quilt: C19th Britain Persian textiles Probably first half 1800'sAn extraordinary example of a tumbling blocks quilt. Handmade in the early to mid 1800s, and made entirely of dress and ribbon silks. Each piece of silk has been meticulously wrapped around a diamond shaped paper pattern. The quilt maker used old letters with beautiful handwritten script, some old leaflets and an envelope still with a penny red stamp depicting a young Queen Victoria, stamped London, April 1866 (?) Never finished the quilt still has