I have been looking for some summer bedding and it’s led me into antique quilt research. At first I was convinced I wanted a “mattelassé” or “brides” quilt. They look sort of embossed and are often in white cotton with tons of intricate stitching all over. But I’m starting to think I actually want an antique hand-stitched quilt from the 20′s or 30′s.
The following quilts I could never pull off in my decor, but I find them inspiring, and they might end up referenced in future paintings. Some actually look like something Jonathan Adler or Dwell would produce today. One seems straight out of a Ryan Trecartin video even though it was made in the late 1800′s.
Quilts from the late 1800′s through the early 1930′s:
I’d appreciate to find out how quite a few thousands of bucks Trollback + Organization have been handed over for their extremely lame logo. I suppose I did some thing like that in college 13 years in the past.