Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt facto knife There is a second signed

There is a second signed drawing on the back as well

The cloth covered corners of this copy are a bit worn

with a few small scrapes to the orange lacquer on the exterior and one crack to the black lacquer at the edge of one interior tray (see detailed photos)

also well worn and missing a bottom

This is the sort of object one wants to arrange other things around

Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt facto knife There is a second signedI think it was quite wise as well as resourceful of women not to let cigar silks ribbons go to waste, especially brilliant gold ones like these! (Meanwhile, their fathers or husbands were cutting and carving up the cigar boxes to make tramp art frames and the like.) While I've seen a handful of these quilts, this is the first I've seen made almost entirely using one brand of silks; typically it seems it was the practice to trade in order to have a