Like a Grid of Signal Flags, Great Old Hand-sewn Doll Quilt in Red and White unsual antique sewing basket The box measures 4 1/4”

The box measures 4 1/4” in diameter x 2 1/2” tall

and I think these carvings due full justice to their delicacy and elegance and light on their feet precision

---the one in his hand

with no glass but which I think suits it well

loss (I believe) of a couple of gold centers to the blue stars

Like a Grid of Signal Flags, Great Old Hand-sewn Doll Quilt in Red and White unsual antique sewing basket The box measures 4 1/4”With very rare exceptions, I leave full scale quilts to others, but I'm forever looking for great old doll quilts or crib quilts, especially ones with compositions that make them feel as much like paintings as textiles. And this one, with its grid of red triangles, striped in shifting positions, feels to me as if loaded with language, too each square a symbol, and the quilt as a whole delivering some sort of message to be decoded! Relatedly, feels a