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THBTouching Stars Variant Quilt, Exhibited
About Seller
4310 Papermill Dr. NW
Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJul 12, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,175 lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. July 12 at 9 AM with lots #1-753 and continues Sun. July 13 at 1 PM with lots #754-1175 (scroll down for separate catalog). Estates represented include Ervin and Jane Entrekin, Nashville; Walter and Dr. Mary Schatz, Nashville; Dr. Lawrence Wolfe, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Florence F. Johnston, Knoxville; plus deaccessioned objects from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Arkansas Museum of Art, and the Hunter Museum of Art. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
American Touching Stars variant pattern quilt, consisting of repurposed mid-18th century strips of linen crewel work, most likely from a dress, and paired with strips of red wool piecing likely repurposed from clothing, with pieced patterned wool fabrics creating the Touching Stars design. Printed delaine fabric in pieced star blocks. The binding is a green and yellow cotton print, circa 1860, separately applied by hand. The backing is a patterned brown cotton and there is no batting. New England, 19th century. 83 in. x 86 in. Note: This is one of three quilts in this auction from the collection of Linda Felts of Memphis, recently featured in the Pieced & Patterned exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida, which ran from September 18, 2021, to January 23, 2022.
Condition
Many repairs and darning of holes in embroidered panels but overall stable. No moth holes in the wool panels with possible evidence of insect damage to the back.
- Provenance
The estate of collector and designer Linda McCormick Felts, Memphis, TN.
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