question about an ebay item

I'm NOT an expert in antique quilts or fabrics... but just looking at it... it doesn't "LOOK" like a typical 100 year old quilt. The fabrics as a whole are just too vivid. I would think that at least some of them would have faded over the years. They may have been a 90 year old woman's mother-in-laws... but that doesn't mean they might not have been made in the

I dunno... doesn't look right to me. Will anxiously wait for other opinions.

Kate in MI

doesn't "LOOK" like a

would think that at least

doesn't "LOOK" like a

would think that at least

By "early 1900s", she might mean anything up to about pre-WWII. No info on construction techniques -she ought to ask before buying. I have a couple of quilts from that period (made by my great-grandmama), and they aren't anything like this bright. IMO the backing looks right though. But I'm no expert! Roberta in D

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Fabric notwithstanding, what is that block pattern?

joan

Howdy!

That red fabric is not early 1900s but it is most likely from sometime in the 1900s, perhaps 1999. The red calico on blue looks like 1960s. Others appear to be 1970-1995. A quilt is only as old as its newest fabric. Her reasoning that an older woman told her the quilt was of a certain age is not a good way to determine the era of a quilt top.

Ragmop/Sandy

Good for her!

The backing fabric is rather 30s-40s. However that red with the palm trees is more 70s or even 80s than anything else. Those pretty blue flowers are also very 70s (and my mom has it in her stash). The mint green and pale yellow are rather 30s. The lavender flowers are more 70s.

I think it's from the 70s, honestly.

-georg

thanks everybody!!! I forwarded your emails to her....