Like a Grid of Signal Flags, Great Old Hand-sewn Doll Quilt in Red and White british domino cards framed side by side

framed side by side

rounded edges

Perhaps my favorite find of the week

who I would guess was the owner of this

Like a Grid of Signal Flags, Great Old Hand-sewn Doll Quilt in Red and White british domino cards framed side by sideWith 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