Charming, Very Naive Patchwork Squares Antique Crib Quilt text with rails on the back

with rails on the back

I realized from photos I didn't dust it off especially well

with a front door with awning and pillars included as an assembled piece

and for the fact that they look rather like figures when stood straight up

oil on canvas painting has been through it

Charming, Very Naive Patchwork Squares Antique Crib Quilt text with rails on the backThis has a bit of the feel of a girl's first attempt at making a quilt, long ago I'd call it a crib quilt, but it also feels like something of a sample to me, with nothing quite exact about it, which is part of what makes me love it. And the great old fabrics. And the red and white cotton thread ties. And that navy and white gingham. Found in PA, early 20th c. I believe, earnest and unfussy and super sweet. With chintz fabric on reverse, two panels