Antique Quilt Dating Guides . . . by Style   written by Kimberly Wulfert, Quilt Historian
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The style of a quilt is the first thing you see when you view a quilt, whether online, in an antique shop or booth, on exhibit or in an auction. A quilt’s fabric is hard to date from a distance, but the style jumps right out at you and gets the dating process under way quickly.

Using the Quick Guide alone or with Fabric ID and swatch books
will quickly point you to a good estimate of the era your quilt was made.

 

view 1775-1900 Guide
w/ illustration sheet
 Product Description
ISBN 1-4243-1107-1

view 1900-1950 Guide
w/ illustration sheet
 Product Description
ISBN 1-4243-1106-3

  
 


Dating quilts with accuracy includes examination of many parts of the quilts, but the process starts with one aspect and goes from there. For me, the style is usually the first place I start. I weigh other characteristics against the era the style suggests as I go through the various aspects of determining the circa date a quilt was made. Read more here . . .

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