Antique Silk Tumbling Blocks Patchwork Quilt: C19th Britain Persian textiles An original fine hand painted

An original fine hand painted textile panel dating from the 18th century handmade in China for export to the fashionable aristocracy of Europe

The Zuber saga began in 1797

In a lovely soft crimson pink with traditional printing and motif

Part of the metal thread weaving you can see at one side and in some of the leaf designs where the top threads have slightly worn leaving the metal threads exposed

Antique Silk Tumbling Blocks Patchwork Quilt: C19th Britain Persian textiles An original fine hand paintedAn extraordinary example of a tumbling blocks quilt. Handmade in the early to mid 1800s, and made entirely of dress and ribbon silks. Each piece of silk has been meticulously wrapped around a diamond shaped paper pattern. The quilt maker used old letters with beautiful handwritten script, some old leaflets and an envelope still with a penny red stamp depicting a young Queen Victoria, stamped London, April 1866 (?) Never finished the quilt still has