Bidspirit auction | Red & White Cotton Double

Red & White Cotton Double Irish Chain Quilt c.1900 - 60 x 70 An antique American hand-pieced and hand-quilted cotton quilt executed in the Double Irish Chain pattern. The quilt is constructed from solid red and off-white cotton fabrics. The quilting is dense and features a diagonal cross-hatching motif within the chain blocks and a diamond or postage stamp grid within the larger white square blocks. The piece is finished with a simple self-binding edge. On the edge binding, there are two handwritten characters in dark ink, appearing as lowercase x and f, likely serving as historic laundry or owner identification marks.