Handmade American Quilt With Turkey Tracks Pattern Circa 1850

An American handmade quilt, circa 1890 in an old pattern called “turkey tracks”. This originally was purchased from Laura Fisher quilts and antiques in New York City, a leading quilt expert. Appliqued in blue and white, the blue in the pattern is slightly faded from age, more of a lovely sky blue. The blue binding/edge might be a replacement because it's slightly darker then the pattern on the quilt. There are 7-8 stitches to the inch and all beautifully hand done, nice even stitching. In the white blocks there are hand stitched flowers and along the border a sort of twining motif. This is a summer weight quilt but still heavy enough for cool nights with a cotton batting.

Condition: Excellent condition for it's age, several very faint and tiny spots on the front side in one area and two spots on the back that don't go through to the front. Absolutely nothing that detracts from the overall beauty, the white is clean and bright and there's no bleeding of the blue.