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1893 Worlds Fair Quilt w/ Portraits of Famous Inventors

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
1893 Worlds Fair Quilt w/ Portraits of Famous Inventors
<Our item number 141032><B>1893 Worlds Fair Quilt With Portraits of Famous Inventors.</B> Columbian Exposition quilt, decorated on both sides with portraits of famous inventors and scenes from the fair, made for Cochrane&#39;s Turkey Red Works, 8 feet x 6½ feet, decorated with an ornate, brown and orange print on both sides, depicting George Washington and 3 famous inventors, and scenes at the Fair. This print, repeated 4 times on each side, has a bird&#39;s-eye view of the fairgrounds, looking inward from the shore of Lake Michigan, surrounded by smaller scenes and portraits of George Washington, Samuel F.B. Morse &#40;inventor of the telegraph&#41;, George Stephenson &#40;inventor of the locomotive&#41;, and Robert Fulton &#40;inventor of the steamboat&#41;. This whole designed is labeled, &#34;Souvenir World&#39;s Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893.&#34; Hidden in the design near Stephenson&#39;s portrait is an advertisement for &#34;Cochrane&#39;s Turkey Red Works, Malden, Mass.&#34; Founded by Alex ander Cochrane in the late 1850s, the Cochrane Chemical Works &#40;also known as the Malden Chemical Company&#41; produced Turkey Red dye for textiles. This quilt must have been made for the Cochrane company, which, likely had an exhibit at the Fair. One side of the quilt offered here has a dark red border around the edges, no doubt colored with Turkey Red Dye. Excellent condition, with some scattered light soiling. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,000 - 1,500. <BR><BR>Our item number 141032<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/141032.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>