Unfortunately we do not know the maker of this quilt, initialed “S.L.” But we know a lot about this quilt’s life from the time it left a small antiques shop in Lancaster County in 1968 and helped launch the craze for Amish quilts. <link to J. Holstein video>
Pattern:
Bars
Maker:
Maker unknown
Circa
1890
1910
Probably made in
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
United States
84
71
IQM, Jonathan Holstein/Gail van der Hoof Collection