£480
Folk Art. A Scottish Presbytery patchwork quilt, 19th c, in the manner of Welsh chapel work, centred by an eight-pointed star inscribed Robert Brown, Minister, between the verses of Psalm CXXXII and a pair of shaking hands: Behold how good and how/pleasant it is/for brethren/to dwell in unity, around which radiate further names and their roles within a kirk, including W.H. Hastings, Session Clerk, A. Turbull, Secretary, and W. Thompson, Treasurer, the red and white field with further names of the congregation, mostly families, including the surnames Brown, Hamilton, Frazer, Thompson, Turnbull, Archbold, Ferguson, Johnston, Waugh, Keith, and others, inscribed between borders of Scottish thistles, English roses and Irish shamrocks, triangular hem, 380 x 220cm
Varying degrees of staining, at times pronounced. Some of the names faded or indistinct, but mostly legible.
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