"Hi Jim, Killing a half hour at the station. Meant fo write to you during very short stay at Mt. Gretna but didn't know when I was leaving for half hour here at the station. You have no phone - I'm delaying my hello's to you - I hope things have turned out as you expected - your "Y" friend - Art Koulias
Souvenir postcard folder. Pennsylvania's Dutch Country. Front cover: Amish family in open buggy. Back cover: Amish children relaxing after ball game. Inside images: Amish mother and daughters with covered buggy; Dutch girls at roadside produce stand; Amish boy and girl in typical and traditional dress; Amish girls enjoying buggy ride; Little red schoolhouse with children and teacher; Amish farmer with his dog and team of horses; Amish family on Sunday outing; Group of Amish school boys; Typical Dutch Country horse and buggy scene; Amish girls "tend market"; Picturesque Amish courting buggy.
"Hi Jim, Killing a half hour at the station. Meant fo write to you during very short stay at Mt. Gretna but didn't know when I was leaving for half hour here at the station. You have no phone - I'm delaying my hello's to you - I hope things have turned out as you expected - your "Y" friend - Art Koulias
Flat tin 6-pointed star pattern or template with1/2" diameter hole at center. Used for creating raised, sculpted plushwork (see Amish Arts by Patricia Herr, pp. 44-55).
Lancaster Amish quilt is a Center Square pattern, c. 1920. Notable because of added corner blocks. Although Center Square pattern is considered early, the usd of turquoise, the added corner blocks and the simpler and less fluid quilting patterns suggest a later date.
Top: Plain- and twill-weave wool. Turquoise inner border makes a striking tonal statement, making the quilt much brighter than the previous three.
Back: Black-and-white plain-weave cotton chambray (a pain-weave cotton having warp and weft threads of different colors, in this case, black and white). Chambray is frequently used as backing for Amish quilts.
Quilting: Center if filled with waffle pattern. Inner border has cable with a 7-petal flower at each corner, a later and less common inner border pattern. Outer border has basket quilting (usually associated with the 1920s and 30s). These baskets appear to be fruit-filled with coiled handles, creating a more interesting pattern than mere basket outlines. Corners have fine wreath quilting.
Near Peach Bottom, southern end of Lancaster County
Provenance
Esprit purchased from the Holsteins for $10,000 on 6-12-80. Robert Bishop writes that the quilt came from a farm near Peach Bottom in southern Lancaster County (Amish: The Art of the Quilt).
Lancaster Amish quilt, Diamond in the Square pattern, circa 1925.
Top: plain- and twill-weave wools. Maroon center diamond and turquoise triangles. Inner border of the same maroon. Outer border of gray-blue. Red binding is 1 1/2" wide. (The turquoise wool dates from the 1920s or later.)
Back: plain-weave cotton with a gray-and-white twill-print. Two different fabrics joined; a narrow strip of darker print was used along one edge. This type of fabric is commonly used on backs.
Quilting: Diamond has a large feather wreath with large 8-point star centered within with 8 additional small stars surrounding star. Outside corners have a grape-and-leaf design and outer edges are lined with a row of scallops. Turquoise triangles of square have a rose and tulip branch pattern (normally seen on later quilts). Inner border has "pumpkin seed" flowers within a diamond pattern. Outer border has scrolling feather motif with a pair of 8-point stars centered at two sides only. A row of scallops lines inner edge.
Provenance
Esprit purchased from Phyllis Haders for $9,000 in May of 1984.
See file for Esprit condition report for details: small moth holes and worn areas. Additional holes/worn areas noted. Also light stains scattered over surface. Back has some large areas of light brown stain.
