There are 2 relatively important flaws on the quilt: one the fact that there is a group of bad swatches, a cluster of them, that are located, unfortunately, near the very center: see pics # 14 and 15. There is no missing fabric, so it can be fixed, but whoever does that will need to have skills.

We counted 200 damaged swatches, give or take. That seems a lot, but we calculate that there are approximately 6700 tiny postage-stamp swatches in the whole quilt, so 200 is just 3% of the total, which somehow seems to sound better.

The swatches on the edge of the quilt are still in decent shape: notice the quilt has no binding and that the edges are triangle-shaped, serrated.

The quilt has no odors. Please be advised we did NOT was this quilt here: the next owners should laundered it after at least some repairs are done, before putting it back in use.

It measures 95" by 71" across and weighs 4 1/2 lb. unboxed; the bed is a queen, 80" by 60".

The size of the swatches can be judged by looking at pic # 2. Please notice in that pic the presence of a well known "double pink" cotton, which were  made during the second part of the 19th century, per "Dating Fabrics: 1A Color Guide 1800 ~ 1960" by Eileen Jahnke Trestain. 

That is not the only antique cotton used by the makers: there is Turkey red, a couple of indigo, some browns, and, in fact, the fabric that frayed the most is also from the era.

But most of the swatches are made with feed sacks, including some novelty prints (dogs, young men playing, possibly, basketball, etc).

The piecing and quilting were done by hand.

We combine shipping.