SOLD (for JULIA) - Antique Cigar Silk Quilt with 47 Different Cigar Ribbons pink stone nicely woven of colorful plastic

nicely woven of colorful plastic wire/cord of varying widths

with a couple of stray pencil marks on the lower part of the drawing

Painting measures 10 x 12 5/8"

This may be my favorite old hand-drawn postcard yet

SOLD (for JULIA) - Antique Cigar Silk Quilt with 47 Different Cigar Ribbons pink stone nicely woven of colorful plasticI keep snatching these antique cigar ribbon quilts when I find them, as I think they are just stunning. How wise and resourceful of it was for women not to let cigar silks ribbons go to waste, especially brilliant gold ones like these. (Meanwhile, their fathers or husbands were cutting and carving up the cigar boxes to make tramp art frames and the like.) I love the range of silks incorporated into this one (47 different brands by my count) delivering