Tobacco Sack Quilt Top c1880

A fabulous, handmade quilt top, unfinished backing from the late 19th century. This top was made by someone who took apart the cotton sacks from cut plug tobacco and used the opened sack cloth to piece the quilt top, along with a cream cotton (also possibly plain sack cloth). The tobacco sacks can be seen in the faded pink bricks. They were once a dark, orangey red. 

Most sacks are Central Union Cut Plug Tobacco, with a few J.W. Right tobacco sacks mixed in here or there. Many logos and text visible on the back of the quilt top. 

Condition is fair to good. There are a few dark marks on some of the white patches. 

Machine pieced 

Measures 71 x 87” 

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