Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Folky Heart (One of Two More Just Found) large tramp art box This is a small

This is a small

top (fifth) layer

with very thick and saturated color

I know from the seller that this very finely crocheted bag came out of an old estate in Pennsylvania

Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Folky Heart (One of Two More Just Found) large tramp art box This is a smallThe is a 19th century hand forged iron quilting clamp, with one of this sort often referred to as a "heart clamp" for the heart shaped finial on the screw. It would have been used for clamping the fabric layers of a quilt (top, batting, backing) to the rails of a frame while working it, sparing the quiltmaking from laborious pinning, etc. Once a month I go up to midcoast Maine for a show, and once a month, for a few months now, I bring home an old