We Love Quilts!

Our dear friend Homer Pinkley is a well versed dealer and collector of antique quilts. We are pleased to be able to offer you a few beauties from his inventory.
Come in and have a look!

Owning A Vintage Quilt

A wonderfully executed antique quilt brings an emotional and visual effect to one’s home that no other art form can replicate. The colors, graphics and the fact that quilts are both dimensional and tactile combine to create an incredible work of art.

Many people look at the possession of an antique quilt as something to be afraid of. This is not true. An antique quilt is an exciting addition for any collector. Watch and enjoy as a quilt changes your environment. One surprise is how this textile with its warmth and color can actually change the acoustics in a home or office. Your quilt is truly multifaceted.

There are certain basic rules when being the keeper of an antique quilt, such as, if it is on a bed, no red wine, pizza or chocolate ice cream for snacks. One sleeps under an antique quilt, not on top of it. If you choose to lay on the bed for reading or simply untying your shoes, just throw the quilt back. If the quilt is warmer than you wish on your bed at night, you do not even need to fold it. Find a wonderful fabric-lined basket and just drop it casually into the receptacle at night; the next morning, return it to your bed.

All quilts need to be washed by hand; they should never see the inside of a washing machine. Where one does not sleep next to an antique quilt, washing is done very infrequently—many times years apart.