This one has cute Art Deco birds, a variety of flowers, and an "urn".
Vintage Pattern Dating Project
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Nancy Page 1931 Leaf Quilt
This appears to have been a small series of only four designs, which you would have repeated as many times as you needed to fill out however big a quilt you wanted. They're very reminiscent of mid-19th century leaf and wreath quilts. I never did find an image of a completed quilt, only the images of the individual blocks.
Nancy Page 1934-1935 Laurel Wreath quilt
We've managed to collect all 26 blocks and the wreath design for the 1934-1935 Nancy Page Laurel Wreath quilt. See them here.
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Monday, September 23, 2024
Anne Adams 1957
Anne Adams from 1957!
Generally speaking, patterns are sequential, although over time it seems as though the numbers became a little irregular as, for example, Anne Adams 4672 from 1955 was sold longer than expected and thus was skipped in the 1957 rotation and didn't get reused until 1959. The "missing" numbers aren't usually missing--they are usually designs that were introduced the year before. In this instance, you'll probably find them in 1956.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Monday, March 11, 2024
Nancy Page 1931-1932 Garden Bouquet Quilt
This one has cute Art Deco birds , a variety of flowers, and an "urn".
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Mail-order patterns are something of a specialty of mine. There were a few brands/nameplates (different "brands" that had a shar...
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Claire Tilden 242 housedress and 500 back-wrap housedress from 1936. This was a mail-order line and the packet design and artwork look like ...
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May Manton was a mail-order company that advertised in newspapers (and possibly magazines? Harder to find evidence of this online) from 18...