A beautifully worn and highly usable antique Scrappy Mohawk Trail Quilt dating to the 1920s, featuring a wide variety of Depression-era feedsack fabrics arranged in flowing serpentine blocks across a soft cream/off-white ground. The Mohawk Trail pattern is one of the most iconic curved pieced designs of the early 20th century and this quilt is still vibrant and has a fantastic range of small-scale prints.
The hand-quilting is in tiny stitches and in echo patterns as well as shell grids and - in the larger white spaces - in unique geometric shapes. The back is off white cotton as is the binding that has been machine stitched to the front and hand-stitched to the back. The cotton batting is lightweight.
This quilt is being sold as a cutter due to condition: • Fabric thinning and wear, especially in the white ground along the border • Holes, tears, and areas of fabric loss (see photos) • A frayed binding • General age-related wear consistent with ~100 years of use That said, many of the printed pieces remain usable and visually strong, making this an excellent source for quilt restoration projects, small sewing or textile art projects, patchwork reuse and creative repurposing.
Details • Pattern: Mohawk Trail • Date: circa 1920s • Size: 66” x 87” • Materials: Cotton (feedsack and scrap fabrics) • Construction: Hand pieced and hand quilted • Batting: Lightweight cotton • Condition: Cutter condition (see full description above)
The quilt comes from a smoke-free, pet-free home and is pictured on a queen-size bed.