Vintage 1940s Hand Embroidered Farm Scene Baby Quilt – 32” x 33”

This charming vintage crib quilt, dating to the 1940s, has an elaborate hand-embroidered farm scene with dozens of illustrations worked in colorful embroidery floss against a white cotton background.

The landscape includes a Dutch windmill, farmhouse, barnyard animals, a horse, cow, turkey, chickens and chicks, pigs, ducks swimming in a pond, a beautifully embroidered white lamb, beehives, birds, flowers, and children tending to farm chores. Each illustration has been individually embroidered using a variety of stitches, with particularly detailed workmanship in the animals and floral motifs.

The quilt has been sewing machine quilted in crosshatch grids and straight lines. The back is yellow cotton that has been turned to the front and machine stitched to form the binding. The cotton batting is lightweight and thin.

Details:
* Size: 32” x 33”
* Age: Circa 1940s (approximately 1935–1950)
* Design: Hand-embroidered farm and barnyard scenes
* Fabric: White cotton front with pale butter-yellow cotton backing
* Embroidery: Colorful hand embroidery featuring dozens of individually worked illustrations
* Quilting: Extensive straight-line hand quilting throughout
* Binding: Narrow pale-yellow cotton binding
* Batting: Thin, lightweight batting
* Construction: Hand embroidered and hand quilted

CONDITION: Beautiful vintage condition with some fraying of the yellow binding. The embroidery remains colorful and well defined, and the numerous intricate illustrations are remarkably well preserved. Please examine the photographs as they form an important part of the description.
The quilt has been soaked, freshly hand washed and line dried, giving it a light, natural, sun-dried cotton scent (not artificially fragranced).