SOLD 1856 Pennsylvania German Cut Newspaper Quilting Template (Tulips and Star) 19th c tools 12 x 9 1/8" and

12 x 9 1/8" and in great condition

I assume doing some commercial work on the side to make some money

with some dark stains and a couple of very small nicks and on the blonde side

" A really wonderful little thing

I love how Frankenstein-ian they appear

SOLD 1856 Pennsylvania German Cut Newspaper Quilting Template (Tulips and Star) 19th c tools 12 x 9 1/8" andI was excited to find this, and two more listed today, folded up together in a sleeve in Maine this week; I recognized them immediately as old quilting templates, but didn't take the time to open them up in the shop. When I got home I was surprised, and delighted, to find that they are quite early ones the Pennsylvania newspapers they were cut from bear the year 1856, and one of the newspapers is in German, so these are Pennsylvania German indeed. Cut