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Title: Old cloth squares
Post by: Fuller78 on October 22, 2018, 06:32:48 PM

Got this in a hoard of stuff from my grandma passing away. Some flags on here date to around 1912. Wondering if they are worth anything or not.

Title: Re: Old cloth squares
Post by: icedgold10 on October 22, 2018, 06:41:27 PM

Are they fabric squares with flanges printed on the?

Title: Re: Old cloth squares
Post by: icedgold10 on October 22, 2018, 06:49:16 PM

I found a similar item on Etsy. They  are asking $12. Yours are nicer so you could probably get more for them

Title: Re: Old cloth squares
Post by: Rauville on October 23, 2018, 07:57:04 AM

They were usually called "Cigar Felts", even though they were generally printed on flannel, and were available as a premium for buying other tobacco products.
Many of them were collected to be stitched together into quilt tops.
http://www.quiltindex.org/news/2011/06/23/quilt-of-the-day-june-22-2011-2/ (http://www.quiltindex.org/news/2011/06/23/quilt-of-the-day-june-22-2011-2/)

Title: Re: Old cloth squares
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on October 24, 2018, 06:47:02 AM

Yup, cigar silks or tobacco silks. Back in the day tobacco companies would produce these in series (I have a stitchery of silks showing actresses from the early 1900s) Women would encourage their husbands to smoke so that they could collect these and make project pieces like this.

Title: Re: Old cloth squares
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on October 24, 2018, 06:57:03 AM

I'm surprised at how much the value has increased on these, I had not looked them up in quite a while. Run an eBay search for tobacco silks and you'll get a good sense of value.

Title: Re: Old cloth squares
Post by: KC on October 27, 2018, 11:08:03 PM

Nice seeing a resurgence in interest in these items.