Ann Turley – Time #5
Candlestick Conversations
A new form of communication was patented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell but was invented in 1849 by Italian inventor Antonio Meucci. Time saw many changes in communicati0n, and I personally see the invention of the telephone as opening the floodgates. My quilt is of the candlestick phone, popular from the late 1890’s through the 1930’s. Initially it didn’t have a rotary dial; this addition was introduced in the 1920’s.
Materials used: commercial cottons, gold embossed lycra, black cording, a doily my grandmother crocheted that is approximately 80 to 90 years old. I machine-quilted the quilt.
Detail view:
Your choice of fabrics and an old doily enhance your story of candlestick phone. What’s next?
Lovely way to show the old telephone, the lace doily really dates it! Interesting piece.
This design has a really vintage feel about it, both with the construction of the phone and the choice of background fabric. You have depicted the phone very well. Great work
I agree with your thoughts on the floodgates. The telephone has brought us many benefits – but without a doubt, not everything that has come with this invention is good.
What a charming piece. I love the little doily you’ve placed under the phone.
Such a lovely piece. I love the doily and the background fabrics takes you to the period in time this phone was used.
The pretty background fabric and the beautiful doily are very appropriate for this quilt and date the piece exactly. Never knew that such a phone is called a candlestick phone. Never too old to learn!
A great illustration of this type of phone. The fabrics and the doily really reflect the correct period in time.
This is a beautifully stitched time capsule and by adding your grandmothers doily you added sentimental value. Great choice of fabrics. Well done.
Great choice of fabrics and design. The lace adds to the time period and also the habit of lace dollies on tables. well done
Great choice of fabric to translate the vintage atmosphere of this period.
Well done.