Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Folky Heart (One of Two More Just Found) san to domingo ) and on the screws

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4" tall x 2 1/8" in diameter

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Antique Hand-forged Iron Quilting Clamp with Folky Heart (One of Two More Just Found) san to domingo ) and on the screwsThe is a 19th century hand forged iron quilting clamp, with one of this sort often referred to as a "heart clamp" for the heart shaped finial on the screw. It would have been used for clamping the fabric layers of a quilt (top, batting, backing) to the rails of a frame while working it, sparing the quiltmaking from laborious pinning, etc. Once a month I go up to midcoast Maine for a show, and once a month, for a few months now, I bring home an old