19th Century Hand-forged Heart Quilting Clamp paper fan with the (albeit a bit

with the (albeit a bit tattered) instruction booklet

And with a few additions along the way: several plain wood blocks with sharpie drawn grids of windows

but it is a really wonderful little piece

suspended from a bent strip of pliable metal

7 3/4" x 6"

19th Century Hand-forged Heart Quilting Clamp paper fan with the (albeit a bitBefore the holidays I was up in Mid Coast Maine for a show and made a few other stops I purchased this and a couple of old handmade saws from a dealer who always has interesting things, and I'm pretty sure they all came from one tool collection as they all showed up together. (I resisted coming home with more. but never could I leave this one behind!) It is is an antique hand forged quilting clamp, which would I believe have been used on a quilting