Artist unknown / Quilt / 19th Century

Artist unknown
Quilt
19th Century
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Creator Name: Unknown
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Name-CRT: Artist unknown
Title: Quilt
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1800
Creation End Date: 1899
Creation Date: 19th Century
Object Type: Textiles
Classification Term: woven
Materials and Techniques: cotton apliqué
Dimensions: L.91 x W.89 in.
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 75.9.2
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

Album quilts are special expressions of quilt making. Instead of one person making the entire quilt top, individual squares are created by separate individuals. These quilts were frequently made by church groups to honor ministers or class leaders. During the 1840s and early '50s the ladies of the Methodist Church in Baltimore were especially enthusiastic about making album quilts. Sewing groups made many quilts which were not only given as gifts for special occasions, but were also sold to raise funds for church projects.

The quilt top, cotton batting interlining and backing have been closely quilted together with stitches meant to compliment the appliqué pattern rather than draw attention to themselves.

AMICA ID: MIA_.75.9.2
Component Measured: overall
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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