COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
mediaCollectionId
AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
true
AMICA ID:
MIA_.75.9.2
amicoid
MIA_.75.9.2
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1999
aly
1999
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Textiles
oty
Textiles
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Unknown
crn
Unknown
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
crc
North American; American
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Role:
artist
crr
artist
Creator Role
false
Creator Name-CRT:
artist unknown
crt
artist unknown
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Quilt
otn
Quilt
Title
false
View:
Front
rid
Front
View
false
Creation Date:
19th century
oct
19th century
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1800
ocs
1800
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1899
oce
1899
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
cotton apliqué
omd
cotton apliqué
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
woven
clt
woven
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
L.91 x W.89 in.
met
L.91 x W.89 in.
Dimensions
false
Component Measured:
overall
mcm
overall
Component Measured
false
Measurement Unit:
in
mdu
in
Measurement Unit
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
oon
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
oop
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
75.9.2
ooa
75.9.2
ID Number
false
Rights:
orl
<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>
Rights
false
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.
cxd
<P>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.</P><P>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.</P>
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
MIA_.2928c.tif
ril
MIA_.2928c.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
false