Geese in Flight Quilt Pennsylvania ca

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TitleGeese in Flight

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator

Creation datec. 1880–1890

Object typeTextile

MaterialsCotton, pieced

LocationHuntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

https://emuseum.huntington.org/objects/57847/geese-in-flight-quilt

Accession numberL2018.3.5

SubjectsDecorative arts, Early AmericanGeometric patterns

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“Husband Every Hour”: Early American Textiles in the Fielding Collection

Elizabeth V. Warren

Description: Becoming America: Highlights from the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection of Folk...

Becoming America: Highlights from the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection of Folk Art

~In the first years of America’s settlement, textiles were often the most expensive and important household possessions. Bedcovers were sometimes worth more than beds, for instance, as shown by estate inventories of the period. Since fabric was produced by hand, usually at home, the process was extremely labor-intensive. Imported fabric was rare and expensive,...

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Elizabeth V. Warren

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.109-139

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00280.006

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22046&redirecttoanchor=72505

Chapter subject tags:Folk artDecorative arts, Early AmericanQuilts

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