Crazy Quilt1885–189572 × 71 3/4"Silk and paint with metallic and silk embroideryGift of James I. Chesterley1982.18.10Tied. Border folded over backing, secured with featherstitching. Various fancy embroidery stitches. Show quilt1529241018Rachel Blair GreeneTextilesThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.BelvedereBelvedereUnited StatesNew JerseyTextilesBelvedereTEXTILESThe maker of this quilt was especially adept at delicate hand painting. Many of the flowers are both embroidered and painted, and several of the Kate Greenaway–style children are embroidered, with the same scene repeated in paint on another section of the quilt. Embroidered, painted, and printed designs on Crazy quilts were usually not original inventions of the makers of these textiles—the figures were often reproduced from designs found in magazines, books on fancywork, and manufacturers’ and store brochures. Makers of Crazies could even purchase pre embroidered appliqués that could be sewn directly onto the quilts.
Elizabeth V. Warren, "Crazy Quilt," exhibition label for QUILTS: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum. Elizabeth V. Warren, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2010.Quilt made from pieces of dresses of two daughters, Alice Elizabeth, born 1871, and Helen Mary, born 1882. Kate Greenway figures painted and same design embroidered: boy with turtle, three little girls, boy with dog, etc.18851895 1982 18 1 TEXTILESThe maker of this quilt was especially adept at delicate hand painting. Many of the flowers are both embroidered and painted, and several of the Kate Greenaway–style children are embroidered, with the same scene repeated in paint on another section of the quilt. Embroidered, painted, and printed designs on Crazy quilts were usually not original inventions of the makers of these textiles—the figures were often reproduced from designs found in magazines, books on fancywork, and manufacturers’ and store brochures. Makers of Crazies could even purchase pre embroidered appliqués that could be sewn directly onto the quilts.
Elizabeth V. Warren, "Crazy Quilt," exhibition label for QUILTS: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum. Elizabeth V. Warren, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2010.Quilt made from pieces of dresses of two daughters, Alice Elizabeth, born 1871, and Helen Mary, born 1882. Kate Greenway figures painted and same design embroidered: boy with turtle, three little girls, boy with dog, etc.