{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"2094"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain."},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Ruth E. Avard"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1890"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"1993     2    1"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"1993.2.1"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Star design in center square.  Fan pattern in outer borders. Velvet border blindstitched to top; foundation pieced. Embroidery stitches include herringbone, feather, outline among others."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Silk with silk embroidery"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":""},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/2408/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"2408"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Center Star Crazy Throw"},"geographyCity":{"value":""},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["Crazy Quilt","During the show quilt era, stars became a prominent design motif. Coinciding with the Victorian taste for exotica, the influence of Moorish motifs associated with Orientalism introduced mosaic designs, stars, and stars\u2013and\u2013crescent moon patterns. In this example of the Crazy quilt genre, the design emphasis is on the piecing rather than on the embroidery, which is limited mostly to chains along the borders and inside the \u201cfolds\u201d of the fans. The center features a Le Moyne Star contained in a square that seems to float above the other elements. The small size of the textile indicates that it was probably used as a parlor throw rather than a bedcover.","Mary Ann Crocker Hinman was born in 1817 in Lebanon, New York, and died in 1893 in Lima, New York. She had ten children\u2014the donor\u2019s father was her youngest\u2014and as her granddaughter once stated, \u201chow she had time to make a quilt I cannot imagine.\u201d  The Center Star Crazy Throw is not only smaller and simpler than the typical nineteenth-century Crazy quilt, but it also exhibits a feeling of design restraint on the part of its maker. In this example of the Crazy-quilt genre, the emphasis is on the piecing\u2014a star for the center and fans throughout\u2014rather than on the embroidery, which for the most part is limited to chains along borders and inside the \u201cfolds\u201d of the fans. The Japanese influence, a major component of many Crazy quilts, is seen in the pieced fans, but there are none of the myriad appliquéd or embroidered motifs that are typically found on Crazy-patch textiles of the period. The small size of the piece indicates that, like many Crazies, it likely was used as a parlor throw and probably placed on a chaise or sofa back for decorative effect.Elizabeth V. Warren, \"Center Star Crazy Throw,\" in Stacy C. Hollander, American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 357."]},"bibliography":{"label":"Bibliography","value":""},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Textiles"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":""},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"153613"},"geographyState":{"value":"New York"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"782","content":"Mary Ann Crocker Hinman"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Textiles"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["Crazy Quilt","During the show quilt era, stars became a prominent design motif. Coinciding with the Victorian taste for exotica, the influence of Moorish motifs associated with Orientalism introduced mosaic designs, stars, and stars\u2013and\u2013crescent moon patterns. In this example of the Crazy quilt genre, the design emphasis is on the piecing rather than on the embroidery, which is limited mostly to chains along the borders and inside the \u201cfolds\u201d of the fans. The center features a Le Moyne Star contained in a square that seems to float above the other elements. The small size of the textile indicates that it was probably used as a parlor throw rather than a bedcover.","Mary Ann Crocker Hinman was born in 1817 in Lebanon, New York, and died in 1893 in Lima, New York. She had ten children\u2014the donor\u2019s father was her youngest\u2014and as her granddaughter once stated, \u201chow she had time to make a quilt I cannot imagine.\u201d  The Center Star Crazy Throw is not only smaller and simpler than the typical nineteenth-century Crazy quilt, but it also exhibits a feeling of design restraint on the part of its maker. In this example of the Crazy-quilt genre, the emphasis is on the piecing\u2014a star for the center and fans throughout\u2014rather than on the embroidery, which for the most part is limited to chains along borders and inside the \u201cfolds\u201d of the fans. The Japanese influence, a major component of many Crazy quilts, is seen in the pieced fans, but there are none of the myriad appliquéd or embroidered motifs that are typically found on Crazy-patch textiles of the period. The small size of the piece indicates that, like many Crazies, it likely was used as a parlor throw and probably placed on a chaise or sofa back for decorative effect.Elizabeth V. Warren, \"Center Star Crazy Throw,\" in Stacy C. Hollander, American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 357."]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1880"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1880\u20131890"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Saturday, April 8, 1995 - Sunday, September 10, 1995","exhibitionEndISODate":"1995-09-10","exhibitionID":"72","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1995-04-08","exhibitionBeginDate":"1995","exhibitionTitle":"Victorian Vernacular","exhibitionEndDate":"1995"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Saturday, May 4, 1996 - Sunday, September 8, 1996","exhibitionEndISODate":"1996-09-08","exhibitionID":"82","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1996-05-04","exhibitionBeginDate":"1996","exhibitionTitle":"An American Treasury","exhibitionEndDate":"1996"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Thursday, July 11, 2002 - Sunday, January 5, 2003","exhibitionEndISODate":"2003-01-26","exhibitionID":"73","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2002-07-11","exhibitionBeginDate":"2002","exhibitionTitle":"American Anthem","exhibitionEndDate":"2003"}]},"curatorialRemarks":{"label":"Curatorial Remarks","value":""},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"64 × 52 3/4\""}}]}