Slashed Star Quilt187282 x 76 " (208.3 x 193 cm)CottonGift of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Weinstein2007.15.10pieced, wreath pattern, variation of mariner's compass1546173501Sara MaartzTextilesThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.The numeral "68" is also present. The numeral 68, possibly indicates the quilter's age, or alternatively, the number of quilts she had produced.Signature and dateLancasterLancasterUnited StatesPennsylvaniaTextileseMuseum - Collection HighlightsLancasterSlashed Star is a variation of the better-known Mariner’s Compass design. Pattern names tend to vary over time and place, and the names by which we know most designs today are those that were published in periodicals or assigned by pattern companies during the heyday of the early-twentieth-century quilt revival period.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Slashed Star Quilt," exhibition label for QUILTS: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2010.
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To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgExquisite quilting, wreath pattern. A variation of the Mariner's compass. Early dyes.18721872 2007 15 1 Slashed Star is a variation of the better-known Mariner’s Compass design. Pattern names tend to vary over time and place, and the names by which we know most designs today are those that were published in periodicals or assigned by pattern companies during the heyday of the early-twentieth-century quilt revival period.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Slashed Star Quilt," exhibition label for QUILTS: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2010.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgExquisite quilting, wreath pattern. A variation of the Mariner's compass. Early dyes.