{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"575"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Elaine Sloane Hart, Quilts of America"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1902"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"1989    20    1"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"1989.20.1"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Cotton with Turkey red cotton embroidery"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":"Yonkers"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/4239/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"4239"},{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/2040/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"2040"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"In Honor Shall Wave Spread"},"geographyCity":{"value":"Yonkers"},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["The popularity of decorative embroidery in America can be traced, in part, to the exhibit of the Royal School of Art Needlework of Kensington, England, at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The school had been established in 1872 for the two-fold purpose of restoring \u201cornamental needlework to the high place it once held among decorative arts,\u201d while at the same time supplying \u201csuitable employment for poor gentlewomen.\u201d Both the principles of the Royal School and its style of needlework were adapted in America following the Centennial. But while the social-reform ambitions of the Kensington school met with limited success here, the embroidery style it advocated became an extremely popular means of decorating textiles, including quilts. Beginning in the 1880s, books and magazines printed drawings that could be copied and used for embellishing all manner of household linen, generally using the Kensington outline stitch seen on the In Honor Shall Wave Spread. The bedcover is typical of quilts of this period in its combination of Turkey red cotton thread worked on a white cotton ground. As is also common on these quilts, the embroidered motifs simply have been copied from a variety of sources and placed on the quilt without regard to scale. Typical Aesthetic Movement motifs, such as cranes, owls, and butterflies, intermingle with Kate Greenaway\u2013style children, scenes from Currier & Ives prints, and a number of patriotic and political designs. Perhaps the most historically interesting motifs on this quilt top are two coal scuttles that can be found to the right of the center. One, depicted with a shovel in its arm, is inscribed \u201cPoor man\u2019s empty scuttle in December the 25, 1902.\u201d The other says \u201cRich man\u2019s full scuttle in December the 25, 1902.\u201d These cartoon drawings probably refer to the strike by the United Mine Workers against their employers, members of the anthracite coal monopoly. The work stoppage caused a coal shortage throughout the nation in the winter of 1902\u20131903.Elizabeth V. Warren, \"In Honor Shall Wave Spread,\" 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), 361.","embroidered","Crossed American flags, 1776-1876 \"In honor shall wave\"; Roosevelt, 1898; Washington, Cuter, 1776; Jackson, 1812; Sheridan, 1864; \"Kate Greenway\" figures. In coal cuttle embroidered: \"Poor Mans (\"s\" reversed) eempty/scuttle (\"s\" reversed) in December the 25 1902\"; in the second scuttle: \"Rich Man's full scuttle  in December the 25, 1902.\""]},"bibliography":{"label":"Bibliography","value":""},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Textiles"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":"Yonkers"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"152616"},"geographyState":{"value":"New York"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"103","content":"Artist unidentified"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Textiles"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["The popularity of decorative embroidery in America can be traced, in part, to the exhibit of the Royal School of Art Needlework of Kensington, England, at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The school had been established in 1872 for the two-fold purpose of restoring \u201cornamental needlework to the high place it once held among decorative arts,\u201d while at the same time supplying \u201csuitable employment for poor gentlewomen.\u201d Both the principles of the Royal School and its style of needlework were adapted in America following the Centennial. But while the social-reform ambitions of the Kensington school met with limited success here, the embroidery style it advocated became an extremely popular means of decorating textiles, including quilts. Beginning in the 1880s, books and magazines printed drawings that could be copied and used for embellishing all manner of household linen, generally using the Kensington outline stitch seen on the In Honor Shall Wave Spread. The bedcover is typical of quilts of this period in its combination of Turkey red cotton thread worked on a white cotton ground. As is also common on these quilts, the embroidered motifs simply have been copied from a variety of sources and placed on the quilt without regard to scale. Typical Aesthetic Movement motifs, such as cranes, owls, and butterflies, intermingle with Kate Greenaway\u2013style children, scenes from Currier & Ives prints, and a number of patriotic and political designs. Perhaps the most historically interesting motifs on this quilt top are two coal scuttles that can be found to the right of the center. One, depicted with a shovel in its arm, is inscribed \u201cPoor man\u2019s empty scuttle in December the 25, 1902.\u201d The other says \u201cRich man\u2019s full scuttle in December the 25, 1902.\u201d These cartoon drawings probably refer to the strike by the United Mine Workers against their employers, members of the anthracite coal monopoly. The work stoppage caused a coal shortage throughout the nation in the winter of 1902\u20131903.Elizabeth V. Warren, \"In Honor Shall Wave Spread,\" 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), 361.","embroidered","Crossed American flags, 1776-1876 \"In honor shall wave\"; Roosevelt, 1898; Washington, Cuter, 1776; Jackson, 1812; Sheridan, 1864; \"Kate Greenway\" figures. In coal cuttle embroidered: \"Poor Mans (\"s\" reversed) eempty/scuttle (\"s\" reversed) in December the 25 1902\"; in the second scuttle: \"Rich Man's full scuttle  in December the 25, 1902.\""]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1902"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1902"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Saturday, June 12, 2021 - Saturday, December 7, 2024","exhibitionEndISODate":"2024-12-07","exhibitionID":"244","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2021-06-12","exhibitionBeginDate":"2021","exhibitionTitle":"Handstitched Worlds (Travel)","exhibitionEndDate":"2024"},{"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"},{"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":"2012 - 2013","exhibitionEndISODate":"2013","exhibitionID":"436","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2012","exhibitionBeginDate":"2012","exhibitionTitle":"Politics NOT As Usual","exhibitionEndDate":"2013"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Monday, July 16, 2018 - Wednesday, October 3, 2018","exhibitionEndISODate":"2018-10-03","exhibitionID":"226","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2018-07-16","exhibitionBeginDate":"2018","exhibitionTitle":"Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts","exhibitionEndDate":"2018"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Thursday, June 28, 1990 - Sunday, September 9, 1990","exhibitionEndISODate":"1990-09-09","exhibitionID":"15","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1990-06-28","exhibitionBeginDate":"1990","exhibitionTitle":"Pictures, Patchwork and Promised Gifts","exhibitionEndDate":"1990"}]},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"86 × 73\""}}]}