Crazy Quilt1880–190076 x 65 1/2"Silks brocades, and velvets, with silk embroideryGift of Jaqueline Loewe Fowler2017.3.201561936095Artist unidentifiedTextilesThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain. United StatesTextilesAdam Reich 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.org Crazy quilts became popular following Philadelphia Centennial, when the Japanese Pavilion introduced new modalities of asymmetry and crackled surfaces, and motifs such as fans. Crazy quilts combined these exotic ideas and constructions with a new emphasis on aesthetic needlework and the recent affordability and availability of rich textiles. This is an example of a contained crazy quilt, so called because it is constructed in blocks.18801990 2017 3 2 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.org Crazy quilts became popular following Philadelphia Centennial, when the Japanese Pavilion introduced new modalities of asymmetry and crackled surfaces, and motifs such as fans. Crazy quilts combined these exotic ideas and constructions with a new emphasis on aesthetic needlework and the recent affordability and availability of rich textiles. This is an example of a contained crazy quilt, so called because it is constructed in blocks.