{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"9162"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Museum purchase with funds provided by Nina Beaty"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1870"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"2024    10    1"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"2024.10.1"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"range of techniques (including appliqué, chintz appliqué, and trapunto) appliqué vignettes depicting the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Two figures enact the narrative in multiple stages: Eve picking the apple at the urging of the serpent; Eve sharing the apple with Adam; and the couple being expelled from paradise. grapevine frames the scene with apple trees and other flora and fauna."},"edition":{"label":"Photo Credit","value":"Adam Reich"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Cotton"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":""},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/27258/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"27258"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden Quilt"},"geographyCity":{"value":""},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["Provenance suggests this may be the work of a member of the Sinclair family of Vermont. The quilt was sold by an apparent descendant in 1999. The buyer Gerald Roy provided information speculating that it was made by one or more daughters of Franklin J. Sinclair (1825-1909): Lucretia, Florence, Abbie, or Jessie. However, given their young ages in the mid-19th century, their mother Adelia Sinclair seems like the most likely candidate of the family. In the 1860 census, Franklin Sinclair is listed as a journeyman carpenter; his wife Adelia Knowles Sinclair (1826-1896) was 33 at this time. The couple married in 1846.This is one of a group of four known survivals with similar motifs likely made by the same hand(s) or within a local style. One was offered to AFAM from the estate of Joanna Rose but could not be accessioned due to serious condition problems including significant fabric loss. Another example sold at Doyle in 2006. Apparently later iterations of the pattern were made by Sylvia Queen, of Connecticut, Indiana, and Kansas, now in the holdings of the Smithsonian and the Johnson County Museum of Shawnee, Kansas.","Object information is a work in progress and may be updatedwith new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk ArtMuseum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org"]},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":["Textiles","Recent Acquisitions"]},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":""},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"157878"},"geographyState":{"value":"Vermont"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"1"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"3368","content":"Unidentified member of the Sinclair Family"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Textiles"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["Provenance suggests this may be the work of a member of the Sinclair family of Vermont. The quilt was sold by an apparent descendant in 1999. The buyer Gerald Roy provided information speculating that it was made by one or more daughters of Franklin J. Sinclair (1825-1909): Lucretia, Florence, Abbie, or Jessie. However, given their young ages in the mid-19th century, their mother Adelia Sinclair seems like the most likely candidate of the family. In the 1860 census, Franklin Sinclair is listed as a journeyman carpenter; his wife Adelia Knowles Sinclair (1826-1896) was 33 at this time. The couple married in 1846.This is one of a group of four known survivals with similar motifs likely made by the same hand(s) or within a local style. One was offered to AFAM from the estate of Joanna Rose but could not be accessioned due to serious condition problems including significant fabric loss. Another example sold at Doyle in 2006. Apparently later iterations of the pattern were made by Sylvia Queen, of Connecticut, Indiana, and Kansas, now in the holdings of the Smithsonian and the Johnson County Museum of Shawnee, Kansas.","Object information is a work in progress and may be updatedwith new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk ArtMuseum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org"]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1830"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"Mid-19th century"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Friday, September 26, 2025 - Sunday, March 1, 2026","exhibitionEndISODate":"2026-03-01","exhibitionID":"438","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2025-09-26","exhibitionBeginDate":"2025","exhibitionTitle":"An Ecology of Quilts","exhibitionEndDate":"2026"}},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"88 1/4 x 92 1/2 \" (224.2 x 235 cm)"},"exhHistory":{"label":"Exhibition History","value":"Gerald E. Roy, \u201cThis Old Quilt: Saving a Masterpiece,\u201d Fons and Porter\u2019s Love of Quilting (March/April, 2009): 12-13.Gerald E. Roy, \u201cThis Old Quilt: Saving a Masterpiece Part 2,\u201d Fons and Porter\u2019s Love of Quilting (May/June, 2009): 12-14."}}]}